HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
by William BOERICKE, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T

 

  
CORNUS CIRCINATA
Round-leaved Dogwood

Chronic malaria, hepatitis, jaundice. Weakness in morning. Pain in pit of stomach, with distended abdomen. Vesicular eruption associated with chronic liver disease or aphthous stomatitis.

Mouth.--Ulceration of tongue, gums and mouth; aphthæ. Burning in mouth, throat and stomach.

Stool.--Loose, windy, dark stool, immediately after dinner. Burning in anus. Dark, bilious, offensive diarrhœa, with sallow complexion.

Skin.--Vesicular eczema of face in infants, with nursing sore mouth.

Relationship.--Compare: Cornus alternifolia-Swamp Walnut--(Weak and tired; disturbed sleep, fever, restlessness, eczema; skin cracked; chest feels cold, as if full of ice); Cornus florida (chronic malaria; indigestion and distressing acid heartburn; general debility from loss of fluids and night sweats; neuralgic pains in arms, chest, and trunk, and sensation as if broken in two; intermittent fever, with drowsiness; feels cold, but is warm to touch; great exhaustion in intervals; general clammy sweat. Chill is preceded by drowsiness, heat is associated with drowsiness. Headache after quinine).

Dose.--Tincture to sixth attenuation.

 

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