Chionanthus virginica

Fringe-tree

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(CHIONANTHUS)

This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic, periodical sick , menstrual and bilious. Taken for several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit. The pain in the forehead, chiefly over eyes. Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of nose. Hepatic derangements. Jaundice . Enlarged spleen ( Ceanoth ). Jaundice with arrest of menses. A prominent liver remedy. Gallstones ( Berberis; Cholest; Calc ). Diabetes mellitus . Paroxysmal, abdominal pain.

Head

Listless, apathetic. Dull frontal headache, over root of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar. Yellow conjunctiva .

Tongue

Broad with thick yellow fur.

Mouth

Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse saliva.

Abdomen and Liver

Aching in umbilical region, griping. Feels as if a string were tied in a "slip-knot" around intestines which was suddenly drawn tight and then gradually loosened. Sore; enlarged, with jaundice and constipation. Clay-colored stool, also soft, yellow and pasty. Tongue heavily coated. No appetite. Bilious colic. Hepatic region tender. Pancreatic disease and other glandular disorders.

Urine

Large amount of high specific gravity; frequent urination; bile and sugar in urine. Urine very dark.

Skin

Yellow; marked moisture of skin. Sallow, greenish, itching.

Relationship

Compare: Cinchona; Ceanoth; Chelidon; Carduus; Podophyl; Lept .

Dose

Tincture and first attenuation.

Chionanthus virginica across the other classic books

Chionanthus virginica appears in 7 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.
“Chionanthus virginica, L. Natural order , Oleaceæ. Common name , Fringe tree. Authority. Dr. Scudder, Electric Med. Journ., May, 1876 (U. S. Med. Invest., N. S., 3, 1878, p. 562). In good health, except some derangement of brain, taking the form of aphasia. Took 30 drops of a strong tincture at 1 P.M.; at 2.30 P.M…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“LIVER. Head. Jarring. Motion. Cold. Lying on abdomen (Chel.). Bruised soreness; liver , eyeballs, etc. Pains ascend from forehead, stomach, etc. .................... Bilious sick headaches; periodical. Nose, pressure at root or squeezing on bridge (Ham.). Tongue, greenish-yellow or feels drawn up. Vomiting…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Fringe Tree. Oleaceæ, The bark, which is the part employed, contains Saponin. Tincture. Constipation / Debility / Emaciation with liver-disorder / Gall-stone colic / Headache / Jaundice / Liver, disease of; hypertrophy of / Malaria / Neurasthenia / Nursing women, complaints of Chion. acts powerfully on the liver and…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Fringe Tree.) Description. — This is a singular looking shrub or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June. (It is called the "Virginian Snow-Flower Tree," " Snow-drop Tree," etc.) The small…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Fringe Tree. Oleaceæ. "A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June." The bark contains Saponin. The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CHIONANTHUS. CJiiaiantktu nnrgimea, L, Fringe tree. Nat. Ord., Oltacta. I. Provingj. — Dr. Scudder, in good health, save for some aphasia, took 30 dr. of a strong tinct. at i p.m. .%o, sensations of contraction in stomach, as if some living thing was moving in it, with uneasy feelings in hepatic and splenic regions…”

Chionanthus virginica in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chionanthus virginica in 45 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOOL (9), ABDOMEN (8), GENERALITIES (7), HEAD (7), STOMACH (5).

URINE - BILE,containing
SKIN - DISCOLORATION - yellow,jaundice - etc.
SKIN - DISCOLORATION - yellow,jaundice - etc. - summer,every
STOOL - TARRY-LOOKING
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - jaundice,during
STOOL - CLAY-COLORED
ABDOMEN - ATROPHY of Liver
GENERALITIES - SUMMER,in
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Liver - COLIC,gall-stones
CHEST - MILK - disappearing
STOOL - DARK
STOOL - WATERY - green
ABDOMEN - PAIN - sore,bruised,tenderness,etc - Liver,in
ABDOMEN - ENLARGED - Liver
STOOL - LIGHT-COLORED
EYE - YELLOWNESS
HEAD - PAIN, - lying, - amel.
STOOL - BROWN
GENERALITIES - JERKING internally - muscles
STOOL - GREEN

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