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An Insight Into Plants
AN INSIGHT
INTO
PLANTS
Volume III
by
RAJAN SANKARAN
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
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©Dr. Rajan Sankaran
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: January 2007
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CONTENTS
VOLUME III
Page
Acknowledgements
1011
List of Contributors
1013
Introduction
1019
A Query and its Clarification
1021
Notes to the Reader
1041
PART-I
FAMILIES 1 TO 21 FROM VOLUMES I & II
Summary, Additions and Illustrative Cases
(1) Anacardiaceae
1045
(2) Berberidaceae
1063
(3) Cactaceae
1065
(4) Compositae / Asteraceae
1117
(5) Conifers
1147
(6) Euphorbiaceae
1193
(7) Hamamelididae
1217
(8) Labiatae / Lamiaceae
1247
(9) Leguminosae / Fabaceae
1265
(10) Liliiflorae / Liliidae
1289
(11) Loganiaceae
1309
(12) Magnolianae
1319
(13) Malvales
1359
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(14) Papaveraceae
1367
(15) Primulaceae
1383
(16) Ranunculaceae
1391
(17) Rubiaceae
1433
(18) Scrophulariaceae
1437
(19) Solanaceae
1445
(20) Umbelliferae / Apiaceae
1461
(21) Violales
1495
PART-II – NEW FAMILIES
Derivation of Vital Sensation, Miasms and Illustrative cases,
Differentiations and Source Words
(22) Brassicaceae/Cruciferae
1507
(23) Carnivorous plants
1537
(24) Dioscoreaceae
1637
(25) Fungi (Kingdom)
1657
(26) Piperaceae
1701
(27) Rosaceae
1741
(28) Rutaceae
1815
PART-III – APPENDICES
Plant Families: Differentiations
1845
Difference Between Sensation and Miasm
1850
Table of Plant Sensations
1851
Table of Miasms and Remedies
1862
Jörg Wichmann’s Chart of Plant Classification
1864
Index
1873
Acknowledgments
I wish to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of my colleagues in the
writing of this volume.
Dr. Urvi Chauhan has been instrumental in putting the book together
and getting the cases and artwork. Her dedication and inquiring mind
have been a most useful asset in the making of this book.
Dr. Meenakshi Vaidya, Botanist, gave valuable expert advice on the plant
families.
Initial editing was ably done by Dr. Leena Sanghvi. Dr. Abhijeet
Nanawati and Dr. Sneha Patel made the final corrections.
We were fortunate to have the critical comments and, later, most valuable
editorial help from Ms. Julia Schiller. Corresponding with her helped a lot
in refining the matter.
Thanks a lot to Jörg Wichmann, whose work on classification has been a
great help.
Many thanks to my colleagues from all over the world who sent their
cases and provings, which we have incorporated in the book. These have
helped confirm and add dimensions to several remedies of the earlier
volumes and of the present one.
Thanks to Vikas Suri of Goodwin Graphics for doing such a good job with
the artwork in the book.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Alize Timmerman
Alize Timmerman has been in homoeopathic practice since 1980 and
began teaching in 1986. She established the Hahnemann Institute of the
Netherlands in 1988. Since 1992, Alize has lectured and taught
throughout Scandinavia, the European Union, North America, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and Israel. She works closely with other
teachers, including Jeremy Sherr, Jan Scholten, Corrie Hiwat and
Alphons Geukens.
Andreas Holling, M.D.
Andreas Holling has been in practice in Münster, Germany since 1986,
having learnt with Künzli, J.Becker, Vithoulkas, and J.Shah.
He has been applying the new method since 2001 and teaching it since
2002 in Münster and Münich.
Anne Schadde
Anne Schadde has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1984 in Münich,
Germany. She gives seminars in Germany, Switzerland, the US,
Australia, and New Zealand. Publications of her provings include: Ozone
in 1997 and Listening to Stone, Wood and Shell in 2004.
Bart Lambert, M.D.
Bart has been practicing since 1990 at Kortrijk, Belgium. He is a member of
“Samosa”, a Belgian study group. He organizes the Western European
Clinical Seminars (four so far) and also teaches a group of French-speaking
Belgian colleagues. He enjoys Homoeopathy, Athletics and Jazz music.
Bert Lefevre, M.D.
Bert Lefevre, now in Antwerp, Belgium, has been practicing
Homoeopathy since 1993. He teaches at the V.S.U. Homeopathy School of
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Belgium and is also a guest lecturer at the S.H.O. School of Homeopathy
in Holland. He is a founding member of the “Samosa” study group and
has been organizing Homoeopathic seminars since 2002. His website:
www.homeopathy-antwerpen.be
Divya Chhabra, B.H.M.S.
Divya Chhabra is admired for her “circle theory”, use of free association
in Homoeopathy and her work on the effects of different potencies. Her
keenness and practice in taking and solving cases makes her a popular
international teacher.
Deborah L. Gordon, M.D.
Deborah L. Gordon lives in Ashland, Oregon, where she has practiced
Homoeopathy for 15 years. She has trained at the Hahnemann College of
Homeopathy and taught there for ten years. She has also contributed to
Links and has taught locally and at National Center for Homeopathy
Annual Conference, as well as done radio interviews.
Deborah Collins, M.D.
Deborah Collins was born in Canada, studied medicine and Homoeopathy
in Holland, and now lives and works in New Zealand. She has been
practicing Homeopathy since 1985. Since the nineties she has lectured
internationally. She often publishes in Homoeopathic Links.
Gajanan Dhanipkar, D.H.M.S.
He has been practicing Homoeopathy for nine years at Thane and
Ambernath, India. He is presently pursuing post graduate studies in the
subject of the Homoeopathic repertory.
Ingrid Van de Vel, M.D.
Ingrid Van de Vel is from Belgium. She started studying Homoeopathy in
1998 at VSU and in 1999 started her practice in the center of Dr. Leon
Scheepers, where she is still working. Since 2001 she has been organizing
my video seminars along with Bert Lefevre. She was instrumental in
organizing my “live seminar” in 2005 in Belgium.
Jeff Baker, ND, DHANP
Jeff Baker has been practicing since 1981. For Jeff, Homoeopathy is
both a profession and an adventure. In 1990 he and his wife Susie
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created the Maui Academy of Homeopathy in order to offer advanced
clinical training. Under Jeff’s direction, the goal of the Maui Academy
continues to be to help homoeopaths improve upon their perception
and practice.
Julie Geraghty, M.D.
Julie Geraghty has been practicing classical Homoeopathy for 12 years.
She lives in Bristol and practices privately and at the Bristol
Homeopathic Hospital. She also teaches widely in the UK, as well as gives
seminars in Europe and Moscow.
Joanne Greenland
Joanne Greenland is a homoeopath working for 10 years in Jindivick,
Victoria, Australia. She lectures at the Victorian College of Homeopathy
in Mitcham, Victoria. She has learned from various teachers. She is
writing a book about the meaning of disease, which she hopes to complete
some time in 2006.
Jörg Wichmann, M.D.
