Author: Urenus

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock of the plant Chamaeliri- um luteum [L.] A. Gray, which occurs in North America. N.O. Liliaceae.

The main indications are:

Melancholia and depression. Albuminuria and diabetes. Prolapse of the uterus. Dark, offensive leucorrhoea. Vaginitis. Muscular rheumatism with burning pains, relieved by motion. Lassitude.

Throughout the whole remedy there runs an unaccustomed lack of energy, weak- ness and exhaustion, with irritable mood, irascibility, despondency and a predilec- tion for solitude. There is weakness of intellect, vertigo and pressing, pulsating headaches, a sensation of heaviness and tiredness predominating, especially in the sacral area and loins, with a spasmodic pain to the left of the spine as far as the iliac crest, nocturnal back pains, a lame pain in the whole back and violent pains in the right hip joint.

Thus Helonias Dioica is especially suited to states of exhaustion and weakness of the nervous system, in neurasthenia, and also in albuminuria from various causes and diabetes mellitus, and also in kidney and bladder conditions with urinary com- plaints, cystitis and weakness of the bladder (cf. Causticum). Also in amenorrhoea where lack of energy predominates.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chamaelirium luteum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for helonias dioica: nephritis; prolapse of the uterus; exhaustion, emotion- al discord or upset.

The mother tincture is prepared from the carefull dried rootstock of the plant, Helleborus niger L., gathered in autumn or in springtime after the flowering period. The native of the Alps, the Balkans and Russia, is often planted in gardens because of its flowers, which appear at Christmas. N.O. Ranunculaceae.

The main indications are:

Melancholia. Psychoses. Fixed ideas. Apathy. Hunger-strike. Mutism. Stubborn si- lence. Consolation aggravates. Acute hydrocephalus. Lies on the back, unconscious, with the legs drawn up. The eyeballs are turned upwards, insensible, continual chew- ing motion. Quietly delirious. Encephalitis (post-vaccinial, after living-cell implan- tation). Acute and chronic nephritis. Oedema. Ascites.

According to experiments by V. Schroffs, Helleborein primarily affects the ganglia of the coeliac plexus and the heart, to the point of complete paralysis.

There is great heaviness and sensitivity of the muscles of all the limbs, with varied pains in different parts of the body. This is accompanied by the inability to rouse oneself to any kind of activity, with a dulling of sensation and an unaccustomed stiffness in the extremities.

Trembling, twitching of the muscles and convulsive movements, especially in sleep, are also characteristic, likewise spasms and sudden collapse or falling down without loss of consciousness and with cold perspiration on the forehead.

States of collapse with coldness of the limbs, slowed pulse, narrowed pupils and fainting attacks are mostly aggravated in the evening and ameliorated in the fresh air. Patients who need Helleborus usually exhibit a yellowish complexion, a pale sunken face, oedematous skin and swelling of connective tissue with painfulness of individual lymph-nodes. There is erupton of vesicles on the forehead and lips, pul-

sation of the arteries and congestion of blood in the brain.

In prominent conditions there is disgust for food with tendency to vomit, continu- al retching, abdominal distension with desire to urinate but scanty quantities passed, flatulence and difficult evacuation of hard faecal masses with pains in the rectum. By way of compensation there may, however, be violent diarrhoea with the faeces

stained by bile, nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting being present, accompanied by involuntary defaecation with jelly-like mucus.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for helleborus niger, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for helleborus: meningitis and encephalitis; acute diarrhoea; nephritis; states of confu- sion; emotional distress.

The attenuations are prepared from the lava taken from Mount Hekla, a volcano on Iceland.

The main indications are:

Exostoses on the feet, also on the jaw and other sites.

Hekla Lava was taken into homoeopathic use because large-scale occurence of ex- ostoses was found on the jaws and other bones of sheep grazing at the foot of Mount Hekla on Iceland, and were therefore in continual very close contact with the solidi- fied lava of the volcano. The author has been able to verify the beneficial action of Hekla Lava on exostoses in numerous cases in his practice again and again, some- times in combination with Mercurius Iodatus Ruber which has a selective action on the periosteum. Thus in suitable cases one may take advantage of this combined ef- fect.

