Cactus grandiflorus
cact-graNight-blooming Cereus Selenicereus spinulosus Acts on circular muscular fibers, hence constrictions. It is the heart and arteries especially that at once respond to the influence of Cactus, producing very characteristic constrictions as of an iron band. This sensation is found in various places, œsophagus, bladder, etc. The mental symptoms produced correspond to those found when there are heart affections, sadness, and melancholy. Hæmorrhage, constrictions, periodicity, and spasmodic pains. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 4 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1910 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Cactus grandiflorus
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| General | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | none |
| Throat | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | none |
| Rectum | none | none | 1 | none |
| Urinary | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Female | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Respiratory | none | none | 1 | none |
| Heart | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Sleep | none | none | 1 | none |
| Fever | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Antidotes:
- Amylenum nitrosum (Boericke)
- Related:
- Aconitum napellus (Boger),
- Coccus cacti (Boger),
- Lycopus virginicus (Boger),
- Spigelia anthelmia (Boger)
- Similar:
- Amylenum nitrosum (Allen)
As each book states it.
Cactus grandiflorus in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesCONSTRICTIONS; heart; chest; neck; body feels tight or wrapped, (Bar-c. Grap. Med. Nux-v. Sul.). Irregular circulation. Violent congestion. Hot gushings into chest. Localised pulsations; behind stomach. HÆMORRHAGE. Pains that extort cries. Periodical neuralgias. .................... As of a weight on vertex or chest. Red face. Cough; from heart affections; rattling. Menses lumpy; black; cease on lying.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
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H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesCactus grandiflora Night-blooming Cereus. Cactaceae. Sanguineous congestions in persons of plethoric habit (Acon.) ; often resulting in haemorrhage ; sanguineous apoplexy. Fear of death; believes the disease incurable (Ars.). Haemorrhage : from nose, lungs, stomach, rectum, bladder (Grot., Mill., Phos.). Headache, pressing like a heavy weight on vertex (> by pressure, Meny.) ; climacteric (Glon., Lach.).
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William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindMelancholy, taciturn, sad, ill-humored. Fear of death. Screams with pain. Anxiety.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Nose
- Throat
- Stomach
- Stool
- Urinary
- Female
- Chest
- Heart
- Extremities
- Sleep
- Fever
- Relationships
- Dose
Cactus grandiflorus in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureCactus Grandiflorus Generalities: Constrictions, contractions and congestions run through Cactus. Determination of blood to the head, and coldness of the extremities. Or determination of blood to an organ, the chest, or the heart. There is never an equal circulation of blood in the body; it is spasmodic and irregular. Disturbed by contractions of circular fibres everywhere.
Read Kent on Cactus grandiflorus in full →Where the repertories grade Cactus grandiflorus highest
Rubrics in which Cactus grandiflorus has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, anxietyBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 91 remedies
- Mind, shriekingKent’s Repertory · 116 remedies
- Mind, MindBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 169 remedies
- Mind, anxietyKent’s Repertory · 243 remedies
- Generalities, congestion of bloodKent’s Repertory · 101 remedies
- Generalities, twitchingKent’s Repertory · 131 remedies
- Generalities, constriction externallyKent’s Repertory · 134 remedies
- Generalities, constrictionKent’s Repertory · 169 remedies
- Aggravations, musicBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 44 remedies
- Aggravations, retracting abdomenBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 75 remedies
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