Jörg Wichmann has been practicing Homeopathy for 12 years near
Cologne, Germany. Dr. Wichmann has also spent several years lecturing
and running a homoeopathic school. Prior to his Homoeopathic career,
Dr. Wichmann lectured and wrote as an historian. Information about
his published works and other projects is available on his website:
www.homoeopathie-wichmann.de.
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, LCSW
Judyth is the author or co-author of seven books on Homoeopathy
including the best-selling Ritalin-Free Kids. She has been practicing since
1984 at the Northwest Center for Homeopathic Medicine in Edmonds,
Washington. US. Her website is www.healthyhomeopathy.com.
Laurie Dack
Laurie Dack enjoys a full time Homoeopathic practice in Vancouver,
Canada. Her study and practice of Homoeopathy have taken her to
Europe, India and the U.S. over the past 19 years. She now teaches in
Canada and the U.S.
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Linda Johnston, M.D.
Linda Johnston graduated from the University of Washington Medical
School in 1979, and began practicing medicine in Los Angeles in 1981.
Her Homoeopathic practice commenced five years later. Dr. Johnston is
the author of Everyday Miracles: Homeopathy in Action and numerous
other articles, in addition to giving lectures, interviews and case
presentations.
Mary Gillies, M.D.
Mary Gillies became interested in Homoeopathy in 1990, studying at the
Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, and now uses Homoeopathy extensively
in her NHS practice. She works as a General Physician Homoeopath in
rural Scotland. She has attended several seminars in Mumbai and finds
her practice of Homoeopathy continues to open and evolve in the light of
these new understandings.
Nandita Shah, L.C.E.H.
Practicing Homoeopathy at Quiet Healing Center in Auroville (near
Pondicherry, India). Nandita Shah has been actively involved in teaching
Homoeopathy in India (since 1983) and abroad (since 1991). Besides
pursuing Homoeopathy, she aspires to raise awareness about how each
one can take active responsibility for one’s own well-being through a
healthy diet and an ecologically sustainable lifestyle taking into account
the interconnectedness of all life forms on the planet.
Nancy Herrick, MA, PA
Nancy Herrick has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1975. Director of
the new Hahnemann Medical Clinic, she also teaches classical
homoeopathy to professional medical practitioners at Hahnemann College
of Homeopathy. She has also been lecturing throughout Europe, Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and the USA for twenty years. She is the author
of two books on proving: “Sacred Plants, Human Voices” and “Animal
Mind,
Human
Voices.”
For
more
information,
contact
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Peter Stevens, M.D.
Peter Stevens is from Hamburg, Germany. He has been involved with
Homoeopathy since 1985, learning from Ananda Zaren, C.J. Müller, and
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the Bombay school. He has been teaching since 1999 and giving seminars
since 2002.
Rina Markovits, M.D.
Rina Markovits is an eminent Homoeopath from Israel. She heads a
school of Homeopathy there besides teaching regularly in Russia.
Roger Morrison, M.D.
Roger Morrison began the study of Homoeopathy in 1978 under the
direction of George Vithoulkas. In 1985 he was a co-founder of the
Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, California. His books
include: Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms,
Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology, Carbon: Organic Compounds
and Hydrocarbon Remedies in Homeopathy.
Richard Moskowitz, M. D.
Richard Moskowitz lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. He has
practiced classical Homoeopathy since 1974. Has given seminars in
California, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Ohio and has
lectured at annual conferences of LIGA and the Society of Homeopaths
(UK, Ireland). He is also, a member of NCH, AIH, LIGA. The books:
Resonance: The Homeopathic Point of View and Homeopathic Medicines
for Pregnancy and Childbirth are among Dr. Moskowitz’s publications.
Sunil Anand, L.C.E.H.
Sunil Anand is best known for his keen observation and unique approach
in the normally difficult area of pediatric cases. He has recently re-located
to the city of Pune where he practices, teaches at the D.S. Homoeopathic
Medical College and heads a clinic in Pediatrics in Homoeopathy.
Sudhir Baldota, B.H.M.S.
Sudhir Baldota is a teacher of international repute, best known for his
case taking process.
Sujit Chatterjee, D.H.M.S.
Sujit Chatterjee has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1983. He is one
of the core teachers of the Bombay School of Homoeopathy. He has also
used 50 millesimal potency brilliantly in his practice and conducted
provings of remedies like Uranium nitrate, Ficus religiosa, Ficus indica,
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and Chocolate. Dr. Chatterjee has given several international seminars in
countries including the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Germany,
and the UK.
Sonja Macough
Sonja Macough graduated from the School of Classical Homoeopathy in
Hamburg, Germany, in the spring of 2002. She has been practicing for
almost four years.
Urvi Chauhan, B.H.M.S.
Combination approach of Homoeopathy along with Yoga has been her
asset. Her contributions so far include the present book where she has
transformed Dr. Sankaran’s ideas into this book form, conducts various
courses and seminars in homoeopathy for national and international
students under the banner of HRC and otherwise along with her
husband. Her website is www.homeohome.com
INTRODUCTION
The discovery of the sensation level, which is deeper than the delusion
level, came because that was the only way in which the plant families
could be understood. The discovery of the seven levels completely
revolutionized the whole process of taking cases and opened up new
horizons in practice. This has been elucidated in the book The Sensation
in Homoeopathy.
The earlier two volumes of An Insight Into Plants described twenty-one
families with how to come to the common sensation of each family and
how each remedy in a family could be classified into a specific miasm,
thus making a kind of grid of the families and miasms enabling
practitioners to choose a remedy. Consequent to the publication of these
volumes, several colleagues from different parts of the world have applied
these remedies using this method in their practice with very encouraging
results. They have been sharing their cases with me and these cases along
with my own have not only helped to confirm the ideas in the earlier
volumes but they have also made the understanding of these families
clearer and more comprehensive. We also could add some more remedies
into the tables thus filling some of the gaps.
I felt it would be really worthwhile to bring out these cases along with
the more updated understanding in a book form. Meanwhile, the
understanding of some other families has been developing and getting
confirmed in practice. And there was a demand that a third volume of
Insight be brought out with the newer families.
The volume that is presently in your hands includes the more updated
understanding of the earlier families along with some illustrative cases,
especially of rare remedies, from myself and my colleagues as well as new
families with their sensations, miasms and illustrative cases. I have
included my own comments for many of these cases. I have also included
“Alert words” / “Source words” for all families including the families from
the previous volumes. These words are very useful in practice.
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At the end of the book, I have included a table of all the families with
their Sensation, Active reactions, Passive reactions, and Compensation;
there is also a Miasms and Remedies table.
A new reader is strongly advised to read the books The Sensation in
Homoeopathy and An Insight Into Plants Volumes I and II before
embarking on this volume in order to have a sound foundation in this new
methodology.