A most severe case of trigeminal neuralgia (mandibular division) reacted surpris- ingly rapidly and lastingly to Hekla Lava 6X after all the teeth had been extracted. The unbearable bone-pains in the lower jaw vanished within a few days, never to return.

Heinigke points out that the action of Hekla Lava has been verified in a wide vari- ety of bone diseases, including osteosarcoma, tubercular and syphilitic osteitis and exostosis. Thus Hekla Lava should be used in toothache, abscesses of the gum, swellings on the jaw and in difficult dentition.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hekla Lava, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for hekla lava: inflammation of bones and periosteum; exostosis.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh wood-free twigs of the plant, Hed- era helix L., gathered before or just at the beginning of flowering period, which climbs on trees and houses in Europe. N.O. Araliaceae.

The main indications are:

Acute and chronic catarrh of nose and sinuses. Icy cold, moist hands (“frog’s hands”) and feet. It has been used in the form of linctus. It has not been shown which of the constituent substances (iodine, saponin, helicin [a glycoside], carubin, resin, formic acid and oxalic acid) is responsible for the action.

According to the author’s experience, Hedera Helix is suitable in the treatment of various dyscrasias, whether rickets (which is hardly seen nowadays) or chronic si- nusitis or a deposition phase at a site of least resistance, e.g. as a hydrocephalus or a cataract.

Hedera Helix, possibly combined with other constitutional remedies, is able to take such fixed deposition phases back by a process of regressive vicariation to the acute stage. It should be possible to work out characteristic symptoms by viewing Hedera Helix from this angle.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hedera helix, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for hedera helix: acute inflammations of the respiratory passages and of the digestive organs; hyperthyroidism; rheumatic diseases.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh bark of the branches and roots of the plant, Hamamelis virginiana L., which grows in the U.S.A. – often wild – and in Germany is planted in many parks. N.O. Hamamelidaceae.

Hamamelis is particularly a remedy for the veins, and is used in venous stasis, varicose veins and passive haemorrhages of dark blood. One of the main symptoms is a painfulness, as if bruised, similar to Arnica; this painfulness is present not only in venous stasis, but may also be found in rheumatism.

Hamamelis patients feel better in warm, humid air.

The veins and varices of the lower leg are almost always sensitive to touch. Hamamelis is also indicated in thrombophlebitis and varicose ulcers. Haemorrhoids may bleed copiously with a sensation as if the back were about to break. Hamamelis is also the remedy for haematemesis with vomiting of dark blood. Likewise it will have a favourable action on dysmenorrhoea with profuse bleeding and a full, bruised feeling in the abdomen. If there is haematuria, there will usually be a dull pain in the renal area. In haemoptysis a full, bruised sensation in the floating ribs will indicate Hamamelis.

One should always think of Hamamelis if soreness and a bruised sensation are characteristically present in the affected parts, and particularly where there is a sen- sation as if the sacrum would break. There may also be a sensation of tiredness and stiffness in the lower limbs, with dull drawing pains in the legs. Hamamelis may also be indicated in inflammatory conditions of the oral cvity, such as tonsillitis with a dark red appearance.

The main indications are haemorrhages and varicose veins.

The symptoms of hamamelis may be set out in the following summarised form:

1. Venous stasis. Varices. Ulcers of the lower leg.
   1. Venous haemorrhages. Dark, passive flow.
   1. Epistaxis. Haematemesis. Bleeding haemorrhoids. Haematuria with kidney pains. Haemoptysis.
   1. Characteristic severe soreness of affected parts. Bruised sensation, as if broken.
   1. Dysmenorrhoea with severe venous haemorrhage and pain on the surface of the abdomen.
   1. Tonsillitis with dark red appearance and great thirst.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hamamelis virginiana, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for hamamelis: varicose veins; haemorrhoids; bleeding of the skin and mucosae.

The mother tincture is prepared from the resin which is melted out of the heart- wood of Guaiacum officinale L. or Guaiacum sanctum L. N.O. Zygophyllaceae.

Rheumatoid pains of a stabbing, tearing kind in various parts of the body consti- tute a major symptom of Guaiacum. Pronounced gouty affections of the joints also react to Guaiacum, especially if there is aggravation in the morning and evening with great sleepiness in the daytime, much yawning and a need to stretch the limbs. All the affected parts are sensitive to touch.

