Indian Cockroach
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
A remedy for asthma. Especially when associated with bronchitis. Indicated after arsenic when this is insufficient.
Cough with dyspnœa in bronchitis and phthisis. Acts best in stout and corpulent patients. Much pus-like mucus.
Lowest potencies during an attack. After the spasm, for the remaining cough, use the higher. Stop with improvement to prevent return of aggravation.
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Blatta Orientalis 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.
“Indian cockroach. N. O. Orthoptera. Trituration of live insect. Asthma / Bronchitis / Phthisis Found accidentally to relieve asthma in a patient who took tea in which a beetle had been infused; it has since proved to have a wide range in asthmatic cases (Ray, Hom. Recorder, 1890, p. 254; 1891, p. 193). In the acute…”
“Common name: indian cockroach. It appears to be most serviceable in corpulent individuals (Amm-M., Calc., Graph., Kali-B., Kali-C., Phos.) (Bl.). ASTHMA, ESPECIALLY WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH BRONCHITIS (Bry., Calc-S., Kali-M., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Tab.) (Br.). Severe attacks of coughing, with dyspnæa…”
Kent's Repertory lists Blatta Orientalis in 4 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
