Helonias dioica
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Unduly exhausted females. Uterine reflexes. Heavy, sore, aching-burning; kidneys; in muscles; in back. .................... Deep gloom. Melancholy. Irritable; wants to be let alone. Heat or upward pressure in vertex. Aphthæ. Dull ache and heat in region of kidneys. Excessive urine. Nephritis of pregnancy. Sugar and albumen in urine. Heavy, sore, tender, ulcerated or prolapsed womb. Dark, foul blood from uterus; hæmorrhage from atony. Foul, lumpy or curdled leucorrhœa. Inflamed, itching, aphthous vulva. Heavy dragging in pelvis. Squeezing in chest. Swelled, painful mammæ. Tender nipples. Aching between scapulæ. Sore pain in outer side of thighs. Anæmia. Hot, when tired.
Worse
Fatigue: Labor. Abortion. Stooping. Pregnancy. Pressure of clothes.
Better
If busy. Diversion. Holding abdomen.
Region
FEMALE ORGANS. Kidneys. Mind. Muscles.
Relationships
Related: Senec. Sep. Tril.
What the other books say about Helonias dioica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Helonias dioica in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Helonias dioica 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. Helonias dioica — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/helonias-dioica. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.