Tuberculinum

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

Tuberculinum Bovinum Kent

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Keynotes

Obscure, changeful indications. Susceptible, given to relapses, increasing exhaustion and lowered vitality. Rapid breakdown (Lyc.). Takes cold easily; ends in diarrhœa. TUBERCULAR TAINT. Scrofula. Quiverings. .................... SENSITIVE; every trifle irritates; < awaking. Fits of violent temper. Dissatisfied; always wants a change; reckless. Fear; of dogs. Confusion. Shooting from over eyes to occiput. Head pains; deep; violent; tears hair or beats head, < motion. Brain feels loose. Sensitive scalp. Eczema tarsi. Sweat on nose. Old, dingy look. Aching malar bones. Teeth; feel jammed; sensitive to air. Delayed dentition. Dryness in mouth; in choanæ. Sticky mouth. Hawks mucus after eating. Adenoids. Craves cold milk, or sweets. Drum belly. Brown, foul, watery, explosive stools. Tearing in rectum on coughing. Bed-wetting. Sticky urinary sediment. Menses soon after child bearing. Frightful dysmenorrhœa. AIR HUNGER. Hoarseness, > talking. Dyspnœa, < cough. Cough; fits of; with chill and red face; < evening; < raising arms. Mucus rattle in chest, without expectoration. Pneumonia; of grippe. Asthma. Sore spot in chest. Heaviness at heart. Tension in nape. Skin: dry, harsh; sensitive, easily tanned; itching in cool air. Brown fingertips. Branny scales. Many enlarged glands. Dreams, frightful, vivid; of shame; awakes in horror. Chilly; yet wants fresh air. Cold feet; < left; in bed. Heat; on cheek of affected side; flushes of; in spots; burning; on genitals; < eating. Sweat; easy; cold; clammy; in upper parts; on hands; < coughing. Clothes feel damp. Wants covers in all stages.

Worse

CLOSE ROOM. Motion. Exertion. Weather: DAMP (cold); changing. Draft. Awaking. Noise. Mental excitement. Thinking of it. Pressure of waistband.

Better

Cool wind; open air.

Region

LUNGS. Mind. Head. Occiput. Glands. Larynx.

Relationships

Complementary: Calc-c. Kali-s. Sep. Related: Pho. Pul. Sep.

What the other books say about Tuberculinum

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

Tuberculinum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Tuberculinum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Tuberculinum 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. Tuberculinum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/tuberculinum. 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.