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Xerophyllum

Tamalpais Lily, Basket Grass Flower
19 sectionsBoericke · 19

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke
  • writes last letters of words first

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Tamalpais Lily, Basket Grass Flower

Should prove curative in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.

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Mentals

Mind
Boericke

Dull, cannot concentrate mind for study; forgets names;

writes last letters of words first; misspells common words.

Modalities

Modalities
Boericke
Worse
application of cold water, in afternoon and evening
Better
application of hot water, in morning, moving affected part

Head

Head
Boericke
  • Feels full, stuffed up, pain across forehead and above eyes.
  • Great pressure at root of nose.
  • Bewildered.
  • Loss of consciousness.
  • Pulsating headache.

Eyes

Eyes
Boericke

Painful, as of sand, smarting; difficult to focus for close work. Eyes feel sore, burn.

Nose

Nose
Boericke

Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.

Face

Face
Boericke

Bloated in morning. Puffy under eyes.

Throat

Throat
Boericke

Stitching pain upon swallowing.

Stomach

Stomach
Boericke

Feels full and heavy. Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner. Vomiting at 2 pm.

Abdomen

Abdomen
Boericke

Intestinal flatulence. In morning rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool.

Stool

Rectum
Boericke
  • Constipation, stools hard, small lumps.
  • Difficult, soft stools, with much straining.
  • Much flatus.
  • Bearing-down pain in rectum.

Urinary

Urine
Boericke

Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking. Frequent urination at night.

Female

Female
Boericke

Bearing-down sensation. Vulva inflamed, with furious itching. Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrhoea.

Respiratory

Respiratory
Boericke

Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus. Sneezing. Trachea sore; lumps feel constricted.

Neck & Back

Back
Boericke
  • Feels hot from sacrum to scapulae.
  • Backache, extending down legs.
  • Pain over kidneys.
  • Heat deep in spine.

Extremities

Extremities
Boericke

Muscular lameness, trembling. Pain in knees. Limbs feel stiff (Rhus).

Skin

Skin
Boericke
  • Erythema, with vesication and intense itching, stinging, and burning.
  • Blisters, little lumps.
  • Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather.
  • Dermatitis, especially around knees.
  • Inflammation resembling poison-oak.
  • Inguinal glands and behind knee swollen.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Sixth potency or higher.

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.
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