Symphytum officinale
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The root contains a crystalline solid, that stimulates the growth of epithelium on ulcerated surfaces. It may be administered internally in the treatment of gastric and duodenal juries to sinews, tendons and the periosteum. Acts on joints generally. Neuralgia of knee. Of great use in wounds penetrating to perineum and bones, and in non-union of fractures; irritable stump after amputation, irritable bone at point of fracture. Psoas abscess. Pricking pain and soreness of periosteum. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓
These texts come from 3 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1899 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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.
Where each author writes about Symphytum officinale
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Relationships
- Follows well after:
- Arnica montana (Allen)
- Followed well by:
- Fluoricum acidum (Allen)
As each book states it.
A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Symphytum officinale — Keynotes
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Symphytum officinale — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-0031529e-bbf7-4431-94c1-2a2b3abe3fd3.
Excessively painful (old) injuries; to periosteum or cartilage. Comminuted fractures. Prickling, stitching pains. Eye and face injuries. Non-union. Deficient callus. Coldness.
Symphytum officinale — Worse
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Symphytum officinale — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-72d91384-0372-4a88-a368-5bb564dd5f7d.
INJURIES. Blows from blunt instruments. FRACTURES.
Symphytum officinale — Region
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Symphytum officinale — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-511e009e-38ec-4bc8-8184-a1669d85ae29.
CARTILAGE. PERIOSTEUM. Flat bones.
Symphytum officinale — Relationships
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Symphytum officinale — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-2d6ef104-ebcc-4a4f-bdbe-dc0d845bec4b.
Related: Calc-p. SYPHILINUM (See Luesinum)
Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
Symphytum officinale — Keynotesp. 281
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H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Symphytum officinale — Keynotes, p. 281. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-3337eb91-8579-46da-8a0e-2ab4ff099fbc.
Symphytum officinale
Comfrey. Borraginaceae.
Facilitates union of fractured bones (Cal. p.) ; I css efts peculiar pricking pain; favors production of callous ; when trouble is of nervous origin.
Irritability at point of fracture; periosteal pain after wounds have healed.
Mechanical injuries; blows, bruises, thrusts on the globe of the eye.
Pain in eye after a blow of an obtuse body ; snow ball strikes the eye; infant thrusts its fist into its mother’s eye (to soft tissues around the eye, Arn.).
Fluor, ac.. Hep., Sil.
Follows well: after. Arnica, for pricking pain, and soreness of periosteum remaining after an injury.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Symphytum officinale — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-ea7b2551-16f2-46c1-a010-926a66f77591.
The root contains a crystalline solid, that stimulates the growth of epithelium on ulcerated surfaces. It may be administered internally in the treatment of gastric and duodenal juries to sinews, tendons and the periosteum. Acts on joints generally. Neuralgia of knee. Of great use in wounds penetrating to perineum and bones, and in non-union of fractures; irritable stump after amputation, irritable bone at point of fracture. Psoas abscess. Pricking pain and soreness of periosteum.
Symphytum officinale — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-053f2444-d178-4f74-9ca1-08fe3d695063.
Pain in occiput, top and forehead; changing places. Pain comes down bone of nose. Inflammation of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red, swelling.
Symphytum officinale — Eye
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — Eye. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-fb42497a-434e-458c-9db7-03d7f27e7e08.
Pain in eye after a blow of an obtuse body. For traumatic injuries of the eyes no remedy equals this.
Symphytum officinale — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-3e717080-0971-4383-aab4-0de5415b6b92.
Compare: Arn; Calc phos.
Symphytum officinale — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/symphytum-officinale#s-bbf2a7d8-e53f-447c-83c6-9156d774ae03.
Tincture. Externally as a dressing for sores and ulcers and pruritus ani.
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