All the complaints are aggravated by warmth; however, pains which are localised in the bones, muscles or tendons are generally relieved by warmth.

Guaiacum can also act favourably on exostoses of the tibia, when there is sensitiv- ity on the slightest movement, and also in left-sided frozen shoulder.

Guaiacum is also indicated in neuralgias and facial pains with swimming in the head and vertigo, tearing pains in various parts of the skull and pulsating, stabbing pains in the temples. This is accompanied by weakness of memory and a peevish, irascible mood with taciturnity.

Fluent coryza may last for weeks. Guaiacum is indicated as a supporting remedy in laryngeal catarrhs, and bronchial catarrhs with difficult respiration and offensive expectoration, chronic bronchiectasis and also pulmonary tuberculosis.

Gastric complaints are characterised by empty eructations and nausea, and a sen- sation of pressure and heat in the stomach. These are accompanied by loss of ap- petite and disgust for food, with episodes of unaccustomed hunger and strong thirst. In the genito-urinary system there are inflammatory conditions with tenesmus of the bladder, urine passed drop by drop, and cutting pains in the urethra, also leucor-

rhoea and nocturnal seminal emissions.

Essentially Guaiacum is used in rheumatic and gouty complaints in the head and limbs, in catarrhal conditions, in bronchitis, tonsillitis and muscular spasms of the intestines and bladder.

If the main symptoms of Guaiacum are summarised, the result is the following typical remedy-picture:

1. Gout with sensation of heat. Movement and heat are intolerable. Muscles as if too short.
2. Exostoses (tibia). Sensitivity to slightest movement. Left sided frozen shoulder.
3. Facial pain and neuralgia. Swimming in the head. Weakness of memory. Peevish, irascible mood.
4. Gastric complaints. Burning and irritation of the mucosa (oral). Strong thirst. Pressure and heat in the stomach. Spastic intestinal movements and twitching of abdominal muscles. Rumbling in the intestines. Soft faeces or constipation with frequent flatus. Craving for apples, which ameliorate the gastric complaints.
5. Tenesmus of the bladder with urine passed drop by drop and cutting pains in the urethra. Nocturnal seminal emissions. Leucorrhoea.
6. Bronchiectasis. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Supporting remedy in pulmonary tuberculo- sis. Cough with offensive expectoration.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Guaiacum, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for guaiacum: inflammation of palatine tonsils and pharynx; bronchial and pulmonary inflammationi rheumatism; gout.

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried aerial parts, gathered when it is in flower, of the plant, Grindelia robusta Nutt., a native of North America, Brazil and Russia. N.O. Compositae.

The main symptoms are:

Bronchitis. Emphysema. Asthma with viscid expectoration.

A cutting pain in the spleen area can be an indication for Grindelia. There are also eruptions like roseola on the face and neck, sometimes all over the body, associated with itching and burning; there may also be vesicular and pustular eruptions.

There is a typical holding of the breath on going to sleep. The patient can only eliminate the tough mucus with difficulty, and must sit up in order to breathe, with symptoms of cardiac weakness.

Grindelia can be very useful in cases of moist asthma with copious expectoration which is difficult to shift, and concomitant digestive disorders; also in chronic bron- chitis, emphysema and cardiac asthma.

It is said to be specific in Cheyne-Stokes respiration, also in whooping cough, iri- tis and itching skin diseases. External appliation of the tincture, diluted 1:10, is said to be useful in pruritus and erythema.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Grindelia robusta, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for grindelia robusta: asthmatic diseases with viscous mucus.

The attenuations are prepared from Graphite (pencil-lead), a naturally modified form of carbon.

In its action, Graphites has a certain relationship to Carbo Vegetabilis, but also to other anti-psorics, particularly Sulphur. According to Dahlke, there is throughout the whole remedy a characteristic tendency towards the formation of cracks, and to skin diseases of various kinds, proceeding with crusty eruptions and the discharge of a sticky, honey-like fluid, which hardens into scabs.

