Viburnum opulus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
High Cranberry A general remedy for cramps. Colicky pains in pelvic organs. Superconscious of internal sexual organs. Female symptoms most important. Often prevents miscarriage. False labor-pains. Spasmodic and congestive affections, dependent upon ovarian or uterine origin.
Modalities
Worse, lying on affected side, in warm room, evening and night. Better, in open air and resting.
Head
Irritable. Vertigo; feels as if falling forward. Severe pain in temporal region. Sore feeling in eyeballs.
Stomach
Constant nausea; relieved by eating. No appetite.
Abdomen
Sudden cramps and colic pains. Tender to pressure about umbilicus.
Rectum
Stools large and hard, with cutting in rectum and soreness of anus.
Urinary
Frequent urging. Copious, pale, light-colored urine. Cannot hold water on coughing or walking.
Female
Menses too late, scanty, lasting a few hours, offensive in odor, with crampy pains, cramps extend down thighs (Bell). Bearing-down pains before. Ovarian region feels heavy and congested. Aching in sacrum and pubes, with pain in anterior muscles of thighs (Xanthox); spasmodic and membranous dysmenorrhœa (Borax). Leucorrhœa, excoriating. Smarting and itching of genitals. Faint on attempting to sit up. Frequent and very early miscarriage, causing seeming sterility. Pains from back to loins and womb worse early morning.
Extremities
Stiff, sore feeling in nape of neck. Feels as if back would break. Sacral backache. Lower extremities weak and heavy.
Relationships
Compare: Virburnum prunifolium-Black Haw––(habitual miscarriage; after-pains; cancer of the tongue; obstinate hiccough; supposed to be a uterine tonic. Morning sickness; menstrual irregularities of sterile females with uterine displacements). Cimicif; Cauloph; Sep; Xanthox.
Dose
Tincture, and lower potencies.
What the other books say about Viburnum opulus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Viburnum opulus 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). Viburnum opulus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/viburnum-opulus. 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.