Gossypium herbaceum
goss-herCotton-plant A powerful emmenagogue, used in physiological doses. Homeopathically, it corresponds to many reflex conditions, depending on disturbed uterine function and pregnancy. Gossypium will relieve tardy menses, especially with sensation that the flow is about to start and yet does not do so. Tall, bloodless patients, with nervous chills. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓
These texts come from 2 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1927 to 1931, 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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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A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Gossypium herbaceum — Keynotes
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Gossypium herbaceum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-df5513b4-3c65-4105-b8e3-18fbecb037ec.
Uterine reflexes. .................... Flow of saliva. Nausea on awaking. Vomits on motion or raising up. Hyper-emesis. Sensitive stomach, with much gas. Ovarian pains extend toward uterus. Uterine torpor. Cervical pain. Sensitive womb. Menses late, scanty and watery.
Gossypium herbaceum — Worse
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Gossypium herbaceum — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-94ec4574-4cc9-4b52-aea4-a7062c6e8ffe.
Motion.
Gossypium herbaceum — Region
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Gossypium herbaceum — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-f4e911f5-520d-4fde-94a1-8c0261c1a267.
Uterus. Ovaries. Kidneys.
Gossypium herbaceum — Relationships
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Gossypium herbaceum — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-2592bdf4-20ef-4858-bffb-c75d173b14f4.
Related: Senec. Ustil.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Gossypium herbaceum — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-2dba5fb9-6a0d-4794-a5cc-23c1f4bc5237.
Cotton-plant A powerful emmenagogue, used in physiological doses. Homeopathically, it corresponds to many reflex conditions, depending on disturbed uterine function and pregnancy. Gossypium will relieve tardy menses, especially with sensation that the flow is about to start and yet does not do so. Tall, bloodless patients, with nervous chills.
Gossypium herbaceum — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-c0775d1d-18c5-41d7-9413-57c43a40b3a7.
Pain in cervical region with tendency for head to draw backward with nervousness.
Gossypium herbaceum — Stomach
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-b4cf79e1-b9f4-44bd-8498-12bf7351b500.
Nausea, with inclination to vomit before breakfast. Anorexia, with uneasy feeling at scrobiculum at time of menses.
Gossypium herbaceum — Female
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — Female. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-f2ede2f8-5fc5-4344-9b23-59c775fe3022.
Labia swollen and itching. Intermittent pain in ovaries. Retained placenta. Tumor of the breast with swelling of axillary glands. Morning sickness, with sensitive uterine region. Suppressed menstruation. Menses too watery. Backache, weight and dragging in pelvis. Uterine sub-involution and fibroids, with gastric pain and debility.
Gossypium herbaceum — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-431a6a38-78a5-4ef5-aa8a-046ba7090185.
Compare: Action similar to Ergot when made from fresh green root. Lilium; Cimicif; Sabina.
Gossypium herbaceum — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Gossypium herbaceum — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/gossypium-herbaceum#s-a0ed8f23-254b-40ab-aafa-4b232c53507b.
Tincture, to sixth attenuation.
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