I have noticed that many beginners and even some experienced
practitioners tend to read only the tables and not the text. I must strictly
warn that this is very risky. Understanding of an experience cannot come
by merely reading some discrete words. The words are very useful but
cannot by themselves convey the whole experience—its context and how
it can manifest in people. That can only happen when you read the actual
text, the derivation, the quotations from materia medica and cases. It is
then that you know clearly what the experience is and you are able
to identify it in your patients and also differentiate it from similar
sensations.
Without this groundwork, merely looking at the tables and prescribing is
often a recipe for failure. It is for this reason that volumes I and II and
now volume III have been written.
Only after reading these and absorbing them, can the tables be very
useful and effective.
A QUERY AND ITS CLARIFICATION
In 2005 Homoeopathic Links published an article by Julia Schiller
entitled, “An Insight Into Taxonomy: A Companion to Sankaran’s ‘An
Insight Into Plants’.
I thought this book is the best platform to address the queries put
forward since I feel this topic is of interest to all the readers of the Insight
series. Hence I begin by reprinting Julia’s article from Homoeopathic
Links, Volume 18 (4/05), which is then followed by my comments.
Interestingly, while I was in the process of addressing Julia’s queries,
I sent her a draft of my comments to which she again responded.
I personally thank Julia for all her suggestions so far and also print what
Julia had to say in response to my comments.
AN INSIGHT INTO TAXONOMY
A Companion to Sankaran’s ‘An Insight into Plants’
Julia Schiller, New Zealand
Summary
This article provides an overview of plant taxonomy with other analysis
and commentary to enable readers to make better use of the
information in Rajan Sankaran’s ‘Insight into Plants’, published in
2002. Sankaran has made a convincing case that the taxon called the
family is relevant from the homeopathic perspective since patients
needing plant remedies from the same family share common
sensations. Most of Sankaran’s groupings are supported by
contemporary botanical classification, but five of the groupings are
problematic from the taxonomic viewpoint, probably because he has
relied on outdated sources to draw them together. His Conifers,
Violales, Hamamelidae, Magnolianae, and Liliiflorae groupings, which
are composed of plants sharing higher taxa in common than the
botanical family, are shown to have overlap, potentially premature
generalization and/or other problems. Continued work is encouraged to
address these shortcomings.
KEYWORDS: Plant taxonomy, Sankaran’s Insight, Vital sensation.
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Introduction
‘An Insight Into Plants’, published by Rajan Sankaran in 2002, is already
proving a useful and exciting work that enables homeopaths to prescribe
a wider range of plant remedies and to prescribe plant remedies with
more accuracy.
Sankaran convincingly demonstrates that the botanical classifications of
plants do have relevance for homeopaths. Specifically, patients needing
remedies from plants sharing the same family taxon are likely to
experience similar physical and mental sensations, for example
constriction on the part of the Cactaceae or vexation on the part of the
Ranunculaceae.
Some of the remedy plants have been grouped together at a higher taxon
than the family. For several different reasons, including the plant
taxonomy on which the work relies, five of these groupings are
problematic. Because the work lacks an overview of taxonomy in general
and proper disclaimers regarding some of these specific groupings, it can
be difficult for an uninformed reader to judge which family pictures must
be considered more tentative at this stage. There are also smaller
mistakes and omissions that need to be brought to light.
It is important, and I am sure Sankaran would agree, to regard ‘An
Insight Into Plants’ as a work in progress and not as received wisdom. My
aim in writing this article is to help fellow homeopaths to better wield
and refine this important new tool.
An Overview of Plant Taxonomy and Evolution
Scientists allot all known living things a unique two-part name made up
of the genus followed by the species, for example: Ginkgo biloba. This
scientific name, in Latin or Latinized words, allows international
researchers a common and accurate point of reference. Traditionally, in
addition to the binomial name, a species must be slotted into five other
taxa. In order of increasing exclusivity, they are the kingdom, division or
phylum, class, order and family. To make finer distinctions when
classifying, botanists can use intermediate taxa such as the suborder
or tribe.
Taxonomy changes over time to better reflect the evolutionary
relatedness of species. For example, two plant species which only share
membership in the plant kingdom have a much more distant common
ancestor than two which are classed in the same order. Molecular and
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genetic analysis now allows scientists to judge relatedness much more
reliably than in the past, when morphology and distribution, which have
often proven misleading, were the main tools of the taxonomic trade.
The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature governs the way
plants are given their scientific names. According to the code, the official
start of modern plant taxonomy occurred in 1753 with the publication of
‘Species Plantarum’ by Carolus Linnaeus. The International Association
for Plant Taxonomy maintains the code and holds periodic congresses to
adopt revisions. The most recent version of the code, the ‘St Louis code’,
was adopted in 1999.
In the classical naming scheme, the endings of plant taxa are inconsistent.
There is now a push for botanists worldwide to adopt the modern naming
scheme, which always uses the suffixes listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Modern Taxonomic Suffixes for Plants
Taxon
Suffix
Intermediate
Taxon
Suffix
Division
Class
–ophyta
–opsida
Order
Family
–ales
–aceae
Subdivision
Subclass
Superorder
Suborder
Subfamily
Tribe
–ophytina
–idea
–anae
–ineae
–oideae
–eae
A contemporary botanical taxonomic system involves seven divisions of
living plants: Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Psilotophyta,
Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta and Magnoliophyta. Very few homeopathic
remedies come from the first five divisions, possibly because it is the
latter three that make up the dominant vegetation on Earth today. In
fact, the flowering plants (Magnoliophyta) alone make up 80% of all living
plants. With the exception of the Conifers chapter, all of the groups
depicted in ‘Insight’ are flowering plants.
The Magnoliophyta are the familiar plants most often cultivated by
humans for food, fibre, wood products and flowers. In the past, the first
step in classifying this group had sometimes been to consider whether a
given species was monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous (possessing one or
Note to the Reader
(1) The placement of remedies within their respective families and their
higher taxonomical classifications have come from:
•
Wichmann and Bolte’s Natural Relationship of Remedies (which
follows Arthur Cronquist’s taxonomical classification system)
•
Mac Repertory
(2) Chapters for the newer families follow the following pattern of
presentation:
•
Introduction to the family
•
Derivation of vital sensation
•
Derivation of miasm and vital sensation of each remedy along
with illustrative cases
•
Summary of sensation and miasm
•
Notes on differentiation from other families
•
Source words/alert words for the family
(3) We have made additions to the miasm versus remedies charts in some
of the chapters. When the presence of a certain drug is doubtful, owing
perhaps to limited cured cases, we have indicated this uncertainty
with a ‘?’ in front of the drug’s name. For example, see Carduus
marianus in the Compositae chapter as well as in the ‘Table of miasm
and remedies’ at the end of the book.
(4) Abbreviations used in case interviews:
D:
Doctor/Homoeopath
P:
Patient
Mo: Mother
Fa:
Father
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(5) Italics in the chapters are used to highlight pertinent phrases.
(6) Cases where the homoeopath’s name is not mentioned come from my
own practice.
(7) To convey my thought processes to the reader, some of the cases
have a “Comment” at the end.
(8) All dates mentioned in the case interviews are in the format:
dd.mm.yy.
