Hydrastis canadensis
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
A mucus remedy; hawks up much mucus; mucus in stools, urine, etc. Atonic, cachectic or degenerative conditions. Shallow ulcers. Hæmorrhagic or CATARRHAL processes. Thick, yellow, acrid (Sanic.), ropy secretions. Sense of raw-burning. Weak, dyscrasic and emaciated. .................... Neuralgia of scalp and neck. Thin, yellow, sunken face. Nose; sore; bleeds; bloody crusts. Post-nasal dripping. Dirty, yellow, slimy, flabby, indented tongue (Nat-p. Yuc.). Taste bitter; burnt. Aphthæ. Loathing. Goneness or as of sharp lumps in stomach. Cutting from liver to r. scapula., < lying on back or r. side. Lumpy stool; coated or mixed with mucus. Obstipation; of pregnancy; after purgatives. Mucus in urine. Thick, acrid leucorrhœa. Ulcer of cervix. Loose cough; bloody expectoration. Raises quantities of mucus. Senile bronchitis. Palpitation, with weakness. Heat alternating with chilliness; profuse sweating.
Worse
AIR: Inhaling, cold. Dry winds. Open. Slight bleedings. Washing. Old age.
Region
MUCOUS GLANDS: Nasal cavities. STOMACH. Gall-ducts. Intestines. Muscles. Uterus.
Relationships
Related: Ars. Kali-bi. Pul.
What the other books say about Hydrastis canadensis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Hydrastis canadensis in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Hydrastis canadensis in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Hydrastis 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. Hydrastis canadensis — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/hydrastis-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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.