Sarsaparilla
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
Sarsaparilla
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Keynotes
Thin frail, shrivelled and old looking. Marasmus. Tendency to gravel and itching eruptions. Parts feel screwed together. Nightly bone pains. Rheumatism. Very sore, gouty nodes. Sycosis. .................... Pain depresses him. Pain from occiput to eyes or root of nose, which is swelled. Painful urination, extorts screams, > standing; < before menses; passes drops of blood or white, acrid material at close. Urine dribbles while sitting. Renal colic (r). Gassy urine. Crusty urinary sediment. Sand in the stools. Moist, foul genitals. Bloody semen. Retracted or cracked nipples. Backache with colic. Deep cracks on fingers and toes, < sides. Cutting under nails. Ulcerated finger-tips. Blotchy, hard or shrivelled skin, < about neck. Itching, scaly spots. Irritating pus. Chill starts from region of bladder; to back.
Worse
At close of micturition. Spring. Cold wet. Mercury. Night. Suppressed gonorrhœa. Yawning.
Better
Uncovering neck or chest. Standing.
Region
Genito-urinary organs. Skin. Right side; lower.
Relationships
Antidotes: Bell. Merc. Complementary: Sep. Related: Calc-c. Petr.
What the other books say about Sarsaparilla
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Sarsaparilla in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Sarsaparilla in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Sarsaparilla 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. Sarsaparilla — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/sarsaparilla. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.