Apis mellifica

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Stinging burning, prickling, smarting, like hot needles. Must lie down. Rapid onset. SUDDEN; SHRILL CRIES or pains, that extort cries; nervousness, swelling, effusion, etc. SENSITIVE; to pain. Sharp STINGING burning or bruised SORENESS; of brain, ABDOMEN, ovaries, bladder, etc. PUFFINESS, shiny redness. Œdema; of eyelids or lips; red; saccular. BURNING-itching. Infections. Inflammation. Stiffness. Numbness. .................... Childish. Irritable, excitable, jealous, fussy and fidgety or apathic. Foolishly suspicious. Nervous and awkward or absent-minded; drops things. SUDDEN, PIERCING SHRIEKS. Head pains; stabbing or as of a blow; < occiput. ROLLS THE HEAD. Numb, tired headache, > pressure. Painful hair. Musty head sweat. Cheeks hang down. Eyes puffy; conjunctiva or lids like water-bags; red; chemosed. Perforating corneal ulcer. Profuse hot tears. Photophobia; yet can't bear coverings. Squint. Blindness, > stool. Myosis. Face puffy or red, < about eyes; waxy pallor. Scarlatinal otitis. Red nose. Cold nose. Red mouth or tongue. Grinds teeth. Tongue: vesicles on edge; swelled; raw; as if burnt; sore. Sandy, glazed or translucent pharynx, > cold things. Œdema of uvula. Purpleness of throat. Meaty, red tonsils. Right tonsil, > cold drinks. Angina. Diphtheria; early prostration (Merc-cy.); dirty membrane. ADIPSIA; but thirst during chill. Ascites. Orange yellow or tomato-sauce stools; odorless; < motion. Anus sore, swelled; oozes blood or stands open (Pho.). Burning urination. Dysuria. Scant, foul urine; coffee-grounds sediment. Nephritis. Ovaries numb; tumor of r.; cystic. Amenorrhœa of puberty. Panting breathing; feels as if every breath would be his last. Air hunger. Larynx, drawn in. Thirstless and dropsical. Abdomen tight, as if to break, on straining at stool. Profuse urine, but drinks little. Ovaries congested, with suppressed menses. Heart, stitches backward from apex; beat shakes whole body. Hands and feet numb. Palms hot. Nails feel loose. Skin rosy red; sensitive; rough eruption on; sting-like spots on; pale. Large urticaria. Asthma from hives. Erysipelas. Scarlatina. Dry, hot skin, alternates with gushes of sweat. SLEEPY, but too nervous; when hot; and CRIES OUT. Kicks covers off. Weak, quick pulse. Chill: anticipates; with dyspnœa, urticaria, desire to uncover; alternates with heat; right side. BURNING HEAT; but chilly if moved; without thirst; at 4 P.M. Heat of one part, with coldness of another. Sweat in gushes; partial.

Worse

HEAT: ROOM. Weather. Drinks. Fire. Bed. Hot bath (Op.). Touch, even of hair. After sleep. 4 P.M. Pressure. Suppressed eruptions.

Better

COOL: AIR. Bathing. Uncovering. Slight expectoration. Motion.

Region

CELLULAR TISSUE: EYES. FACE. FAUCES. OVARIES. SEROUS CAVITIES. SKIN. KIDNEYS. BLADDER. Nerves. Respiration. Heart. Blood. Right side; right to left.

Relationships

Complementary: Arn. Bar-c. Merc-cy. Mat-m. Antidote: Carb-ac. Related: Ars. Canth. Pul. Urt-ur.

What the other books say about Apis mellifica

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Apis mellifica in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Apis mellifica in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Apis mellifica in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Apis mellifica in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Apis mellifica — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/apis-mellifica. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.