Hepatica triloba

Liver-Wort

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(HEPATICA)

Pharyngeal catarrh, with profuse, serous sputa and hoarseness. Tickling and irritation of the throat. Scraping and rough sensation . Induces free and easy expectoration. Viscid, thick, tenacious phlegm causes continued hawking. Soreness at the nostrils. Sensation about epiglottis as if particles of food remained . Sputa sweet, profuse, creamy.

Dose

Second potency.

Hepatica triloba across the other classic books

Hepatica triloba appears in 4 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Hepatica triloba, Chaix. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common name , "Liverwort." Preparation , Tincture of the full-grown leaves. Authority. Dr. D. G. Kimball chewed the leaves twice a day "for a chronic irritation in the throat and lungs," N. Am. J. of Hom., 6, p. 526. Eyes somewhat sensitive to light; itching and…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“triloba. Liver-wort. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of full-grown leaves. Bronchitis / Catarrh / Dyspepsia / Epistaxis / Throat, sore This is an old remedy which received its name from a fancied resemblance of its leaves to the shape of the liver. All our definite knowledge of it began with an experiment made by Dr. D…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Liverwort.) Botanical Description. — The Hepatica Americana of De Candolle is the Hepatica triloba of Wildenow. This is a perennial plant, the root of which consists of numerous strong fibres. The leaves are all radical, on long, hairy petioles, with three ovate, obtuse or rounded entire lobes, smooth evergreen…”

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