Cactus grandiflorus
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
CONSTRICTIONS; heart; chest; neck; body feels tight or wrapped, (Bar-c. Grap. Med. Nux-v. Sul.). Irregular circulation. Violent congestion. Hot gushings into chest. Localised pulsations; behind stomach. HÆMORRHAGE. Pains that extort cries. Periodical neuralgias. .................... As of a weight on vertex or chest. Red face. Cough; from heart affections; rattling. Menses lumpy; black; cease on lying. HEART FEELS CLUTCHED AND RELEASES ALTERNATELY, BY AN IRON HAND; or feels it expand and contract; seems to turn over (Lach.); stitches; irritable; intermittent beat. As if an iron band about chest. Numb left arm. Fingers tingle. Chill, not > covering. Strong pulsations in odd places.
Worse
Lying: On left side. On occiput. Periodically. Exertion. 10-11 A.M. or 11 P.M. Night.
Better
Open air. Pressure on vertex.
Region
HEART (muscle). CIRCULATION. Head; right. Chest. Circular muscles.
Relationships
Related: Aco. Coc-c.
What the other books say about Cactus grandiflorus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Cactus grandiflorus in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Cactus grandiflorus in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Cactus grandiflorus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Cactus grandiflorus — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/cactus-grandiflorus. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.