Prunus spinosa
prun-spiBlack-thorn Special action on the urinary organs and head. Very valuable in certain neuralgias, anasarca, and especially œdema pedum. Ankle and foot feel sprained. Ciliary neuralgia (Spig). 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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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- Related:
- Laurocerasus (Boger)
As each book states it.
A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Prunus spinosa — Keynotes
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Prunus spinosa — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-b8722ed5-5a40-4110-b0af-2112b46a5289.
Pains causing SHORT BREATH, shooting or pressing outward; lightning like; wandering. Neuralgia. Cramp. Nerve paralysis. Compensatory effects. .................... Pains from forehead (r), to occiput. Bursting in eyeballs. Eyes feel pressed apart. Teeth feel pulled out. Cramp in bladder; he doubles up to urinate (reverse-Alu.); urine reaches glans and then goes back again. Strangury. Glans pains on urinating. Pulsating pudendum. Leucorrhœa; watery, purulent and acrid. Dropsy; cardiac; of feet. Air hunger. As of a lump below l. scapula. Heart disease. Night- sweat.
Prunus spinosa — Worse
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Prunus spinosa — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-90045319-5a75-4423-a66e-2d045b4a5b81.
Stooping. Ascending.
Prunus spinosa — Region
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Prunus spinosa — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-1ba92454-32e1-4d6e-838f-73e0aecb52f9.
Nerves: Respiratory. Orbital. Bladder.
Prunus spinosa — Relationships
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Prunus spinosa — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-d11a027c-7b48-4ee7-9548-916658aa194f.
Related: Laur.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Prunus spinosa — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-6194b86a-5607-4e39-b6d2-cf6e81cc2ede.
Black-thorn Special action on the urinary organs and head. Very valuable in certain neuralgias, anasarca, and especially œdema pedum. Ankle and foot feel sprained. Ciliary neuralgia (Spig).
Prunus spinosa — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-420b10ad-2d9b-4d91-9ba6-cb9f71d6e0d9.
Pressing-asunder pain beneath skull. Shooting from right frontal bone through brain to occiput. Pain in right eyeball, as if it would burst. Piercing toothache, as if teeth were pulled out; worse, taking anything warm.
Prunus spinosa — Eyes
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Eyes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-759dca2f-e245-4f17-a30c-99fedc1f1842.
Ciliary neuralgia. Bursting pain in right eyeball shooting like lightning through the brain to occiput. Sudden pain in left eye as if it would burst, better by lachrymation. Irido-choroiditis. Opacity of vitreous humor. Eyes feel as if bursting.
Prunus spinosa — Abdomen
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Abdomen. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-fa0829c2-bcac-4d3d-88dd-e33271e58dc1.
Ascites. Cramp-like pain in bladder region; worse, walking.
Prunus spinosa — Rectum
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Rectum. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-08133604-190e-40c1-b12c-a98b6810b779.
Hard, nodular stool, with rectal pain, as if angular body were pressed inward. Burning in anus after slimy diarrhœa.
Prunus spinosa — Urinary
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Urinary. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-f1fea468-35fa-4fde-94ab-44b9653f43d3.
Tenesmus of bladder. Ineffectual effort to urinate. Hurriedly impelled to urinate; the urine seems to pass as far as glans, and then returns and causes pain in urethra. Neuralgic dysuria. Must press a long time before urine appears.
Prunus spinosa — Respiratory
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Respiratory. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-8d435acb-dd03-48e0-80d5-9b67e0561a43.
Wheezing when walking. Oppression of chest; anxious, short respiration. Angina pectoris. Furious beating of heart; worse, slightest motion.
Prunus spinosa — Skin
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Skin. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-afd391f4-d6eb-4af0-aae9-4ea71ea3a1f2.
Herpes zoster. Dropsy. Itching on tips of fingers, as if frozen.
Prunus spinosa — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-ad8804ed-264b-4789-833b-9859b2b9e3d2.
Compare: Lauroc; Prumus padus-Bird––cherry––(sore throat, pressure behind sternum and sticking pain in rectum); Prunus Virginiana-Wild Cherry––(heart tonic; relieves the flagging and distended ventricle; irritable heart; dilatation of right heart; cough, worse at night on lying down; weak digestion, especially in elderly people; chronic bronchitis; increases muscular tone); Pyrus-Mountain Ash––(irritation of eyes; constriction around waist; spasmodic pains in uterus, bladder, heart, cold-water sensation in stomach, coldness extends up œsophagus; neuralgic and gouty pains).
Prunus spinosa — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Prunus spinosa — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/prunus-spinosa#s-3f7f3e49-3139-44f8-91bd-fa652ca846da.
Third to sixth potency.
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