Ampelopsis quinquefolia

Virginia Creeper

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(AMPELOPSIS)

Renal dropsies, hydrocele, and chronic hoarseness in scrofulous patients have been benefited by this drug. Choleric symptoms. Generally worse about 6 pm. Dilated pupils. Left costal region sore and sensitive. Elbow joints pain, back sore. Soreness of all limbs. Vomiting, purging with tenesmus. Rumbling in abdomen.

Dose

Second to third potency.

Ampelopsis quinquefolia across the other classic books

Ampelopsis quinquefolia appears in 4 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx. Natural order , Vitaceæ. Virginia Creeper or American Ivy. Mr. Bernay, Pharm. Journ. and Trans., vol vii, 1876, p. 80, two children, æt. two and a half and five years, chewed the leaves, swallowing the juice. They are quickly seized with violent vomiting and purging, with considerable…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“quinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. American Ivy. N. O. Vitaceæ. Tincture of plant. Decoction of chopped inner bark. Cholera / Dropsy / Hoarseness / Hydrocele Our pathogenetic knowledge of Ampelopsis is due to observations on two children poisoned by chewing the leaves. They were quickly seized with violent vomiting and…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{American Ivy.) Botanical Description— This is a woody vine, with a rooting, climbing stem, and leaves pointed out; leaflets oblong, having a long, projecting and tapering point, having five leaflets on a petal or foot stalk; the edge uneven or dented, smooth, turning crimson in autumn ; flowers inconspicuous…”

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