by E. B. Nash — Leaders in Respiratory Organs
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
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Borax veneta appears in 18 of the 27 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.
“Biborate of Soda Dread of downward motion in nearly all complaints. Great anxiety from downward motion; when laying the child down on a couch or in the crib, cries and clings to the nurse; when rocking, dancing, swinging; going down stairs or rapidly down hill ; horseback riding (compare Sanic.). Children awake…”
“Natrum biboracicum (2BO2 Na.B2 3 10H2 O). Sodium biborate. Preparation , Triturations. Authority. Voluptuous mood (after five weeks), 2. Very cheerful, lively, affectionate, with desire and liking for all work, in the forenoon (sixth day), 2. The child cries at intervals very violently, ceases after a few minutes, and…”
“Borate of Sodium (BORAX) Gastro-intestinal irritation. Salivation, nausea, vomiting, colic, diarrhœa, collapse, albuminuria, casts and vesical spasm. Delirium, visual changes, hæmaturia, and skin eruptions have all been observed from over-dosing. Dread of downward motion in nearly all complaints. For homeopathic…”
“ALBUMINOUS, GLAIRY DISCHARGES (COMP. GELATINOUS) BREATHING, DEEPLY, Agg. DIRECTION of sensations, Diagonally FALLING FEARSOME, anxious, etc. FORMICATION, crawling, etc. LAUGHING, AGG. LYING, right, Agg. MENSES, before and after, Agg. MENSES, AFTER, AGG. RIDING on horseback Agg. (Comp. Jarring.) SENSITIVE, also to…”
“Occiput. NUTRITION: NERVES. MUCOUS MEMBRANES. MOUTH. Skin. Kidneys. Bladder. DOWNWARD MOTION. Sudden noises. Cold; wet. Least uncovering. Nurslings. Children. Fruit. 11 P.M. Tough, bloody mucus. Tousy persons (Med. Sul.): frowsy hair, tangles at ends. Frightened at every noise; starts from sleep, as if to fall…”
“veneta. Natrum biboracicum. Sodium biborate. Na 2 B 4 O 7 10 H 2 O. Trituration and Solution. Aphthæ / Corns / Dentition / Diarrhœa / Ear-discharge / Entropion / Erysipelas / Eyes, affections of / Finger joints, ulcers on / Herpes / Menstruation, painful (membranous) / Nipple, sore / Nose, affections of / Pleurisy /…”
“BORAX VENETA. Borax: Staphisagria, Mercurius; Sepia, Pulsatilla; Bryonia; > Chamomilla, Coffea; Vinegar; Wine. Borax is the biborate of soda. As a medicine, it won its first laurels in the nursery, where it has long been used in the treatment of sore nipples and children's sore mouth. Like all popular remedies, it has…”
“The strongest characteristic of this drug is the great fear of a downward motion of any kind. Children will spring up suddenly on being laid down on the bed; patient is afraid to go downstairs; can't swing, ride horseback, or use a rocking-chair, so great is the dread of downward motion. Easily startled by any sudden…”
“BIBORATE OF SODA. This crystalline salt is useful for soldering and as flux in technical works. This salt in its crude form was originally for several centuries, brought by the Venetians from the East Indies, especially from lakes in Thibet ; therefore it is still called borax veneta ; it afterwards was refined by the…”
“Sodium biborate. 2BO 2 NaB 2 O 3 10H 2 O. The first proving was made by our very industrious Shreter, a master in observing, and published in Hartlaub's Annalen, 1832, vol. iii, p. 309 ; his 87 symptoms have been corroborated throughout. In 1835 Hahnemann, in his Chronic Diseases, 2d edition, vol. ii, p. 280, added…”
“BORAX. Natrum biboracicum, acid borate of sodium, NajB40^ioH30. Including bonkci< acid and other borates, I. Provings, — i. Hahnemann, Chronic Diseasn^ Part a of original, vol, of translation. Contains 460 symptoms from self and Schreter, a. a, fiiKSWAKOER. — D.M—, act. 25, healthy, took borax in variaiti fiORAX. 585…”
“Borax is one of those domestic remedies that has been long used for local conditions as a soothing substance and for a healing purpose. In "nursing sore mouth " of mother or child Borax has been used in the families of old, in the form of Borax and honey, as a wash. The extensive use that has been made of it would…”
“Stinging, or drawing, stinging pains. Weakness in the joints. Nausea and giddiness from exertions of the mind. Aphthae of the mouth and tongue, which bleed easily. Parts which are usually red, turn white. Unhealthy, easily suppurating skin. Aggravation from descending”
“Easily frightened, and starting from the least noise. Anxiety, with sleepiness, increased towards evening. The child feels an anguish when rocked in a cradle, has an anxious countenance during the downward motion, (when carried down stairs). Parts, which are usually red, turn white. Vertigo in the morning, in bed…”
“Common name: biborate of soda. Anxious expression of face during the downward motions (Br.). Nausea and giddiness from exertions of the mind (Cocc., Ferr-P., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.). The whole buccal cavity covered with a white fungous growth (Bt.). SORE MOUTH OF NURSING CHILDREN (Bry., Calc., Kali-M., Merc., Rhus-T…”
“Dread of downward motion; child jumps and cringes or cries when laving it down; also very sensitive to noises. Aphthous sore mouth; greenish stools day and night; mouth very hot. Pain in right pectoral region; cough with expectoration of an offensive, herby taste. This remedy, although an old one, is not universally…”
“HAHNEMANN, Chronic Diseases, discusses Borax, which, he says “has for a long time been used as a domestic remedy, against the aphthae of children, and to facilitate the labour-pains of pregnant women.” Borax is another of those invaluable minor remedies, with very distinctive symptoms and selective tissue-action. It…”
Kent's Repertory lists Borax veneta in 1,776 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (179), EXTREMITIES (158), HEAD (142), MIND (137), CHEST (120).
