Squilla maritima
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Exudations and profuse secretions. Dropsy; with profuse urine. Cardio-urinary effects. Gurglings. .................... Rubs eyes, sneezes. Acrid coryza. Black spots on teeth. Sweet taste; of food, expectoration, etc. Stomach pains, > lying on l. side. Aching hypochondriæ. Dark brown, frothy stools. Sudden urging; passes much urine. Bloody urine. Erotic pollutions. COUGH; stubborn, rattling cough with sneezing, coryza, watery eyes, spurting urine, or heat; ends in gagging; < cold drinks and inspiration. Easy, heavy expectoration; < morning and evening. Stitches in chest (l). Pleurisy. Broncho-pneumonia. Heat, with aversion to uncover. Absence of sweat.
Worse
Early morning. Motion. Uncovering. Old people.
Region
MEMBRANES: MUCOUS. Serous. Kidneys. Heart. Spleen.
Relationships
Complementary: Ant-c. Related: Ars. SCOPARIUS GENISTA (See Genista Scoparia) SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA High strung neurotic women. Sleepless from nervous excitement.
What the other books say about Squilla maritima
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Squilla maritima in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Squilla maritima 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. Squilla maritima — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/squilla-maritima. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.