Cistus canadensis
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Painfully sensitive to cold; to inspired air. Coldness of tongue, saliva, in throat, eructations, stomach, etc.; < sweating. Suppurations. Much thick, yellow or foul mucus, leaving painful rawness (Æsc. Ant-c.). Internal and external itching. Burning. Indurations. Callosities. Scrofula. .................... Fear. Headache from missing the noon meal, > eating. As of a lump in naso- pharynx. Colds affect the throat; it feels spongy, sandy, itches or has a dry spot, > sips of water. Expectorates quantities of tenacious, glairy mucus. Hard, swollen glands; < on neck; l. mamma. Crawling over body. Cracked tetters; canthi; lips; fingertips. Chilliness.
Worse
COLD: Inspired air. Taking. Drafts. Water. Mental: Exertion. Excitement. Touch.
Region
GLANDS: Naso-pharynx. Neck. Mammæ (l). Throat. Lungs. Skin.
Relationships
Related: Calc-c. Helod. Hep.
What the other books say about Cistus canadensis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Cistus canadensis in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Cistus canadensis 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. Cistus canadensis — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/cistus-canadensis. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.