Author: Urenus

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from antigen of the canine tape- worm, Echinococcus.

Following spontaneous (traumatic or surgical) opening up of the primary cysts, there is a universal scattering of the ova, with possible serious and fatal destruction of the affected organs. On the other hand, tumour-like growths may develop with perforable cavities.

Since in the case of echinococcosis we are dealing with a worm-infestation, it is questionable whether the echinococcosis itself is susceptible to the nosode, but it should at least be tried, taken on account of the other symptoms, which may vary ac- cording to the way in which the organs are affected.

However, the use of the nosode should be generally borne in mind in other tu- mour-like growths, and as an intermediate remedy in treating neoplasms. Prophy- laxis is all-important, i.e. avoidance of close contact with dogs, since they are fre- quently infested with the canine tapeworm (Echinococcus).

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh plant in flower, without root, of Echinacea purpurea [L.] Moench, a native of North America. N.O. Compositae.

The indications are as for Echinacea angustifolia. When it is injected intravenous- ly, a strange taste is detected on the tongue.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Echinacea purpurea, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for echinacea purpurea: adjuvant therapy for serious and feverish infec- tions.

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh plant in flower, with root, of Echinacea angustifolia DC., a native of North America. N.O. Compositae.

The main indications are:

Fever, sepsis, inflammations of every kind.

Echinacea is an “internal antiseptic”, acting on the lymphatic system. In the com- prehensive provings (Fahnestock), the first symptom was a biting, prickling sensa- tion on the tongue, on the lip and in the throat; a feeling of fear and pain in the praecordium followed. After that there appeared fever-symptoms with a sensation of fullness in the head, a red face and rapid pulse. Many provers also complained of weakness and sharp, neuralgic pains moving here and there, also of catarrhs of the digestive and respiratory organs, with griping abdominal pains and discharge of evil- smelling flatus and thin, yellowish stools. In two provers a decrease in the red blood corpuscles was established.

In America, Echinacea was formerly used not only for typhoid fevers, diphtheria, malignant scarlet fever, carbuncles and boils, but also for snake bites. Later on, diar- rhoea, cholera infantum, adynamic feverish states, appendicitis, blood-poisoning, puerperal fever, pyaemia and toxaemia from poison-ivy were added as indications.

Echinacea was used as well for the bad consequences of vaccination, in gangrene, abscesses, ulcers of a tubercular or syphilitic kind, or when a malignant degenera- tion began in the course of acute or subacute illnesses.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Echinacea angustifolia, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for echinacea angustifolia: adjuvant therapy for serious and feverish in- fections.

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

The principal indications are:

Duodenal ulcer. Ulcerous diathesis. Inflammation of the duodenum. Pancreatitis. Peptic oesophagitis. Pylorospasm.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from the surgically removed inflamed duodenum.

The main indications are:

Duodenal ulcer and chronic inflammation of the duodenum; also as an intermedi- ate remedy in pancreatitis.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh young shoots and leaves, gathered before flowering, of the plant, Solanum dulcamara L., which grows by streams and riverbanks and in damp thickets and areas liable to flooding in Europe, North Africa, Northern India and China. N.O. Solanaceae.

Dulcamara, or Bittersweet, is indicated in a typical situation which to some extent reflects the areas where the plant grows. Dulcamara, one of the Solanaceae distin- guished by its shiny blue and yellow flowers and red berries arranged like grapes, is found in flood-areas which are at times completely under water. As Dulcamara berries may be mistaken for red currants, cases of poisoning sometimes occur, par- ticularly in children. The symptoms of poisoning are diarrhoea, vomiting, colics, sweating, skin-rash, convulsions, paralysis and possible death. The complaints of Dulcamara are aggravated by cold, damp weather and when the weather changes, especially in rainy weather. Also, when cool nights follow hot days, then Dulcamara complaints usually occur, especially in the form of neuralgias and rheumatism. The same is true of complaints which occur after becoming chilled when hot and per- spiring, e.g. in footballers. Thus Dulcamara acts in a hydrogenoid constitution. All complaints tend to be ameliorated by warmth. Increased mucosal secretions are also typical of Dulcamara.

