Cina
cinaArtemisia cina
Worm-seed This is a children's remedy,-big, fat, rosy, scrofulous, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms and accompanying complaints. An irritability of temper, variable appetite, grinding of teeth, and even convulsions, with screams and violent jerkings of the hands and feet, are all within its range of action. The Cina patient is hungry, cross, ugly, and wants to be rocked. Pain in shocks. Skin sensitive to touch. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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 Cina
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 | none |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | none |
| Face | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Ears | none | none | 1 | none |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | none |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | none |
| Rectum | none | none | 1 | none |
| Urinary | none | none | 1 | none |
| Female | none | none | 1 | none |
| Respiratory | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Sleep | none | none | 1 | none |
| Fever | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Follows well after:
- Capsicum annuum (Allen)
As each book states it.
Cina in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesThe greater the emaciation the greater the hunger. Bruised soreness. Painfully sore to motion and touch. Stiffens out; < if crossed, looked at, during cough, etc. Twitchings. Spasms; < worms; unilateral. .................... TOUCHY. Nervous. Ugly, cross, petulant and dissatisfied. Wants to be rocked. Dilated pupils. Squint. Colored vision. Eyes fatigue, > rubbing. Nostrils drawn in. PICKS AND BORES AT NOSE.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Read Boger on Cina in full →Cina in Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesCina Worm Seed. Compositce. Adapted to children with dark hair, very cross, irritable, ill-humored, want to be carried, but carrying gives no relief; does not want to be touched; cannot bear you to come near it; averse to caresses; desires many things, but rejects everything offered (compare. Ant. t., Bry., Cham., Staph.). Constantly digging and boring at the nose; picks the nose all the time; itching of nose.
Read Allen on Cina in full →Cina in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture XXIII — Cina and Chamomilla ClNA. The medicinal virtues of Cina are largely, although not entirely, due to a poisonous active principle which it contains; that active principle is Sa?itoni?ie, the central point of action of which is the abdominal ganglia, whence are reflected nervous impressions to all other parts of the body, but principally to the brain and spine.
Read Farrington on Cina in full →Cina in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindIll-humor. Child very cross; does not want to be touched, or crossed, or carried. Desires many things, but rejects everything offered. Abnormal consciousness, as if having committed some evil deed.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Face
- Eyes
- Ears
- Nose
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Stool
- Urinary
- Female
- Respiratory
- Extremities
- Sleep
- Fever
- Relationships
- Dose
Cina in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureCina Cina is pre-eminently a child's remedy, but it is suitable for conditions in adults that are seldom thought of. A marked feature running through is touchiness, mental and physical. Child: The child wants something, but does not know what. The child is aggravated by touch and even by being looked at, and is worse from seeing strangers. The skin is sensitive to touch.
Read Kent on Cina in full →Where the repertories grade Cina highest
Rubrics in which Cina has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, quietKent’s Repertory · 43 remedies
- Mind, strikingKent’s Repertory · 44 remedies
- Mind, capriciousnessKent’s Repertory · 61 remedies
- Mind, indifferenceKent’s Repertory · 163 remedies
- Generalities, choreaKent’s Repertory · 88 remedies
- Generalities, pressure agg.Kent’s Repertory · 113 remedies
- Generalities, pressureKent’s Repertory · 137 remedies
- Generalities, morningKent’s Repertory · 184 remedies
- Aggravations, lyingBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 52 remedies
- Aggravations, biting teeth togetherBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 66 remedies
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