Thlaspi bursa pastoris
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Shepherd's Purse Capsella Is an anti-hæmorrhagic and anti-uric-acid remedy. Albuminuria during gestation. Chronic neuralgia. Renal and vesical irritation. Hæmorrhage from uterine fibroid with aching in back or general bruised soreness. Aching between scapulæ. Uterine hæmorrhage, with cramps and expulsion of clots. Craves buttermilk. Effects of suppressed uterine disease (Burnett).
Head
Eyes and face puffy. Frequent epistaxis. Vertigo; worse, rising. Frontal pain; worse toward evening. Scaly eruption behind ears. Tongue white, coated. Mouth and lips cracked. Sharp pain over right eye drawing eye upwards.
Nose
Bleeding in nasal operations. Especially passive hæmorrhage.
Urinary
Frequent desire; urine heavy, phosphatic. Chronic cystitis. Dysuria and spasmodic retention. Hæmaturia. Accumulation of gravel. Renal colic. Brick- dust sediment. Urethritis; urine runs away in little jets. Often replaces the use of the catheter.
Male
Spermatic cord sensitive to concussion of walking or riding.
Female
Metrorrhagia; too frequent and copious menses. Hæmorrhage, with violent uterine colic. Every alternate period very profuse. Leucorrhœa before and after menses; bloody, dark, offensive; stains indelibly. Sore pain in womb on rising. Scarcely recovers from one period before another begins.
Relationships
Compare: Urtica; Croc; Trill; Millefol.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth potency.
What the other books say about Thlaspi bursa pastoris
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Thlaspi bursa pastoris in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Thlaspi bursa pastoris 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). Thlaspi bursa pastoris — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/thlaspi-bursa-pastoris. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.