Other symptoms which point to Dulcamara as the remedy are difficulty in think- ing, linked with certain states of confusion. The patients cannot find the words they want, and can only pronounce them with difficulty. There is also often a dull headache, coupled with hardness of hearing and a sensation of coldness in the oc- ciput. The nose is usually blocked as well (sinusitis), the discharge being more copi- ous in the warmth. The saliva is tough and soap-like.

Acute gastritis and enteritis, dysentery, cystitis and acute nephritis may also be found as consequences of chill and getting thoroughly wet. These are associated with violent stomach pains, colic, mucous, sour or dysenteric watery stools, pains persisting even after the stool, associated with colic and rheumatic complaints.

Cystitis with mucous, offensive urine and continual strangury is likewise typical of Dulcamara, especially when the onset coincides with a sudden spell of cold, wet weather, or occurs after getting thoroughly wet. The same holds for coughs which occur after a thorough soaking. Dulcamara can be beneficial in acute nephritis, with violent pains in the renal area and with mucous, albuminous, offensive urine. Like- wise in influenza with coryza, cough, haemoptysis, and tonsillitis with muscular pains and fever, various pareses (e.g. Bell’s palsy) often also occurring as a conse- quence of getting wet.

Also typical of Dulcamara are urticarial symptoms as a consequence of gastric disturbances, with large, burning itching, swollen patches, often along with diar- rhoea; similarly these symptoms are typically aggravated by warmth and ameliorat- ed by cold. Dulcamara is also a remedy for cradle-cap, when the scales are dry and bran-like.

The typical aggravation of all symptoms when the weather changes, and especial- ly in cold, wet weather, is always characteristic of Dulcamara. Thus the remedy has proved its worth in chronic sore throats, when these always occur or are worse in wet weather. This is often the case with suppurating tonsils, thus Dulcamara is one of the best remedies for suppurating tonsils. Also spinal inflammation after lying on damp grass demands Dulcamara.

Dulcamara is also beneficial in asthma which comes on in wet weather, likewise in ear-aches which occur with every chill, and conjunctivitis with a thick, purulent discharge.

Dulcamara also has progressive vicariations after suppression of discharges by chilling, e.g. menstruation (with vicarious epistaxis), lochia, milk and nasal catarrhs, followed by onset of fever and headaches in vicariation; these will be cured by Dul- camara, particularly if the cause was a chill in cold, damp weather. Dulcamara is also required in influenza-like states, when the whole body feels battered and there is a dull, swimming feeling in the head, possibly associated with hardness of hear- ing; also in herpetic eruptions on the genitalia, breasts and lips, and herpes which erupts before each monthly period, possibly with formation of crusts and easy bleed- ing.

There is usually a characteristic activity of the mucosa with marked secretions, whilst the skin may be comparatively inactive. However, rheumatic conditions such as torticollis, stiffness and weakness in the back, sensation of coldness in the sacrum, rheumatic pains in the limbs and joints, associated with stiffness and deaf- ness, are particularly characteristic of Dulcamara. The cough which requires Dulca- mara is hoarse and dry, loose later with copious expectoration. The diarrhoea which is relieved by Dulcamara is accompanied by a cutting pain around the umbilicus. With catarrhs which require Dulcamara, the nose is usually blocked. In warmth, co- pious discharge begins.

Dulcamara can also be useful in warts, where these are large and fleshy.

If we sum up the main symptoms of Dulcamara once again, we have the following characteristic remedy-picture:

