by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Nettle-rash with intolerable itching and burning, with white spots. Diarrhœa with the same spots.
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Urtica urens appears in 11 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.
“Urtica urens, L. Natural order , Urticaceæ. Commom name , Nettle. Preparation , Tincture of the plant. Authorities. All day a fulness of head and giddiness, like a rush of blood to the head (eighth day), 3. Fulness of head; sensation of rush of blood and dulness (twentieth day), 3. A dull aching pain in the head…”
“Stinging-nettle A remedy for agalactia and lithiasis . Profuse discharge from mucous surfaces. Enuresis and urticaria. Spleen affections. Antidotes ill-effects of eating shellfish . Symptoms return at the same time every year. Gout and uric acid diathesis. Favors elimination. Rheumatism associated with urticaria-like…”
“JOINTS, arthritic complaints, etc. WHEALS, hives, etc.”
“MAMMÆ. Genito - urinary organs. Liver. Spleen. Cool: Moist air. Bathing. Yearly. Burns. Stings. Snow air (Sep.). Stinging or stinging - burning. Urinous odor of body. Uric acid diathesis. Hæmorrhage. .................... White stool. Pinworms. Acrid urine, causing itching. Lithiasis. Swelled mammæ. Absence of milk…”
“Small Stinging-nettle. [Urtica dioica, the Common Nettle, has similar if not identical properties.] N. O. Urticaceæ. Tincture of the fresh plant in flower. Agalactia / Anæmia / Bee-stings / Burns / Calculus, prevention of / Deltoid, rheumatism of / Dysentery / Erysipelas, vesicular / Erythema / Gout / Gravel /…”
“{Stinging Nettle.) Botanical Description. — A well-known perennial herbaceous plant, growing both in Europe and the United States, by the roadsides, in hedges and gardens. The stinging, or irritating property, is caused by the free formic acid, which is found in the little hairs, which are very sharp. Officinal…”
“Nettle. Urticaceæ. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant. Proved by Coxe, Jr., and Shaw, reported by Neidhard, Hale's New Rem. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sealding of arm , Wurmb, B. J. H., vol. 19, p. 146 ; Helminthiasis , Richards, H. W., Apr., 1870, p. 84 ; Richards, H. W., vol. 7, p. 260 ; Itching of scrotum …”
“URTICA. Urtka urnu, L., small stinging-nettle ; and other species of Nat. Ord. Urticaat. 1. Prcvingi, — i. Dr. Redman Coxe, jun., proved i, dil. of Uurens, talcing 3 times daily 12 dr. on June ist and and, 15 on 3rd, and 20 on 4th. 2nd. — Considerable burning in throat, with frequent hawking up of frothy mucus …”
“Hæmoptysis, from violent exertion of the lungs. Dysentery. Insufficiency, or entire want of secretion of milk after parturition. Nettle-rash. Burns.”
“Common name: dwarf nettle. Nettle-rash, with intolerable itching and burning (G.). Urticaria alternating with rheumatism (alternating with asthma- Calad.) (K.). Urticaria, worse after bathing (Phos.), after violent exercise (Con., Nat-M., Psor.), and from warmth (Apis, Kali-I., Nat-M., Puls.) (K.). URTICARIA, DURING…”
Kent's Repertory lists Urtica urens in 177 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (40), SKIN (32), CHEST (13), FEMALE GENITALIA (13), HEAD (13).
