Populus

by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Populus tremuloides, Michx.

Natural order , Salicaceæ.

Common name , Aspen poplar.

Preparation , Tincture of the inner bark.

Authorities.

1 , Dr. Paine, "Concentrated Medicine," p. 85 (Dr. Hale, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1867, p. 391), effects of doses of 5 to 10 grains of "Populin" in a healthy person; 1 a , ibid., effects of 40 to 50 grains.

General nervous excitement, 1a.
Slight fulness about the head, 1a.
Nausea, vomiting, and slight purging of bilious matter, with fierce, burning sensation in the stomach, 1a.
Warm, pungent sensation in the stomach, followed by a glow of heat on the entire surface, 1.
Very copious discharge of urine, and *irritation of the bladder and urethra, 1a.
Copious discharges of urine, 1.

Populus across the other classic books

Populus appears in 3 of the 13 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.

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“American Aspen The gastric and urinary symptoms point to its usefulness in dyspepsia and catarrh of the bladder, especially in old people. Good remedy in vesical troubles after operations and in pregnancy. Cystitis. Fullness of head, and sensation of heat of the surfaces of the body. Night-sweats. Ague . Indigestion…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Aspen Poplar. (The American Aspen; the British Aspen is P. tremula.) N. O. Salicaceæ. Tincture of inner bark. Solution of Populin. Ardor urinæ / Bladder, catarrh of / Gleet, chronic / Prostatic affections The few symptoms of the Schema were provided by Paine (eclectic), whom Hale quotes. Paine used Pop. t. in…”

Populus in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Populus in 6 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

URETHRA - IRRITATION
BLADDER - PAIN - aching
BLADDER - CATARRH,muco-pus
BLADDER - INFLAMMATION
BLADDER - PAIN - pressing,pressure in
BLADDER - TENESMUS

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