Mezereum

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

Daphne mezereum

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Keynotes

Acrid secretions, pus, leucorrhœa, etc. Violent, irritative burning itching, burning smarting, burning boring, etc. with coldness of part affected. Neuralgia; after shingles. Ulcers. Effects of suppressed eczema capitis. As of a cool breeze. Sudden pains, then chilly, sore or numb. Emaciation of part. Gouty-rheumatic-syphilitic dyscrasia. One-sided symptoms, whole or partial; numbness of one side of scalp. Head pain (l), into eyes, malar bones, neck, etc., with lachrymation. Painful skull. Pains outward along brows. Eyes seem dry. Ears feel open to cool wind. Deafness. Facial neuralgias. Cracks in angles of mouth. Dry, dark red mouth. Blunt teeth. Toothache into temples; > cool air. Tongue coated along one side only. Sorethroat in winter. Gastric pain, > milk. Contracted, prolapsed rectum. Glistening particles in stool. Stubborn, leucorrhœa. Dry, tickling cough; unto vomiting; < hot things. Aching, itching in popliteæ. Internal burning with external violent itching in small areas or single parts. Intolerable itching; changes place on scratching. Pruritis senilis. Eruptions ooze acrid, gluey moisture, form thick crusts, with pus beneath, or are chalky white. Milk crust. Deep, hard, painful ulcers; acrid pus, drying into crusts; < touch and warmth. Bones seem enlarged. Periostitis. Chilly; limbs feel cold. Heat of one hand.

Worse

NIGHT. Suppressions. WARMTH OF BED, fire, etc. Cold air; drafts; damp. Motion. Touch. Mercury. Vaccination.

Better

Wrapping up (Nerves, Bones). Eating. Open air.

Region

SKIN. Nerves or bones: Head. Face. Jaws. Mucous membranes: Mouth. Stomach. One side.

Relationships

Complementary: Merc. Related: Ars. Guai. Kali-io. Merc.

What the other books say about Mezereum

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Mezereum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Mezereum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Mezereum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Mezereum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/mezereum. 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.