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Rhamnus Californica

California Coffee-tree
15 sectionsBoericke · 15

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke
  • muscular pains
  • dysmenorrhoea
  • Inflammatory rheumatism

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

California Coffee-tree

  • One of the most positive remedies for rheumatism and muscular pains.
  • Pleurodynia, lumbago, gastralgia.
  • Vesical tenesmus; dysmenorrhoea of myalgic origin; pain in head, neck, and face.
  • Inflammatory rheumatism, joints swollen, painful; tendency to metastasis; profuse sweat.
  • Rheumatic heart (Webster).

Provings of students. 2x potency.

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Mentals

Mind
Boericke

Nervous, restless, irritable. Lassitude; mentally dull and dazed; unable to concentrate mind on studies.

Head

Head
Boericke
  • Dizzy full feeling.
  • Heavy bruised sensation; better from pressure.
  • Bursting feeling with every step.
  • Soreness, especially in occiput and vertex, worse, bending over.
  • Dull pain in left temple.
  • Dull aching in frontal region (left), extending backwards and over forehead.
  • Deep, right-sided frontal headache.
  • Twitching eyelids.

Ears

Ears
Boericke

Dullness of hearing. Soreness, deep under right tragus on swallowing.

Face

Face
Boericke

Flushed, hot and glowing. Outward pressure from malar processes.

Mouth

Mouth
Boericke

Canker sore between gums and lips. Tongue coated, with clean, pink central patch.

Throat

Throat
Boericke

Dry, rough. Soreness on right side and tonsil.

Urinary

Genito-urinary
Boericke

Increased urination. Tickling in anterior urethra, small morning drop (no previous gonorrhoea). Sexual desire increased.

Respiratory

Respiratory
Boericke

Substernal oppression. Tenderness on pressure of right intercostal muscles.

Chest

Heart
Boericke

Variation of pulse. Slow pulse.

Extremities

Extremities
Boericke

Unable to control muscular action. Legs sore. Walked like a drunken man.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Rhamnus cathartica or Rhamnus Frangula-European Buckthorn-a rheumatic remedy--(abdominal symptoms, colic, diarrhoea; haemorrhoids, especially chronic). Rhamnus Purshiana-Cascara Sagrada--(palliative in constipation, as an intestinal tonic, and dyspepsia dependent thereon. 10-15 drops of tincture).

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Tincture in 15-drop doses every four hours.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.

Additional notes

Bowels
Boericke

Constipation with some flatus. Tenesmus and dry stool. Flatulent diarrhoea.

Modality
Boericke

Symptoms worse in evening.

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