by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
We are led to the use of this remedy in whooping cough (or in any other kind of cough), when at the end of a paroxysm of coughing a quantity of albuminous, ropy expectoration pours forth.
Sensation in the throat as though the uvula was too long. (Nux vom. has this same sensation, when the uvula is bluish and inflamed.)
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Coccinella septempunctata appears in 5 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.
“Coccinella septempunctata (Chrysomela septempunctata, Linn.). Family , Insecta. Nat. order , Coleoptera. Preparation , Tincture of the freshly crushed beetles. Authorities. Slight vertigo, 2. Tensive pressure in the head of very brief duration, 2. One-sided headache in the forepart of the head, tearing, fine sticking…”
“Lady Bug This remedy ought to be remembered in neuralgias, teeth, gums, mouth, etc. Is awakened by profuse accumulation of saliva. Uvula feels too long. Symptoms of hydrophobia; worse, by any bright object. Pain in forehead over right eye, sensitive to touch; from superior molars to forehead. Aching in temples and…”
“septempunctata. Ladybird. Sun-chafer. N. O. Coleoptera. Tincture of freshly crushed beetles. Face, neuralgia of / Hydrophobia / Tic douloureux / Toothache Most of the symptoms of Coccinella appear in the teeth and nerves of the face and mouth. It has been used in hydrophobia, and therein its actions would appear to be…”
“Lady-bird ; Sun chafer. Coleoptera. A well-known and widely spread insect, living on vegetables in gardens and fields. Its head and thorax are black, flat, under body and feet black, wing-shells arched, oval, red or orange-yellow, with black dots, usually seven in number, of unequal size, the wings nearly as long…”
Kent's Repertory lists Coccinella septempunctata in 12 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in TEETH (11), MOUTH (1).