Anacardiaceae
PART I
FAMILIES FROM VOL. I & II
(Summary, Additions, Illustrative Cases)
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Anacardiaceae
Also known as the cashew family, the Anacardiaceae
includes the genera Rhus (sumac), Anacardium, and
Mangifera. Plants such as poison ivy, poison sumac,
and poison oak which cause contact allergies from their milky
irritating juice are all in this family, but oddly enough so are the
plants from which we get some delicious foods. Economically
important species includes Anacardium occidentalis (Cashew
Nut), Mangifera indica (Mango) and Pistacia Vera (Pistachio
Nut). This family also gives us the garden ornamental plant
Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree).
Summary Anacardiaceae:
Sensation
Caught, Stiff, Tight, Tension, Stuck, Cramps, Pressing, Not
allowed to move, Restricted.
Passive reactions
Paralyzed, Immobile.
Active reactions
Stuck, wants to move constantly, Motion ameliorates,
Aggravation from sitting, Sedentary aggravates, Aggravation in
the house, Pain on beginning to move, Restlessness.
Compensation
Always on the move.
MIASMS
Acute
Typhoid
Rhus toxicodendron
Malaria
Rhus radicans
Ringworm
Rhus venenata
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Sycotic
Tubercular
Cancer
Leprosy
Mangifera indica
Anacardium orientale
Comocladia dentata,
Rhus glabra
Syphilitic
Source Words of Anacardiaceae:
Caught, catch, grasp, grab, hold, hold of, wedged, trap, get trapped in,
clasped in a vice, seize, snare, ensnare, capture, stuck, get stuck, blocked,
stuck fast, lodged, clutch, entrapped, anchored, clung, stiff, stiffness,
rigid, tight, tightness, tension, taut, inelastic, jammed, like a starch,
confining, ironclad, firm, inflexible, unbending, unbendable, unyielding,
stretched, firm, constricted, pact, compact, stretching tightly, limitation,
strain, sprain, freezes, cramp, cramped, pressure, restrict, limit, constrict,
immobile, unmoving, paralyze, motionless, cannot move, lack of
movement, stationary, at a halt, at a standstill, inactive, unfeeling, inert,
static, breezeless, stock-still, still, stunned, as if dead, free, motion
ameliorates, movable, freed, unchained, untied, liberated, unbound,
boundless, release, limitless, uncontrolled, uninhibited, flowing, loose.
CASES:
RHUS RADICANS CASE
Italics are used to highlight the pertinent phrases of the case.
CASE OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
A forty-one year old woman first consulted me on 3/07/2002 for autoimmune
hepatitis for which a liver transplant had been advised.
I asked her to tell me what her complaints were.
“I am feeling weak, giddy. I used to vomit when I had jaundice and stomach ache.
I don’t feel like eating.”
D:
P:
What effect does this problem have on you?
Tension because of the liver transplant. I am worried because everyone says
that the liver is damaged. I am worried about the family.
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Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae, also known as the barberry family,
includes Podophyllum, Caulophyllum, and Berberis
vulgaris as commonly used homoeopathic remedies.
Certain plants like Berberis repens bear edible fruits that are
consumed raw or cooked and are also used to make jams, jellies
and refreshing lemonade-like beverages. When combined with
sugar, the juice of these fruits makes a flavor similar to grape
juice. Berberidaceae grow in shrub or herb form.
Summary of Berberidaceae:
Sensation
Sudden, intense, rapid changeability at the mental as well as the
physical level.
Passive reactions
Confusion; Dullness; Prostration of mind; Confusion of identity;
Confusion from interruption.
Active reactions
Rapid change of location and character.
Compensation
Easily adaptable to changing situation; Able to change quickly
according to the situation.
MIASMS
Acute
Typhoid
Podophyllum peltatum
Malaria
Berberis vulgaris
Ringworm
Sycotic
Caulophyllum
thalictroides
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Tubercular
Cancer
Leprosy
Syphilitic
Berberis aquifolium
Source words of Berberidaceae:
Sudden change, intense change, rapid change, shift, sudden
transformation, sudden alteration, sudden revolution, sudden
modification, sudden variation, unpredictable, erratic, budge, uncertainty,
modification, variation, conversion, adjustment, unsettled, unreliable,
unstable, unfixed, swing, undependable, fluctuate, oscillate, ebb and flow,
inconsistent, irregular, vacillate, capriciousness, fickleness, difference,
certainty, sureness, surely, for sure, absolute, constant, persistent, steady,
stable, certitude.
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Cactaceae
The cactus plant family includes the prominent
homoeopathic remedies Cactus grandiflorus, Cereus
bonplandii, and Anhalonium that have often proved
remarkable in the face of heart ailments. These plants are well
known for their succulent stems, spines (which are actually
reduced leaves) and colourful flowers.
Summary of Cactaceae:
Sensation
Constricted, Made smaller, Shrunken. Contracted, Bound,
Trapped, Pressed, Downtrodden, Oppressed, Weighed down,
Clutched.
Passive reaction
Shrunken.
Active reactions
Expansion, Becoming bigger, boundless and released.
Compensation
Not affected by contraction and oppression.
MIASMS
Acute
Cactina
Typhoid
Carnegia gigantea
Malaria
Cactus grandiflorus
Ringworm
Opuntia vulgaris
Sycotic
Tubercular
Cereus bonplandii
Cancer
Anhalonium lewinii
Leprosy
Cereus serpentinus
Syphilitic
1065
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Source Words of Cactaceae:
Constricted, constrict, contracted, made smaller, shrunken, shrink,
trapped, pressed, clutched, clutch, weighed down, oppressed, press,
pressure, downtrodden, bound, cram, pack, tight, pack together, grasp,
clasp, grab, grip, compact, tighten, force down, compress, squeeze,
constrain, condense, get smaller, grow smaller, trapped, entrapped,
caught, entangled, snared, ensnared, webbed, clamping, stranded, shrivel,
bracing, confined, expansion, expand, boundless, released, unlimited,
endless, limitless, infinite, ceaseless, never ending, illimitable, vast,
without end, spreading out, get bigger, make bigger, becoming bigger,
growing big, huge.
CASES:
CACTINA CASE 1
By Jeff Baker
Italics are mine.
The following case is one that some will find controversial since, to my
knowledge, there is virtually no information about the remedy that was employed
in the case in the existing Homeopathic literature. Some so-called purists find it
very disturbing to hear that remedies are being given despite their not being
proven.
In Aphorism 3 of The Organon of Medicine, Dr. Hahnemann states “if the
physician clearly perceives what is curative in medicines, that is to say, in each
individual medicine (knowledge of medicinal powers), and if he knows how to
adapt according to clearly defined principles what is curative in medicines to what
he has discovered to be undoubtedly morbid in the patient, so that the recovery
must ensue... then he understands how to treat judiciously and rationally, and he
is a true practitioner of the healing art .”
