Sanguinaria canadensis
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
membranes. Burnt feeling; tongue. Burning; in throat; under sternum; spot or stitches in chest; palms and soles, etc. General pulsation. Congestion; to head, abdomen, chest, etc. Symptoms ascend, or end in bilious vomiting. Migraine. Internal rawness. Acrid, blood-streaked or foul discharges. Lies on back with head elevated. .................... Irritable and bilious. Grumbling. Borrows trouble. Pain over r. eye or ASCENDS FROM OCCIPUT TO OVER R. EYE, > free urination. Sun pains. Swelled temporal veins. Pain at root of nose. Coryza; stopped, then diarrhœa. Sensitive to odors. Red, burning cheeks. Hectic spot. Full and tender behind angle of jaw. Anterior tongue looks red, like raw beef. Palate feels scalded. Sorethroat (r); pains to ear and chest. Craves spices. Averse to butter. Nausea, < sneezing or blowing nose, > eating. Tension in epigastrium. Stomach pains to r. shoulder. Bilious or gushing stools. Acrid leucorrhœa. Larynx full and dry; in singers. Coughs; raises foul air, tough, bloody plugs or purulent sputum, or passes flatus; dry, tickling - behind sternum, in evening. Pneumonia. Phthisis. Itching axillæ, < before menses. Cutting, stiff r. deltoid, < raising or turning arm. Omodynia; < night. Wrinkled palms. Dry skin; of jaundice. Polypi. Pain in bones near surface. Flushes of heat, rising into face and head; with headache. Burning, scanty sweat. General pulsation. Heat of palms and soles, < covers.
Worse
Periodically: WITH SUN. Weekly. Night. Climaxis. Odors. Jar. Light. Raising arms. Looking up.
Better
SLEEP. Lying on back. Vomiting. Cool air. Passing flatus. Redness; abdominal; tongue, etc. BURNING HEAT AND EBULLITIONS. Dry mucous
Region
RIGHT SIDE: Head. LIVER. Chest. Deltoid. VASO-MOTORS. Capillaries. Mucous membranes. Stomach.
Relationships
Complementary: Ant-t. Pho.
What the other books say about Sanguinaria canadensis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Sanguinaria canadensis in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Sanguinaria canadensis in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Sanguinaria canadensis in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Sanguinaria 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. Sanguinaria canadensis — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/sanguinaria-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.