Author: Urenus

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh bronchi of a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

Emphysema. Bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis. Congestions of capillary cir- culation.

The Bronchus sarcode should also be used concurrently in treatment of chronic catarrh of smokers, in order to adjust the body’s defences against the damage caused by the carcinogen benzopyrine, contained in tobacco smoke. This assumes a pre- cancerous state, which is generally asymptomatic.

Where tumour-formation has taken place, the simple sarcode may still develop a certain stimulant action, but in such cases the nosodes are better-indicated (q.v.).

The attenuations are prepared from the dried ripe fungus Calvatia gigantea with- out its peridia, which grows in Central Europe in pastures and dry meadows every- where. N.O. Lycoperdaceae.

Speech disturbances. Uses wrong words and misunderstands. Otitis externa with offensive discharge. Menorrhagia. Menses come too early. Moist eczema on the back of hand.

There is one modality which may lead us to this remedy: if toothache is amelio- rated in fresh air.

Otherwise, there is violent itching over the whole body, especially of the scalp, aggravated in the evening. We may also see eruptions of small white or red papules, blisters, nodules or pustules which ooze or form scales, dry out like bran or become purulent. Intertrigo in the inguinal region. Superficial ulcers form in the nostrils and corners of the mouth.

Bovista has also done good service in metrorrhagia (like Ipecacuanha), and in scrofulous patients with herpetic eruptions, in long drawn-out eye and ear inflam- mations, and in protracted colds with ulcerated nose and lips.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Calvatia gigantea, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for bovista: tendency to haemorrhage, such as from the nose; uterine bleeding; cardiac circulatory insufficiency with hyperemia; anoxemia; rashes; gastric pain; diarrhoea.

The attenuations are prepared from the careful dried venom of the Fer-de-Lance (Yellow Viper), Bothrops jajaraca (Wied). N.O. Crotalidae.

The prominent symptom of Bothrops lanceolatus is aphasia, such as is always found in cerebral apoplexy. However, haemorrhages of every kind are also an indi- cation for Bothrops, especially those from orifices of the body, e. g. difficulty in ar- ticulation without any tongue-complaint and without preceding apoplexy.

Further symptoms include amaurosis and retinal haemorrhage, day-blindness and subconjunctival haemorrhage. The face is swollen and puffy, with a ‘foolish’ expres- sion and possibly nervous trembling.

The neck feels bound up, with difficulty in swallowing, especially when drinking. Gastric haemorrhage and haematemesis.

Bloody stools. The skin too is swollen, livid and cold with haemorrhagic infiltra- tions and possible gangrene, swollen lymph-glands and possibly malignant erysipelas.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Bothrops jararaca, Lachesis lanceolatus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for bothrops lanceolatus: haemorrhages; blood coagula- tion disorders; vascular disorders; general blood poisoning.

The attenuations are prepared from triturated Disodium tetraborate, Na₂B₄ O₇ · 10 H₂O, MW: 381.4.

Vertigo on downward motion. Aphthous stomatitis. Chronic otitis externa. Sum- mer diarrhoea of infants. Psoriasis. Every injury festers.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium tetraboracicum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for borax: disorders of the oral mucosa; skin affections; acne vulgaris; eczema and psoriasis; nephrolithiasis; abnormal discharge; galactorrhoea; painful mammary glands; nervous hypersensitivity among children; vertigo upon rising.

The attenuations are prepared from the triturated whole cockroach, an insect oc- curring in the whole of Europe and North Africa. Blatta orientalis L. N.O. Blattidae.

The active ingredients of the cockroach were formerly known as Antihydropin. At that time a precise pharmacological and chemical analysis was not yet possible, but for generations it had been used in Russia as a folk-remedy for dropsy. In homoeo- pathic potency it has given good service in bronchial asthma.

According to Dr. Ray (Calcutta) it has a specific action on the vagus nerve, like other well-known asthma-remedies (Ipecacuanha, Cuprum Aceticum, Lobelia), by dissolving mucus and reducing attacks.

Blatta is said to be more suited to corpulent patients, and in cases which are ag- gravated in bad, rainy weather. In acute asthmatic attacks the lower potencies are to be preferred, and in chronic cases rather the higher ones.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Blatta orientalis, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for blatta orientalis: bronchitis; asthma.

The attenuations are prepared from basic Bismuth nitrate, whose approximate composition is BiO(NO₃) · H₂O. The content of Bi, AW: 209.0, calculated on the dried substance corresponds with the current Pharmacopoeia.

Sensation as of a heavy load in the stomach, burning, cramps with pressure to- wards the spine. Must bend over backwards. Vomiting immediately after eating. Gastralgia. Cholera infantum. Gastric and duodenal ulcers, cancer of the stomach.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Bismutum subnitricum, pub-

lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for bismutum subnitricum: ulcerous inflammations of the oral cavity and of the gums; organic and nervous gastric disorders; acute diarrhoea.

The attenuations are prepared from Potassium Bismuth iodide solution, K[BiI₄], MW: 755.7.

Bismuth Potassium Iodide, as a double salt, contains important therapeutic factors which can reinforce and extend the action of indicated remedies in consequences of syphilis, particularly disorders in the area of nervous functions, in the syphilitic con- stitution, and also in the early stages of organic brain disease with suspicious symp- toms of delusions of grandeur and syndromes resembling paralysis. Such combina- tion-remedies are of great therapeutic significance in the treatment of cellular phas- es and degenerative symptoms, and also in long-term treatment of neoplasm phases, even if generally some time is required before the action becomes clear. However, in contrast to this, positive action may be expected possibly after only a few days when treating fresh bouts of schizophrenia.

The mother tincture is prepared from the sap, obtained by boring into the trunks of sturdy young birch trees in spring. Betula pendula Roth. N.O. Betulaceae.

Gastritis. General catarrhs of the mucosa.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh, flowering herb Stachys officinalis [L.] Trev. N.O. Labiatae.

Besides a beneficial effect on catarrhal colds, Betonica has also helped in pains in a variety of parts of the body, such as: stabbing pains in the right temple with inabil- ity to concentrate, pains in the abdomen, especially in the liver area and transverse colon, also extending to the gall-bladder, in the right groin and the spermatic cords. There is a typical shooting pain in the back of both wrists, with flaccidity of the hand. The remedy is also good in pains in the right popliteal space, extending down

the leg with a lame sensation in the whole leg.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Stachys officinalis, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for betonica: epigastric pain.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh beetroot, Beta vulgaris ssp. vul- garis var. conditiva Alef. N.O. Chenopodiaceae.

Beta vulg. rubra, according to Seeger, is one of those substances which reactivate the cell-respiration and can regenerate blocked respiratory enzymes, and is therefore indicated in all cellular phases (impregnation, degeneration and neoplasm), and also in viral diseases, viral influenza, poliomyelitis, etc.