Podophyllinum
podopMay-apple Is especially adapted to persons of bilious temperament. It affects chiefly the duodenum, small intestines, liver, and rectum The Podophyllum disease is a gastro-enteritis with colicky pain and bilious vomiting. Stool is watery with jelly- like mucus, painless, profuse. Gushing and offensive. Many troubles during pregnancy; pendulous abdomen after confinement; prolapsus uteri; painless cholera morbus. 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Podophyllinum — Mind
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-b3416fc8-c76d-4b1b-b45d-3a7ced9218a2.
Loquacity and delirium from eating acid fruits. Depression of spirits.
Podophyllinum — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-407ae5e4-bb2c-423c-b25d-052816b58105.
May-apple Is especially adapted to persons of bilious temperament. It affects chiefly the duodenum, small intestines, liver, and rectum The Podophyllum disease is a gastro-enteritis with colicky pain and bilious vomiting. Stool is watery with jelly- like mucus, painless, profuse. Gushing and offensive. Many troubles during pregnancy; pendulous abdomen after confinement; prolapsus uteri; painless cholera morbus. Torpidity of the liver; portal engorgement with a tendency to hæmorrhoids, hypogastric pain, fullness of superficial veins, jaundice.
Podophyllinum — Modalities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Modalities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-f52bfbb5-41e1-48f7-973c-66d7c70a9d90.
Worse, in early morning, in hot weather, during dentition.
Podophyllinum — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-269b948a-498a-4f91-be8b-081e751f1b3d.
Vertigo, with tendency to fall forward. Headache, dull pressure, worse morning, with heated face and bitter taste; alternating with diarrhœa. Rolling of head from side to side, moaning and vomiting and eyelids half closed. Child perspires on head during sleep.
Podophyllinum — Mouth
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Mouth. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-6c8cd929-b73d-4f40-81bf-954975347d4f.
Grinding the teeth at night; intense desire to press the gums together (Phytol). Difficult dentition. Tongue broad, large, moist. Foul, putrid taste. Burning sensation of tongue.
Podophyllinum — Stomach
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-ddd587d2-fd72-4dd9-8e41-9ee9fb9b5f57.
Hot, sour belching; nausea and vomiting. Thirst for large quantities of cold water (Bry). Vomiting of hot, frothy mucus. Heartburn; gagging or empty retching. Vomiting of milk.
Podophyllinum — Abdomen
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Abdomen. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-42c7c45c-6bb2-4b01-9cdd-e7e7d800de04.
Distended; heat and emptiness. Sensation of weakness or sinking. Can lie comfortably only on stomach. Liver region painful, better rubbing part. Rumbling and shifting of flatus in ascending colon.
Podophyllinum — Rectum
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Rectum. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-e992cecc-f751-4222-bdd6-ace380f638ac.
Cholera infantum and morbus. Diarrhœa of long standing; early in morning; during teething, with hot, glowing cheeks while being bathed or washed; in hot weather after acid fruits. Morning, painless diarrhœa when not due to venous stasis or intestinal ulceration. Green, watery, fetid, profuse, gushing. Prolapse of rectum before or with stool. Constipation; clay-colored, hard, dry, difficult. Constipation alternating with diarrhœa (Ant crud). Internal and external piles.
Podophyllinum — Female
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Female. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-72c4426b-9f99-4096-a489-c50fcda77ab9.
Pain in uterus and right ovary, with shifting noises along ascending colon. Suppressed menses, with pelvic tenesmus. Prolapsed uteri, especially after parturition. Hæmorrhoids, with prolapsus ani during pregnancy.
Podophyllinum — Extremities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Extremities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-bacadd30-c84a-49aa-bd32-1fc2e9b1d996.
Pain between shoulders, under right scapula, in loins and lumbar region. Pain in right inguinal region; shoots down inner thigh to knees. Paralytic weakness on left side.
Podophyllinum — Fever
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Fever. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-f3fd832f-1160-448a-9767-433c7efefb91.
Chill at 7 am, with pain in hypochondria, and knees, ankles, wrists, Great loquacity during fever. Profuse sweat.
Podophyllinum — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-2c97f820-d5d9-44ce-823f-2fd51f24453e.
Compare: Mandragora-also called mandrake––(must not be confounded with Podoph. Great desire for sleep; exaggeration of sounds and enlarged vision. Bowels inactive; stools large, white and hard). Aloe; Chelid; Merc; Nux; Sulph. Prunella-Self-head––(Colitis).
Podophyllinum — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Podophyllinum — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/podophyllinum#s-186e0d37-e0c8-481c-bcc2-dcf835e80499.
Tincture to sixth potency. The 200th and 1000th seem to do good work in cholera infantum, when indicated.
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