Small and Less Used Medicine From Materia Medica Of Dr W. Boericke
BELLIS PERENNIS
(Daisy)
It acts upon the muscular fibers of the blood – vessels. Much muscular soreness. Lameness, as if sprained. Venous congestion, due to mechanical causes. First remedy in injuries to the deeper tissues, after major surgical work. Results of injuries to nerves with intense soreness and intolerance of cold bathing. After gout, debility of limbs.
Traumatism of the pelvic organs, auto-traumatism, expresses the condition calling for this remedy; ill effects from masturbation. Excellent remedy for sprains and bruises. Complaints due to cold food or drink when the body is heated, and in affections due to cold wind. Externally, in naevi. Acne. Boils all over. Sore, bruised feeling in the pelvic region. Exudations, stasis, swelling, come within the range of this remedy. Rheumatic symptoms. Does not vitiate the secretions. “It is a princely remedy for old laborers, especially gardeners.” ( Burnett.)
Head – Vertigo in elderly people. Headache from occiput to top of head. Forehead feels contracted. Bruised soreness. Itching around scalp and over back, worse from hot bath and bed.
Female – Breasts and uterus engorged. Varicose veins in pregnancy. During pregnancy inability to walk. Abdominal muscles lame. Uterus feels sore, as if squeezed.
Sleep – Wakes early in the morning and cannot get to sleep again.
Abdomen – Soreness of abdominal walls and of uterus. Stitches in spleen, sore, enlarged. Yellow, painless diarrhea, foul odor, worse at night. Bloated; rumbling in bowels.
Skin – Boils. Ecchymosis, swelling, very sensitive to touch. Venous congestion due to mechanical causes. Varicose veins with bruised sore feeling. Exudations and swellings. Acne.
Extremities – Joints sore, muscular soreness. Itching on back and flexor surfaces of thighs. Pain down anterior of thighs. Wrist feels contracted as from elastic band around joint. Sprains with great soreness. Railway spine*.
Modalities – Worse, left side; hot bath and warmth of bed; before storms; cold bathing; cold wind.
Relationship – Compare: Arn.; Ars.; Staph.; Ham.; Bry.; Vanad. (degenerative states).
Dose – Tincture to third potency.
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* Railway spine - It is a nineteenth century term for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in rail accident. It is an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord. Ataxia, back pain, sensory disturbances, muscular dysfunctions and some general features are included in it.
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* Railway spine - It is a nineteenth century term for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in rail accident. It is an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord. Ataxia, back pain, sensory disturbances, muscular dysfunctions and some general features are included in it.