Hahnemann did not specifically state that we are limited to the use of substances
that have been proven. His requirement (see the highlighted words) is that the
practitioner knows how to adapt to the individual medicine according to the
clearly defined principles. And that is exactly what was done in the case I am
about to describe. Using the known characteristic sensation of a particular plant
family and the depth of the pathology (miasm) as was indicated in this particular
case, a remedy was judiciously chosen. Therefore, I was adapting the use of the
remedy according to clearly defined principles.
1066
Violales
Violales is an order (taxonomic rank) that includes
various families under its domain such as
Cucurbitaceae, the squash and melon family (Bryonia,
Colocynth, Luffa operculata, etc.); Violaceae, the pansy and
violet family (Viola tricolor); Cistaceae, the rockrose family
(Cistus canadensis); Passifloraceae (Passiflora incarnata); and
Caricaceae (Carica papaya).
Delicious cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), squashes, pumpkins,
gourds, and gigantic fruits like watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
and muskmelon (Cucumis melo) are a part of Cucurbitaceae.
Tasty Papayas that belong to Caricaceae are also a part of
Violales.
Violaceae are well known in the world of ornamental flowers
because of the pansy (Viola tricolor) and the violet (Viola sp).
Summary of Violales:
Sensation
Aversion to being disturbed. At physical level – cutting, stitching,
sharp, lancinating, pinching. At mental level – vexation, chagrin,
disturbed feeling.
Passive reactions
Prostration, Morose, Avoidance of people, Averse to being disturbed,
Wants total rest.
Active reactions
Irritable when questioned, Violence, Malicious, Rage, Restlessness.
Compensation
Quietness; Calmness; Stillness.
1495
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MIASMS:
Acute
Elaterium
(Ecballium elaterium)
Typhoid
Bryonia alba
Malaria
Colocynthis
(Cucumis colocynthis)
Ringworm
Viola tricolor
Sycotic
Luffa operculata
Tubercular
Cistus canadensis
Cancer
Viola odorata
Leprosy
Syphilitic
Passiflora incarnata
Source words of Violales:
Cutting, stabbing, lancinating, sharp, knife-like, piercing, disturb, interrupt,
disrupt, get in the way, interfere, upset, worry, bother, concern, perturb,
agitate, spoil, mess up, change, alteration, changeable, shift, undependable,
alter, swing, modify, transformation, conversion, adjustment, trouble,
fluctuating, variation, unsettled, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable,
unfixed, irregular, erratic, unsettle, bumpy, up and down, inconsistent,
undisturbed, quiet, leave me alone, stable, steady, permanent, constant,
invariable, unvarying, even, unchanging, sure, unwavering, definite,
smooth, firm, established, secure, lasting, durable, enduring, fast, fixed,
balanced, endless, relentless, unremitting, persistent, unbroken,
unceasing, unquestionable, undisputable, guaranteed, assured, conclusive,
certainly, for certain, positively, absolutely, dependable, reliable,
trustworthy, loyal, resolute, regular, irritability, displeasure, annoyance,
exasperation, rage, annoyed, vexation, violence, restless, malicious,
revenge, cruel, unkind, aggression, fight, hostility, brutality, spiteful,
quietness, calmness, stillness, calm, still, tranquility, composed, peaceful,
unruffled, up tight, worked up, frustrated.
1496
Violales
CASE:
VIOLA TRICOLOR CASE
By Dr. Julie Geraghty
Italics are mine.
A teenage girl born in 1989, presented in October 2003 with post-viral fatigue
syndrome.
“I had glandular fever in January this year.” Her mother interjects, “Well, you
need to start in November of the year before, when you were off school for a week
with a sore throat. Then, when we were in America at Christmas, you were
feeling tired and ill and you couldn’t sleep.”
“Well, I didn’t feel that well and I was really tired at the end of the Christmas
holidays. On the first day of school, I felt really ill and my throat was sore. I got
worse and worse and my general physician did some blood tests, which confirmed
glandular fever. My glands hurt under my arm and in my throat. My throat was
really sore and I kept on being hot and cold. Drinking things hurt my throat even
more. I slept a lot; it was all that I wanted to do. My throat felt swollen, it was
really sore to swallow. I had loads of catarrh and I still feel as if I have got a cold
now”.
Her mother says, “She does have quite a lot of coughing up of catarrh. She had
antibiotics for a week while we were waiting for the results of the glandular fever
test. Her throat was extremely sore, more than usual, and she has suffered a lot
from tonsillitis in the past. She has been getting tonsillitis since she was six years
old. She had it three winters in a row with white spots on her tonsils. She was
also worse at 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the afternoon. She would get a temperature and
go downhill. She would be very hot and even more lethargic around that time.
The next day she would be OK, she would still have a sore throat but wouldn’t be
so hot in the mornings. She always used to say that swallowing really hurt her
and she also felt sick with it.”
“Sometimes I would vomit, wouldn’t I?”
I ask her to tell me more about the pattern of her symptoms at present.
“I was feeling worse at the end of the school day after 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon
and I often fell asleep on the bus. Then I get sleepy again after supper. Now I am
sleeping very late in the morning, until 9:30 or 10:00 am. I spend the whole of
Saturday resting and on Sundays I go to the village for half an hour. Until last
month I have only been doing two lessons a day at school. I was going in at
lunchtime for the last two lessons. But I haven’t been at school at all for the last
three weeks.”
1497
Rutaceae
Rutaceae is also known as the rue or citrus family.
This family includes fruits of great economic
importance such as sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis),
lemons (Citrus limonum), Mexican lime (Citrus aurantifolia),
sweet lime (Citrus limettioides Tan.), grapefruit (Citrus
decumana), tangerines (Citrus reticulata), Bengal quince or Bael
fruit (Aegle marmelos), Casimiroa or white sapote (Casimiroa
edulis) and Wampee (Clausena lansium), etc.
Citrus aromatic oils (Ruta, Galipea, Toddalia) are also used
medicinally.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES:
Botanical name
Common name
Aegle (A. marmelos, A. folia)
Bengal quince / Bael tree
Angustura vera
Angostura
Atista radix
Ban Nimbu
Barosma crenulata
Buchu
Citrus decumana
Grapefruit
Citrus limonum
Lemon
Citrus aurantium amara (C. vulgaris)
Bitter Seville orange
Dictamnus albus / D. fraxinella
Burning bush
Diosma lincaris
Buku
Pilocarpus pinnatus / P. jaborandi
Jaborandi
Micromelum pubescens
Cemamar
Murraya koenigii
Daun kari
Ptelea trifoliata
Hop tree
Ruta graveolens
Garden rue
Xanthoxylum americanum
Prickly Ash / Toothache Tree
1815
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(The remedy Aegle folia is prepared from the leaves of the plant Aegle
marmelos; whereas Aegle marmelos is prepared from the unripe/half ripe
fruit of the plant Aegle marmelos.)
COMMON REMEDIES
Aegle (A.marmelos, A folia)
Angustura vera
Pilocarpus pinnatus (Jaborandi)
Ptelea triofoliata L.