1. Symptoms occur or are aggravated when weather turns cold and wet. (Hy- drogenoid constitution.)
2. Rheumatism of muscles and joints, and lumbago, following chill and getting wet, with twitching of muscles, eyelids and mouth. Stiffness of the neck and violent muscular pains in the loins, possibly associated with diarrhoea and cystitis, (di- version into excretory processes). Amelioration from dry warmth and movement. Typical intercostal neuralgias and neuralgic pains in the left neck/shoulder area; also intercostal neuralgias (cf. Ranunculus, Colocynthis), with sensation of pres- sure and heaviness on the shoulders.
3. Pareses of various kinds following thorough wetting, or worse in wet, cold weath- er.
4. Acute gastritis with violent pains, vomiting, colics and mucous, sour stools. Um- bilical colics.
5. Cystitis and nephritis following chill and thorough wetting, with mucous, offen- sive urine and continuous strangury. Also paralysis of the bladder, aggravated in cold, damp weather.
6. Influenzal colds with coryza, coughing, haematemesis. Catarrhal bronchitis, laryngitis, tracheitis with hoarseness and copious expectoration. Acute and chron- ic tonsillitis. Suppurating tonsils, also of a chronic kind, linked with muscular pain, diarrhoea, colic and fever.
7. Urticaria with large, burning and itching swollen patches, often associated with diarrhoea, worse for warmth, better for cold. Cradle-cap with dry, bran-like desquamation. Large, fleshy warts. Herpetic eruptions on the genitalia, breasts, lips, especially before each menstrual period. Swelling of the breasts.
8. Nosebleeds in vicariation with the menses.
9. Thinking more difficult. Words cannot be found or can only be pronounced with difficulty. Along with this, certain states of confusion.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Solanum dulcamara, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for dulcamara: feverish infections; inflammations of the respiratory or- gans, the gastrointestinal tract, the urinary tract, the joints, and the skin, as elicited by exposure to cold and wet.

see Vas Deferens Suis.

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh skin and mucosa of the external auditory canal of a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The principal indications are:

Chronic eczema of the external auditory canal. Disturbances in excretion of ear- way. Boils in the auditory canal. Chronic otitis externa.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh whole plants of Drosera intermedia Hayne, Drosera anglica Huds. and Drosera rotundifolia L., gathered at the com- mencement of flowering. N.O. Droseraceae.

The sundew (Drosera species) occurs in Eastern Europe, Asia and North America and is an insectivorous plant, growing in peat-bogs, marshy meadows and on the banks of ponds. One can scarcely discover the plant, because only the hair-thin stalks rise out of the surrounding moss. On each of the purple glandular hairs which spread out like rosette around the stem, is a small drop of clear, sticky fluid, like a dew-drop. If a tiny insect touches one of these fine glandular hairs, it sticks fast. The rosette of hairs then closes in a reflex action, so that the insect is caught and is di- gested by enzymes.

As a homoeopathic remedy, Drosera has a typical sphere of indication, covering principally the respiratory organs and the cough. The coughing comes in paroxysms with frequent bursts, so that the patient can scarcely catch a breath between them, and it is worse at night. It is often accompanied by vomiting and epistaxis. The stab- bing pains in the chest are so strong that the chest (and abdomen) must be pressed with the hands. Thus Drosera is the prime remedy in whooping cough, and to a cer- tain extent represents the model of this illness (Dahlke). However, it is also indicated in tubercular irritative cough and catarrh with simultaneous pleurisy.

In Drosera we also find a deep, hoarse voice and chronic hoarseness, such as oc- curs, for example, in tuberculous laryngitis. A similar cough is an indication for Verbascum; however in Drosera the focus is more in the larynx.

If we sum up the main symptoms of Drosera, we have the following characteristic remedy-picture:

1. Whooping cough (Pertussis) with whistling breath and stabbing pains in the chest, with cyanosis and suffocation, retching, and great diffiuclty in expectorat- ing the mucus. Vomiting occurs, possibly accompanied by epistaxis.
2. Great fear with the attacks. Children usually hold the chest and abdomen during coughing.
3. Laryngeal catarrhs with intercurrent irritation of the pleura, with deep hoarse voice. Chronic hoarseness in tubercular patients.
4. Asthma with violently spasmodic symptoms, cyanosis and retching.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Drosera, published the follow- ing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for drosera: inflammations of the respiratory passages, especially whooping cough.

The attenuations are prepared from the antibiotic Doxycycline hyclate C₂₂H₂₅ClN₂O₈ · 0.5 C₂H₆O · 0.5 H₂O, MW: 512.9 (Potentised allopathic compound).

The principal indications are:

Iatrogenic damage. Enzyme damage. Mutations. General use in cellular phases.