SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM
Houseleek
By William Boericke โ Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Is recommended for herpes, zoster and cancerous tumors . Scirrhous induration of tongue. Mammary carcinoma. Ring-worm. Hรฆmorrhoids.
Mouth
Malignant ulcers of mouth. Cancer of tongue ( Galium ). Tongue has ulcers; bleed easily , especially at night; much soreness of tongue with stabbing pains. Whole mouth very tender.
Skin
Erysipelatous affections. Warts and corns. Aphthรฆ. Flushed surface and stinging pains.
Relationship
Compare: Sedum acre -small Houseleek--(scorbutic conditions; ulcers, intermittent fever) ( Galium; Kali cyanat ). Oxalis acetosella -Wood sorrel--(The inspissated juice used as a cautery to remove cancerous growths of the lips). Cotyledon. Ficus Carica --( Fig )-The milky juice of the freshly broken stalk applied to warts; causes their disappearance.
Dose
Tincture and 2 decimal, also fresh juice of plant. Locally for bites of insect, stings of bees, and poisoned wounds, warts.