Ruta graveolens
Xanthoxylum americanum
DERIVATION
A MacRepertory search for the rubrics common to the members of the
Rutaceae containing not more than twenty-five drugs developed a list.
Those rubrics containing at least two remedies of this family are as
follows:
EXTREMITY PAIN; SORE, bruised; Foot; standing (1) (Ruta, Ang.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; THRUSTING; Elbow (2) (Ang. Ruta)
EXTREMITY PAIN; STITCHING; Foot; extending; upward (3)
(Ruta, Xan.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; CRAMP, like; Knee (6) (Ang, Xan.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; PRESSING; Thigh; bend of (11) (Ang, Ruta)
EXTREMITY PAIN; PRESSING; Thigh; outer side of (18) (Ang,
Ruta)
ABDOMEN; PAIN; cramping, griping; iliac region (22) (Ptel, Xan.)
The result we get in the above search is too general and it does not point
towards any specific clue for the vital sensation of Rutaceae. Hence, we
started studying various members of Rutaceae individually in order to get
its vital sensation.
In Ruta, we find:
Pain: choking, glands.
Pain: strangling: glands.
(Complete)
(Complete)
1816
PART III
APPENDICES
Common Sensations
DIFFERENTIATION
Differentiation among Anacardiaceae, Cactaceae,
Cruciferae, Euphorbiaceae and Primulaceae
Common Sensations: Tight, Stiff, Unable to move
Anacardiaceae
Cactaceae
Cruciferae
Euphorbiaceae
Primulaceae
Caught locally
and unable to
move, >change
of position.
The feeling of
being caught is
from the
outside.
Tight is like
being
constricted,
clutched and
shrunk by an
iron hand and
then released.
Alternate
contraction and
expansion.
Block and
obstruction of
a smooth flow.
Unable to move
and go forward.
Want to get
over the block
or find
diversions.
Desire to walk
for long
distance.
Bound and
unbound.
Bound means
‘‘to fasten or
wrap by
encircling, as
with a belt or a
ribbon; to
bandage; to
hold or restrain
with or as if
with bands.’’
Feeling like a
straight jacket
that restricts,
hinders and
confines.
Binding
completely.
Like a prisoner
who is bound
from all sides.
Feeling of
lameness and
paralysis is
from inside and
thus there is an
inability to
move, as if the
muscles are
lame and
paralyzed;
Unlike the
feeling of being
in a prison or
of being
caught.
Example:
Rhus tox:
‘‘Desire to
move’’ and
‘‘amel, change
of position.’’
Example:
Anhalonium:
‘‘Everything is
getting narrow
and shrinking
and I have to
expand or I will
disappear.’’
This is the
feeling of a
spiritual seeker.
‘‘As an
individual ego
I am smaller
and smaller
and there is no
‘me’ left; and
out of that there
is a spiritual
expansion and
I am
everything.’’
Example:
Thlaspi:
‘‘Impulse to
walk far’’ and
‘‘restlessness,
driving him
from place to
place.’’
Example:
Croton-tig:
‘‘Sensation as
if hidebound
(tight). Tight,
sort of like a
mask.’’
1845
Example:
Cyclamen:
‘‘If I am not
able to go out
then I am
prepared
to stay inside
for a long
time.’’
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Differentiation among Cactaceae, Euphorbiaceae,
Hamamelididae and Rosaceae
Common Sensations: Compressed, Pressed, Expanding
Cactaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Hamamelididae
Rosaceae
Pressure is like
being constricted,
clutched and
shrunk by an iron
hand and then
released. There is
alternate
contraction and
expansion. In
Anhalonium
everything is
getting narrow
and shrinking
and I have to
expand or I will
disappear. This is
the feeling of a
spiritual seeker.
‘‘As an individual
ego I am smaller
and smaller and
there is no ‘me’
left; and out of
that there is a
spiritual expansion
and I am
everything.’’
Here pressure or
compression means
bound. Bound means
‘‘to fasten or wrap
by encircling, as
with a belt or a
ribbon; to bandage;
to hold or restrain
with or as if with
bands.’’ Feeling like
a straight jacket
that restricts,
hinders and
confines. Tight so
that not allowed to
move. Not allowed
any expansion.
Binding completely.
Like a prisoner who
is bound from all
sides and hence the
opposite is breaking
free of boundaries.
Pressure is like
heaviness, a load
with dragging and
being confined and
shut in. And the
opposite is light,
free, flying and
floating. In
Cannabis the
sensation is
opening and
shutting. The
question is not
whether ‘‘I am
bigger or smaller.’’
At the core of
Cannabis we do
not see the theme
of shrinking and
expanding.
Pressure here is a
sudden inward
pressure, pinched,
suddenly squeezed
leading to
suffocation.
Pressure from
within outward
and the effect from
within outward.
Sudden choking.
Pressure from
outward within.
Opposite of
suddenly pressed
inwards is an
outshoot and not
‘expansion’.
1846
Index
INDEX
Abelmoschus hibiscus 1359
Abies nigra 1147, 1148
Abroma augusta 1359
Abrotanum 1118
Acalypha indica 1194
Aconitic acid 1392
Aconitinum 1392
Aconitum napellus 1392, 1394
Actaea spicata 1392, 1411, 1418,
1419, 1420
Aegle (A. marmelos, A. folia) 1815,
1823, 1842
Aethusa cynapium 1462
Agaricinum 1663
Agaricus bisporus 1663
Agaricus campanulatus 1663
Agaricus campestris 1663
Agaricus citrinellus 1663
Agaricus emeticus 1663
Agaricus muscarius 1660, 1663, 1664,
1679, 1700
Agaricus pantherinus 1663
Agaricus phalloides (A. Bulbosa) 1663
Agaricus procerus 1663
Agaricus semiglobatus 1663
Agaricus stercorarius 1663
Agathis australis 1147
Agnus castus 1248
Agraphis nutans 1290
Agrimonia eupatoria 1741, 1746
Agrimonia gryposepala 1741
Alchemilla arvensis 1741
Alchemilla vulgaris 1741
Aloe socotrina 1290
Amelanchier spicata 1741
Amygdalus (Prunus) persica 1742,
1743, 1744, 1746, 1757, 1813
Amygdalus communis 1742, 1743,
1757, 1813
Anacardium occidentalis 1045
Anacardium orientale 1046
Anagallis arvensis 1384
Anethum graveolens 1461
Angustura vera 1815, 1816, 1818,
1820, 1822, 1824, 1842
Anhalonium lewinii 1065, 1102, 1113,
1114
Anisum stellatum 1319
Annona reticulata L. 1319
Apium graveolens 1461
Apomorphinum hydrochloricum
1368
Argemone mexicana 1368
Aristolochia clematitis 1320, 1353,
1356, 1357
Armillaria mellea 1662, 1663
Arnica montana 1118
Asa foetida 1461, 1462, 1465, 1466,
1476, 1483, 1484, 1485
Asarum europaeum 1320
Ashbya gossypii 1662
Asimina triloba 1319, 1320, 1323
Atista Radix 1815, 1825, 1842
Atropinum purum 1446
Note: Remedies included under the ‘‘Appendices section’’, are not listed in
Index.
