Hypericum perforatum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
LACERATED, injured or inflamed nerves; mashed fingers, etc. Injury to or reflected from brain or cord. Very painful, sore parts; occiput, coccyx, etc. Coccygodynia. Intolerably violent, shooting, lancinating along nerves; toward trunk; down sides of head or chest; in epigastrium; interscapular spine; finger-tips, etc., with crawling and numbness. Neuritis, as an outcome of injury. Neuralgia of stump. Shuddering. Spasms. Tetanus. .................... Heaviness or formication in brain. Head feels drawn to a point. Bubbling at navel. Dry rectum. Heart seems to drop. Painfully sensitive spine. Commotio spinalis. Pains in hips and small of back after labor. Limbs feel detached. Aching in l. sciatic, after long sitting. Feet seem furry or bones ache. Gaping wounds. Laborious dreams.
Worse
INJURY: Jar. Concussion. Penetrating. Shock. Bruises. Exertion. Touch. Change of weather. Fogs. Cold. Damp. Motion.
Better
Lying on face. Bending back.
Region
SPINAL NERVES: COCCYX. Inter-scapular. Meninges. Vertex.
Relationships
Related: Arn. Led. Rhus-t.
What the other books say about Hypericum perforatum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Hypericum perforatum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Hypericum perforatum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Hypericum perforatum 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. Hypericum perforatum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/hypericum-perforatum. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.