Elaterium
elatSquirting Cucumber Ecbalium This is an invaluable remedy in violent vomiting and purging, especially if the evacuations are copious and watery. It is a very efficient remedy in certain forms of dropsy. Much yawning and stretching. Beriberi; choleraic conditions; urticaria and mental disorders coming on as a consequence of suppressed malaria. Irresistible desire to wander from home at night. Effects of damp weather. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓
This text comes from a classic Materia Medica dating from 1927, reproduced in full because they are 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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.
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- Jalapa (Boericke)
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Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Elaterium — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-2565f5b9-2430-4b48-9a9c-875b530f2f15.
Squirting Cucumber Ecbalium This is an invaluable remedy in violent vomiting and purging, especially if the evacuations are copious and watery. It is a very efficient remedy in certain forms of dropsy. Much yawning and stretching. Beriberi; choleraic conditions; urticaria and mental disorders coming on as a consequence of suppressed malaria. Irresistible desire to wander from home at night. Effects of damp weather.
Elaterium — Modalities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Modalities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-f941d794-7247-434d-8932-0bf26ff33bea.
Worse, from exposure on damp ground.
Elaterium — Stomach
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-c36a8df3-cd21-4c57-bf18-33e5dc4e8eda.
Nausea and vomiting, with great weakness. Griping pains in bowels.
Elaterium — Stool
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Stool. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-0a44fad1-5c4d-44e1-8ac3-3d5e86b58941.
Watery, copious, forceful. Squirting diarrhœa; frothy, olive green, with
cutting in abdomen.
Elaterium — Extremities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Extremities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-b4c184a6-4b46-44c3-a2d6-d1aa0e43d5af.
Sharp pains in fingers and thumbs, knees, toes, and instep. Gouty pain in great toes. Pain extends down extremities; pain in hip-joints with diarrhœa. Arthritic nodules.
Elaterium — Skin
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Skin. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-d9572d68-5664-48a3-8a53-9b4e3b9a83ca.
Smarts, stings, and burns. Dropsical. Urticaria from suppressed intermittent. Skin, orange color.
Elaterium — Fever
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Fever. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-5efdd520-f52e-43a5-b01c-4165cc903d21.
Chill comes on with much yawning and stretching, lasting all through chill. Pain in extremities, darting into fingers and toes. Chills and fever, with spurting diarrhœa.
Elaterium — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-170a0662-87ce-4401-8b4c-1068d7db6353.
Compare: Bry; Croton; Gambogia.
Elaterium — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaterium — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaterium#s-3c2d7949-eb07-4e72-aa21-30fec436da3f.
Third to thirtieth potency. As a hydragogue cathartic to produce free discharge in dropsies, Elaterin 1-20 of a grain. Palliative only.
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