1873
An Insight Into Plants
Balsamum peruvianum 1266, 1284,
1286, 1287
Baptisia tinctoria 1265, 1266, 1277
Barosma crenulata 1815
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) 1445
Bellis perennis 1118
Berberis aquifolium 1064
Berberis repens 1063
Berberis vulgaris 1063
Boletus edulis 1663
Boletus laricis (Polyporus officinale)
1663, 1664, 1672, 1676
Boletus luridas 1663
Boletus satanas 1663
Bovista (Lycoperdon bovista) 1663,
1664, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1670,
1678, 1700
Brassica napus 1507, 1509
Brassica oleracea 1507
Brayera anthelmintica 1742
Bromeliads 1538, 1566
Brucea antidysenterica 1309
Bryonia alba 1496
Bunias orientalis 1507
Butterworts (Pinguicula) 1539
Byblis 1539
Cactina 1065, 1066, 1074, 1075, 1078,
1080, 1088
Cactus grandiflorus 1065, 1074, 1075
Caesalpinia bonducella 1266
Calendula 1118
Camphora officinalis 1320
Candida albicans (Monilia albicans)
1661, 1663, 1666, 1669
Candida parapsilosis 1661
Cannabis indica 1218, 1233, 1240,
1242
Cannabis sativa 1217, 1218
Capsicum annuum 1445, 1446
Cardamine pratensis 1507, 1512
Carduus marianus 1118, 1119, 1123,
1124, 1125, 1126
Carnegia gigantea 1065
Carthamus 1117
Cascarilla 1194
Casimiroa edulis 1815
Castanea vesca 1218
Caulophyllum thalictroides 1063
Cephalotus follicularis 1538, 1566
Cereus bonplandii 1065
Cereus serpentinus 1065
Cetraria islandica 1661, 1663
Chamomilla 1118
Cheiranthus cheiri 1507
Chelidonium majus 1368
Chelone glabra 1438
Chichorium intybus 1117
China boliviana 1434
China officinalis 1434
Chininum arsenicosum 1434
Chininum muriaticum 1434
Chininum salicylicum 1434
Chininum sulphuricum 1434
Chocolate 1359, 1360, 1364, 1365
Chrysanthemum sp. 1117
Chrysarobinum 1265
Cicuta virosa 1462, 1474
Cimicifuga racemosa 1392
Cina 1118
Cinnamomum ceylanicum 1319,
1320, 1328, 1340, 1347, 1351,
1352, 1353
Cistus canadensis 1495, 1496
Citrullus lanatus 1495
Citrus aurantium amara (C. vulgaris)
1815, 1819, 1821, 1822, 1827,
1842
Citrus decumana 1815
Citrus limettioides Tan. 1815
Citrus limonum 1815, 1826, 1842
Citrus reticulata 1815
Citrus sinensis 1815
Cladonia pyxidata 1661, 1663
Clausena lansium 1815
Clematis erecta 1392
Cochlearia armoracia 1507, 1509,
1510, 1527, 1529, 1535
Cochlearia officinalis 1507, 1510
1874
Index
Codeinum 1368
Coffea cruda 1434
Coffeinum 1434
Colchicum autumnale 1290
Collinsonia canadensis 1248
Colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis)
1496
Comocladia dentata 1046
Conium maculatum 1462
Copaiva officinalis 1265
Cordyceps sp. 1663
Coriandrum sativum 1461, 1462
Corydalis formosa 1368
Cotinus coggygria 1045
Crataegus oxyacantha 1742, 1743,
1744, 1811, 1813
Crataegus succulenta 1742
Crocus sativus 1289, 1290
Croton tiglium 1194
Cubeba officinalis (Piper cubeba)
1701, 1703, 1705, 1735, 1737
Cucumis melo 1495
Cucumis sativus 1495
Cuminum cyminum 1461
Curare 1309, 1310
Cyclamen europaeum 1384
Dulcamara (Solanum dulcamarum)
1446
Echinacea augustifolia 1118
Elaterium (Ecballium elaterium)
1496
Elm (Ulmus procera) 1218
Ergotinum 1663
Eupatorium perfoliatum 1118
Euphorbia pulcherrima 1193
Euphorbium 1194
Euphrasia officinalis 1437
Fabiana imbricata 1446
Fagus sylvatica 1218, 1219, 1220,
1221, 1226, 1227, 1232
Ficus elastica 1217
Ficus indicus 1217, 1218
Ficus religiosa 1217
Foeniculum vulgare 1461
Fragaria vesca 1742, 1743, 1748
Franciscea uniflora 1446
Fumaria officinalis 1368
Fungus japonicus 1663
Galium aparine 1434
Galium odoratum 1433
Gelsemium sempervirens 1310
Geum rivale 1742
Geum urbanum 1742
Gossypium herbaceum 1359
Gratiola officinalis 1438
Guatteria 1319
Darlingtonia californica 1538, 1566
Daucus carotis 1461
Dematium petraeum 1659, 1663
Dentaria diphylla 1507
Dictamnus albus/D. fraxinella 1815
Digitalinum 1437
Digitalis purpurea 1438, 1442, 1443
Dionaea muscipula 1538, 1540,
1564
Dioscorea villosa 1637, 1648, 1649,
1653, 1654, 1655, 1656
Diosgenin 1637
Diosma lincaris 1815
Drosera rotundifolia 1539, 1540,
1542, 1591, 1618, 1619, 1620,
1624, 1625, 1626, 1631, 1632,
1635
Hamamelis virginiana 1218, 1243,
1245, 1246
Heliamphora spp. 1538
Helianthus annuus 1117
Helleborus niger 1392
Helonias dioica 1290
Hevea brasiliensis 1193
Hoang nan 1310
Humulus lupulus 1217
Hura brasiliensis 1194
Hydrastis canadensis 1392
1875
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Hydrocotyle asiatica 1462
Hydrocyanicum acidum 1742
Hyoscyamus niger 1445
Manihot esculenta 1193
Matico (Piper angustifolium) 1701,
1703, 1708, 1737
Matthiola graeca 1507
Melilotus officinalis 1265
Mentha viridis 1247
Mentholum 1247, 1248
Mercurialis perennis 1194
Micromelum pubescens 1815
Morphinum purum 1368
Morphinum sulphuricum 1368
Murraya koenigii 1815
Muscarinum 1664, 1672, 1700
Myrica cerifera 1218
Myristica sebifera 1319, 1320
Iberis amara 1507, 1509, 1510, 1519,
1522, 1523, 1525, 1526, 1535
Ignatia amara 1310
Indigofera tinctoria 1265
Inula helenium 1118, 1136, 1140,
1144
Ipecacuanha 1433, 1434, 1436
Jatropha curcas 1193
Juglans cinerea 1218, 1232
Juglans regia 1217, 1218
Lactuca sativa 1117
Lactuca virosa 1118
Lamium album 1248
Lappa arctium 1118
Lathyrus sativus 1266
Laurocerasus officinalis 1742, 1744,
1747, 1788, 1789, 1797, 1798,
1799, 1809, 1813
Lavandula officinalis 1247
