Helleborus niger
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
A dark, dusky remedy; dark face; sooty nostrils; dark lips, hands, etc. Serous effusions. Gradual onset, with advancing weakness, blunted senses and sluggish responses; drops things, staggers, etc. Automatic acts. Lies on back with knees drawn up. Muscle pains, spasm or paralysis. Feeble and delicate. .................... Inattention. Stupid, obtuse or apathetic. Brain symptoms, with anorexia. Blank, somber despair. Won't eat or speak. Fixed ideas. Things look new. Heavy, numbing headache. Rolls head or bores it into pillow for relief. Congestion. Hydrocephalus. Stupid, staring or tired look. Eyes half open. Pale face. Chewing motions. Fetor oris. Numb, dry, trembling tongue or covered with yellow ulcers. Ptyalism. Averse to vegetables. Distended abdomen. Watery or gelatinous stool. Urine, scanty, with dark flecks or sediment; retained. Nephritis. Uræmia. Dropsy. Amenorrhœa from cold. Small, soft pulse. Sopor; with cries or starts. Coldness. Chill, with fever or heat; with sweat.
Worse
Cold air. Puberty. Dentition. Suppressions. Exertion. Evening (4-8 P.M.).
Better
Strong attention.
Region
MIND. BRAIN. Sensorium. Nerves; motor; sensory. Membranes: Serous. Mucous. Kidneys. Muscles. Exudations.
Relationships
Complementary: Zin. Related: Bry. Op. Zin.
What the other books say about Helleborus niger
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Helleborus niger in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Helleborus niger in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Helleborus niger in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Helleborus niger 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. Helleborus niger — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/helleborus-niger. 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.