Viscum album
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Lowered blood pressure. Dilated blood vessels but does not act on the centers in the medulla. Pulse is slow due to central irritation of the vagus. The symptoms point especially to rheumatic and gouty complaints; neuralgia, especially sciatica. Epilepsy, chorea, and metrorrhagia. Rheumatic deafness. Asthma. Spinal pains, due to uterine causes. Rheumatism with tearing pains. Hypertensive albuminuria. Valvular disease, with disturbances in sexual sphere. Symptoms like epileptic aura and petit mal. 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 They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence.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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- Bufo rana (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.
Viscum album — Keynotes
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Viscum album — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-432ea53a-21a7-42b9-98ec-83d5c93a0ce2.
Vertigo; persists after epileptic attack. Vertex; sudden throbbings in. Sore about waist. Milky urine. Bronchial asthma. Blood won't clot and wounds won't heal.
Viscum album — Worse
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Viscum album — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-a8315904-45b6-4dd6-885a-d3ec2b99e992.
Becoming chilled while hot.
Viscum album — Region
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Viscum album — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-346ad056-ee07-40f4-a075-42a0db01ff65.
Female sexual organs. Nerves.
Viscum album — Relationships
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Viscum album — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-31c464d0-567e-40e9-bc4e-dff3fe815a14.
Related: Bufo.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Viscum album — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-4eba9d58-0789-4a2c-8d9f-5f2a6d55d86d.
Lowered blood pressure. Dilated blood vessels but does not act on the centers in the medulla. Pulse is slow due to central irritation of the vagus. The symptoms point especially to rheumatic and gouty complaints; neuralgia, especially sciatica. Epilepsy, chorea, and metrorrhagia. Rheumatic deafness. Asthma. Spinal pains, due to uterine causes. Rheumatism with tearing pains. Hypertensive albuminuria. Valvular disease, with disturbances in sexual sphere. Symptoms like epileptic aura and petit mal.
Viscum album — Modalities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Modalities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-7023c9f8-ed92-4e3b-9068-af83f31a45f7.
Worse, winter, cold, stormy weather; in bed. Movement; lying on left side.
Viscum album — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-0d81d716-8fa9-4408-b1fd-f9f796ef85e5.
Feeling as if whole vault of skull were lifted up. Blue ring around eyes. Double vision. Buzzing and stopped-up feeling in ear. Deafness from cold. Facial muscles in constant agitation. Persistent vertigo.
Viscum album — Female
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Female. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-55244f7f-010d-4908-b422-350ba28ef962.
Hæmorrhage, with pain; blood partly clots and bright red. Climacteric complaints (Lach; Sulph). Pain from sacrum into pelvis, with tearing, shooting pains from above downwards. Retained placenta (Secale). Chronic endometritis. Metrorrhagia. Ovaralgia, especially left.
Viscum album — Respiratory
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Respiratory. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-b5a84557-7ade-4d0c-8bd9-b8134f227dd9.
Dyspnœa; feeling of suffocation when lying on left side. Spasmodic cough. Asthma, if connected with gout or rheumatism. Stertorous breathing.
Viscum album — Heart
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Heart. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-09ed5f5a-becf-496f-824e-ded477a74929.
Hypertrophy with valvular insufficiency; pulse small and weak; unable to rest in a reclining position. Palpitation during coitus. Low tension. Failing compensation, dyspnœa worse lying on left side. Weight and oppression of heart; as if a hand were squeezing it; tickling sensation about heart.
Viscum album — Extremities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Extremities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-a296cc95-196e-4188-8f16-84d1636dd7f3.
Pains alternate in the knee and ankle with shoulder and elbow. Sciatica. Tearing, shooting pains in both thighs and upper extremities. A glow rises from the feet to the head; seems to be on fire. Periodic pains from sacrum into pelvis, worse in bed, with pains into thighs and upper extremities. General tremor, as if all muscles were in state of fibrillary contraction. Dropsy of extremities. Sensation of a spider crawling over back of hand and foot. Itching all
over. Compressing pain in feet.
Viscum album — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-0195eb0c-3591-43a8-bc2e-85a57c67888f.
Compare: Secale: Convallar; Bry; Puls; Rhodod. Guipsine -active principle––(exalts the hypotensive properties of Viscum). Hedera Helix-Ivy–– (Intercranial pressure).
Viscum album — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Viscum album — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/viscum-album#s-caa4b80f-189a-4208-8ad5-e3670fdd4b88.
Tincture and lower potencies.
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