Lentinula edodes 1663
Lepidium bonariense 1507, 1511,
1512, 1535
Lepidium virigicum 1507
Lepista nuda 1663
Leptandra virginica 1438
Lilium tigrinum 1290, 1300, 1305,
1306, 1307
Liriodendron tulipifera 1319
Luffa operculata 1495, 1496
Lycopersicum esculentum 1445
Lycopus virginicus 1248, 1250, 1251
Lysimachia nummularia 1383, 1384,
1386, 1388, 1389, 1390
Magnolia grandiflora 1319, 1320
Malus domestica 1742
Malus sylvestris (crb-a-B) 1742
Mancinella 1194
Mandragora officinalis 1446
Mangifera indica 1045, 1046, 1059,
1061
Nasturtium aquaticum 1508
Nasturtium officinale 1508
Nepenthes distillatoria 1540, 1543,
1633, 1635
Nicotiana tabacum 1445, 1446
Nicotinum 1445
Nux moschata 1319, 1320, 1322
Nux vomica 1309
Ocimum sanctum 1247, 1248
Oenanthe crocata 1462
Opium (Papaver somniferum) 1367,
1368
Opuntia vulgaris 1065, 1089, 1098
Origanum majorana 1248
Origanum vulgare, Linn. 1247
Ornithogalum umbellatum 1290
Paris quadrifolia 1289
Passiflora incarnata 1495, 1496
Pastinaca sativa 1461
Penicillinum 1662, 1664
Penicillium glaucum 1664
Peperomia pellucida 1702
Persea americana 1319
Petroselinum sativum/Apium
petroselinum 1461
Phallus impudicus 1664
Phellandrium aquaticum 1462
1876
Index
Physostigma venenosum 1266
Pilocarpus pinnatus (Jaborandi)
1815, 1816, 1821, 1841, 1842
Pimpinella anisum 1461
Pinus sylvestris 1147
Piper betel L 1701
Piper methysticum 1701, 1702, 1704,
1705, 1714, 1731, 1734, 1735,
1737
Piper nigrum 1701, 1702, 1704, 1706,
1709, 1713, 1714, 1737
Piper sarmentosum 1702
Piper umbellatum 1702
Pistacia Vera 1045
Pix liquida 1147, 1148
Podophyllum peltatum 1063
Polyporus nigricans 1664
Polyporus pinicola (Boletus pinicola)
1664
Potentilla anserina 1742
Potentilla canadensis 1742
Potentilla norvegica 1742
Potentilla palustris 1742
Potentilla recta 1742
Potentilla tormentilla 1742
Prunus cerasifera 1742, 1778, 1788,
1813
Prunus padus 1742, 1745, 1747
Prunus spinosa 1742, 1743, 1744,
1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1758,
1759, 1760, 1761, 1813
Prunus virginiana 1742
Pseudotsuga menziesii 1147, 1148,
1152
Psilocybe mexicana 1664
Ptelea trifoliata 1815, 1816, 1825,
1842
Pulsatilla pratensis (Pulsatilla
nigricans) 1392, 1420, 1424, 1425
Pyrus americanus 1742, 1743, 1745,
1746, 1747, 1756, 1813
Rajania subsamarata 1637, 1655,
1656
Ranunculus bulbosus 1392, 1395,
1410
Raphanus sativus 1507, 1508, 1509,
1511, 1533, 1535
Rhus glabra 1046
Rhus radicans 1045, 1046, 1050,
1053, 1055
Rhus toxicodendron 1045
Rhus venenata 1045
Ricinus communis 1193
Robinia pseudacacia 1265
Rosa californica 1742
Rosa canina 1742
Rosa damascena 1743, 1761, 1768,
1813
Rosa gallica 1743
Rosa palustris 1743
Rosa St. Francis 1743
Russula foetens 1664
Ruta graveolens 1815, 1816, 1817,
1819, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1842
Sabadilla 1290
Sabina 1147, 1148, 1174, 1176, 1178,
1186, 1188, 1190
Sanguinaria canadensis 1368, 1369,
1372, 1373, 1374, 1376, 1377
Sanguinarinum nitricum 1368
Sanguisorba officinalis 1743
Sarracenia purpurea 1540, 1541,
1544, 1545, 1566, 1568, 1575,
1581, 1582, 1635
Sarsaparilla officinalis 1290
Scrophularia nodosa 1438
Secale cornutum (Claviceps purpurea)
1664, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669,
1697, 1698, 1699, 1700
Senecio aureus 1118, 1127, 1132, 1133
Sequoia sempervirens 1147
Sinapis alba 1508, 1510, 1513, 1514,
1518, 1535
Sinapis arvensis 1508
Quercus robur 1217
Quillaya saponaria 1742
1877
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Sinapis nigra/Brassica nigra 1508,
1510, 1511, 1513, 1535
Sisymbrium officinale 1508
Solanum melongena 1445
Solanum tuberosum aegrotans
(Peronospora infestans) 1662,
1664, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1691,
1692, 1695, 1700
Solidago 1117
Sorbus aucuparia 1743
Spigelia anthelmia 1310
Spiraea ulmaria 1743, 1745
Staphisagria 1392, 1417, 1427, 1429,
1431, 1432
Sterculia acuminata (Kola nut) 1360
Sticta pulmonaria 1661
Stillingia sylvatica 1194
Stramonium (Datura
Stramonium) 1445, 1446, 1459
Strychninum purum 1309
Succinicum acidum 1368
Sumbulus moschatus 1462
Thiosinaminum 1508, 1510, 1511,
1512, 1530, 1532, 1533, 1535
Thlaspi bursa-pastoris,(Capsella
bursa pastoris) 1508, 1510, 1529,
1530, 1535
Thuja occidentalis 1147, 1148, 1153,
1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1169,
1170, 1172
Thymus vulgaris, Linn. 1247
Tilia europaea 1359
Torula cerevisiae (Saccharomyces
cerevisiae) 1661, 1664
Upas tieute 1310
Urtica urens 1217
Usnea barbata 1661, 1664
Ustilago maydis 1660, 1664, 1666,
1669, 1690, 1700
Utricularia gibba 1540
Veratrum album 1289
Veratrum viride 1289
Verbascum densiflorum (thapsiforme)
1438
Veronica americana 1437
Veronica officinalis 1438
Vesicaria communis 1508
Viola odorata 1496
Viola tricolor 1495, 1496, 1497, 1501
Tabacum (Nicotiana tabacum) 1446,
1424
Tamarindus indica 1265
Tamus communis 1637
Taraxacum 1117, 1118, 1119, 1123
Taxus baccata 1147
Terebinthina 1147
Teucrium marum verum 1248, 1252,
1261, 1263, 1264
Teucrium scorodonia 1248
Xanthoxylum americanum 1815,
1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1828,
1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1842
Yohimbinum 1434
1878
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