Bovista lycoperdon
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Hæmorrhagic-herpetic diathesis. Oozing hæmorrhage, < night. Laxness; joints seem loose; easy indentation. General puffiness. Enlarged feeling, head, heart, etc. .................... Awkward in speech and action; drops things, stutters, etc. Inattentive. Weak memory. Confusion on awaking. Weak jointed and nervous. A wedge presses into occiput. Nose stops on lying down. Numb mouth. As of a lump of ice in stomach. Colic, > eating. Bloating. Diarrhœa, < menses. Menses early; more at night, less if in motion; flow between periods. Thick, pussy, acrid leucorrhœa. Short breath on using hands. Visible palpitation. Itching coccyx. Weak hands. Heavy painful legs. Itching eruptions; oozing; forming thick crusts or scabs, with pus beneath (Mez.). Hives, with diarrhœa or menorrhagia. Eczema. Chill during pains.
Worse
Menses. Full moon. Getting warm.
Better
Doubling up. Eating.
Region
CIRCULATION: HEART. Uterus. Kidneys. SKIN.
Relationships
Related: Ap. The Carbons. Ustil.
What the other books say about Bovista lycoperdon
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Bovista lycoperdon in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Bovista lycoperdon in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Bovista lycoperdon — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/bovista-lycoperdon. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.