Skin diseases which call for Graphites are mainly localised in the folds and creases of the skin. Itching is aggravated by heat and the warmth of the bed. They are accom- panied by a pasty appearance, constipation and a despondent mood, with restlessness, anxiety and mental weakness. Thus the Graphites type has become summed up in the catchphrase: “Fat – stupid – constipated.” However, this is not completely apt, insofar as other symptoms, which do not fit into this pattern, are very susceptible to Graphites. These include general loss of hair, which is hard and brittle, and alopecia areata. Various kinds of tinnitus are also indications for Graphites, possibly associated with chronic ear discharge smelling like herring-brine. Graphites eruptions are situat- ed mostly in skin-folds and creases, or on that side of the limb, and at orifices, also be- hind the ears, at the nostrils, which are cracked, raw and encrusted, possibly associat- ed with an offensive discharge (ozaena), the nose itself being dry.

Graphites is also effective in colicky, burning stomach-pains, ameliorated by eat- ing and associated with distension; there may also be a pre-cancerous state in the py- loric area.

There are also itching eruptions around the anus, and possibly haemorrhoids which protrude, and are too painful to permit sitting down.

In women there is an aversion to coitus, a cold sensation in the vagina, and acrid, white leucorrhoea, gushing out. The finger and toe nails are thickened and split. Of- fensive foot-sweats are also susceptible to Graphites. The patient is generally easily chilled and sensitive to the cold. Graphites patients also tend towards swelling and induration of the glands.

Nash quotes a case of eczema on the legs, in which Sulphur was first given, whereupon an eruption broke out all over the body, with the discharge of a sticky, viscous fluid. By following with Graphites this eruption was then cured. Graphites is also the remedy in eczema capitis or when, after eczema has been suppressed, brown, liquid stools with undigested material and an intolerably foetid odour start to be passed. Eczema of the eyelids, eyelids with their edges covered in scales and scurf: these are cured by Graphites, whereas Sulphur is the cure where the orifices of the body are more reddened. Nash emphasizes that the lumpy, copious stools which are characteristic of Graphites may sometimes be joined by threads of mucus, and that Graphites is good not only for anal fissures, but for fissures in general, on fin- ger-tips, nipples, corners of the mouth, between the toes etc. Atheroma is also sus- ceptible to Graphites.

As clinical indications for Graphites, Dahlke also mentions scrofulous eye-condi- tions, styes, scanty menstruation with vicarious bleeding and bearing-down of the uterus, chronic gout with deformed fingers, anaemia, hydrocoele, atheroma, and re- current erysipelas, with the affected parts remaining hard and swollen.

Graphites also softens and reasorbs scar-tissue, and is therefore indicated in ulcers of the lower leg with hard edges and thin, acrid and offensive discharges, and in pso- riasis; but also in hoarseness and laryngeal complaints of professional speakers.

Summing up the main symptoms of Graphites, we have the following picture:

1. Mental dullness, difficult thinking. Despondent mood. Anxiety.
2. Skin dieseases with tendency to eczema in folds of the skin and orifices of the body, and on the articulating surfaces of the limbs, possibly associated with crusty, dry eruptions and offensive, acrid secretions of a sticky, honey-like con- sistency. Itching aggravated in the heat and by the warmth of the bed. Fissures in all orifices. Intertrigo. Styes and Meibomian cysts.
3. Offensive sweat. Chronic nasal catarrh with foetid, purulent and crusty discharge (ozaena).
4. Tinnitus. Otosclerosis. Deterioration of the hearing. Discharge from the ears, smelling like herring-brine.
5. Falling out of hair. Alopecia areata. Fungal infections of the nails.
6. Seborrhoeic blepharitis.
7. Leucorrhoea. Aversion to coitus. Scanty menstruation.
8. Colicky stomach-pains with distension. Pre-cancerous state. Constipation.
9. Chronically recurring erysipelas. Chronic rheumatic polyarthritis with deformity of joints.
10. Ulcer of the lower leg with hard edges. Keloid formation. Psoriasis.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Graphites, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for graphites: paramenia; digestive insufficiency; geriatrically related disorders; eczema and other dermal diseases; mucosal inflammation.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from surgically removed granuloma (reactive formation of granulative tissue at the tip of the root of a tooth).

The main indications are:

Epulis. Focal diseases. Apical infections. Headaches (especially in the eye and orbit). Migraines. Supporting remedy in infective endocarditis. Myocarditis. Ar- rhythmias. Chronic neuralgias. Acute polyarthritis.

Of general use in impregnation phases, (with Influenzinum, Psorinum, etc.), in- cluding oral doses.

see Medorrhinum.