Quercus Glandibus

Nervous, depressed, glum, taciturn, easily moved to tears; not quite capable of stating

his own case.

• ▸Wheeling vertigo.
• ▸—Vertigo with affections of spleen and |.
• ▸side.
• ▸—Afraid to move for

fear an attack of apoplexy or giddiness would come on.—Peculiar sensation in head, feel as when

drunk; sensation lasts a minute or two.—Gouty eczema of scalp, poll, and backs of hands.

• ▸Pain in splenic region.
• ▸—Ascites.
• ▸—Enlarged liver and spleen.
• ▸—Pain in

hypochondria, < 1., much < by stooping.

Diarrheea (eliminative, with > of symptoms; and not weakening)." It keeps

his bowels open.".—Fistula in alcoholics.

• ▸Alcoholism.
• ▸Breath, offensive.
• ▸Constipation.
• ▸Diarrhoea.
• ▸Dropsy (splenic).
• ▸Fistula.

• ▸Giddiness.
• ▸Gout.
• ▸Intermitting fever.
• ▸Leucocythzemia splenica.
• ▸Spleen, affections of.

Characteristics——Quercus is one of Rademacher's splenic remedies. It was introduced to

homeeopathic practice by Burnett, who published in his Diseases of the Spleen a translation of

Rademacher's account of the remedy, and how he came to learn about it. Rademacher gave the

tincture of acorns to an old brandy drunkard who had long suffered from the spleen, which was

at times very painful, and who was at that time "sick unto death" with ascites and dropsy of the

legs. The urine at once increased, but the patient complained that each dose of the medicine

caused constriction of the chest. This led Rademacher to prepare the Distilled Spirit, and finally

the Aqua, as milder preparations, which they proved to be; for the remedy completely cured the

patient without causing further constriction of the chest. In the course of cures of spleen cases

Rademacher noticed that not only was the flow of urine increased, there was also, especially in

old spleen engorgements, an eliminative diarrhoea, with > of the symptoms generally. Another

observation was this: "Certain few people feel, as soon as they have taken it, a peculiar sensation

in the head, lasting barely a minute or two, which they say is like being drunk." This put Burnett

on the track of another use of this remedy, which he has elaborated in his Gout and its Cure, in

the treatment of alcoholism and its effects. Here are some of his cases. (/) Military man, 64,

broken down with gout and alcoholism and pretty severe chronic bronchitis. Heart irregular.

Liver and spleen enlarged. Complained bitterly of gnawing at pit of stomach. Gait tottering,

hands quivered. He had lost his wife and had to keep himself up with nips of spirits, for which he

• ▸had a constant craving.
• ▸Quer.
• ▸gland.
• ▸spir.
• ▸©, ten drops in water, three times a day, completely

revolutionised his state and took away his abnormal craving for spirits. (2) In a merchant of 57,

• ▸given to nips of sherry, Quer.
• ▸g.
• ▸s.
• ▸@ threw out a gouty eczema on scalp, poll, and backs of

• ▸hands, which took three months to cure, after which Quer.
• ▸g.
• ▸s.
• ▸was again given and completed

the cure. (3) An officer who drank too much had foul breath; eyes yellow, puffy underneath.

• ▸Quer.
• ▸g.
• ▸s.
• ▸© cured.
• ▸(4) Hunting mall, 40, free liver, gouty, had varicose veins of legs, originating

• ▸apparently in enlarged spleen, left by typhoid fever.
• ▸Quer.
• ▸g.
• ▸s.
• ▸@ cured.
• ▸The patient said it kept

his "bowels very regular." (5) A country squire, 60, bachelor, appeared in a hopeless condition.

Was unable to state his own case. Flushed, much pain over the eyes and in both rib regions.

Stooping caused great pain, < left hypochondrium. Liver and spleen much enlarged. Nervous,

depressed, glum, taciturn, easily moved to tears. Could not walk without support on account of

his great giddiness. Breath in highest degree disgustingly stercoraceous, nearly caused Burnett to

vomit when examining him. That smell of breath, says Burnett, is an unmistakable sign of the

chronic tippler, indicating undigested alcohol in the Prime vice. Burnett subsequently ascertained

that he was quite a sober man, but took frequent nips, particularly when confined to the house by

wet weather. The (a) Pain in left side; (6) Giddiness; (c) Flushed state indicated Quer., which

was given. In a week the breath was normal; giddiness a little better; tenderness of rib region

• ▸much diminished.
• ▸In six weeks quite well.
• ▸Burnett does not find Quer.
• ▸a remedy for the liquor

habit, it stops short at that; but it diminishes the craving and antidotes the alcoholic state. On the

other hand, Quer. is by no means a remedy for alcoholic effects only. Giddiness with spleen

trouble is met by it; and I have given it with good result to a young lady for extreme whirling

vertigo, a sequel of influenza. The patient was greatly relieved when she took it in a severe

attack; but if she took it when the giddiness was only slight it caused severe aggravation. Patients

to whom Cooper gave it complained that they "felt as if in a vice; dared not move for fear of a fit

of apoplexy, or an attack of giddiness." "Deafness with noises in the head" is another effect

• ▸observed by Cooper.
• ▸Palestine missionaries who used Quer.
• ▸g.
• ▸s.
• ▸on Burnett's indications in

spleen affections found it no less effective in the intermittent fevers which gave rise to the

enlarged spleens. Powdered Oak-bark is an excellent dry dressing for ulcers and discharging

• ▸wounds.
• ▸The Schema is made up of clinical symptoms (i.
• ▸e.
• ▸, symptoms either caused or cured in

patients).

[The Oak is a near ally of the Willow, and the febrile and vertiginous properties of

Salicin and its compounds are analogous to those of Querc. Tannin, Tannic acid, and Gallic acid

are obtained from the bark of the oak and the "galls" or oak apples, produced by the puncture of

• ▸gall-flies.
• ▸] Antidote to: Alcohol.
• ▸Compare: In giddiness, Coccul.
• ▸, Gels.
• ▸, Chi.
• ▸, Nat.
• ▸m.
• ▸, Nat.
• ▸sal.
• ▸,

• ▸Dig.
• ▸In spleen affections, Cean.
• ▸, Scill.
• ▸, Cedr.
• ▸, Urt.
• ▸ur.
• ▸, Rubia tinct.
• ▸, Thuj.
• ▸In alcoholism, Nux,

Ars., Chi.

Compare: Angelica (in tincture, five drops, three times daily, produces disgust for liquor; also for atony of different organs, dyspepsia, nervous headache, etc; chronic bronchitis to increase expectoration). Ceanoth; Lach; Nat mur; Helianthus (spleen enlarged and painful).

• ▸Ten drops to a teaspoonful of the distilled spirit three to four times a day.
• ▸A passing diarrhoea often appears for a times a day.
• ▸A passing diarrhoea often appears for a time when using it.
• ▸Curative effect.
• ▸Quercus acts well in trituration of the acorn 3x in splenic cases, flatulence, old malaria and alcoholic history (Clark).

Spirit distilled from Tincture of Acorn Kernels (QUERCUS GLANDIUM SPIRITUS)

• ▸Used first by Rademacher for chronic spleen affections; spleen-dropsy.
• ▸Antidotes effects of Alcohol.
• ▸Vertigo; deafness, with noises in head.
• ▸Takes away craving for alcoholics; give dose as below for several months.
• ▸Dropsy and liver affections.
• ▸Useful in gout, old malarial cases with flatulence.