Taraxacum officinale
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with characteristically mapped tongue and jaundiced skin. Cancer of bladder. Flatulence. Hysterical tympanites.
Modalities
Worse, resting, lying down, sitting. Better, touch.
Head
Sensation of great heat on top of head. Sterno-mastoid muscle very painful to touch.
Mouth
Mapped tongue. Tongue covered with a white film; feels raw; comes off in patches, leaving red, sensitive spots. Loss of appetite. Bitter taste and eructations. Salivation.
Abdomen
Liver enlarged and indurated. Sharp stitches in left side. Sensation of bubbles bursting in bowels. Tympanites. Evacuation difficult.
Extremities
Very restless limbs. Neuralgia of knee; better, pressure. Limbs painful to touch.
Skin
Profuse night-sweats.
Fever
Chilliness after eating, worse drinking; finger tips cold. Bitter taste. Heat without thirst, in face, in toes. Sweat on falling asleep.
Relationships
Compare: Choline, a constituent of Taraxacum root, has given encouraging results in the treatment of cancer. Choline is closely related to Neurin, it is the "Cancronie" of Prof. Adamkiewicz (E. Schlegel). Bry; Hydrast; Nux. Tela aranea (nervous asthma and sleeplessness).
Dose
Tincture, to third potency. In cancer 1-2 drams fluid extract.
What the other books say about Taraxacum officinale
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Taraxacum officinale in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Taraxacum officinale in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Taraxacum officinale in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Taraxacum officinale — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/taraxacum-officinale. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.