Dusty Miller
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(CINERARIA)
Has some reputation in the cure of cataract and corneal opacities. Is used externally, by instilling into the eye one drop four or five times a day. This must be kept up for several months. Most effective in traumatic cases. Compare in cataract Phosph; Platanus; Cannabis; Causticum; Naphthalin; Ledum; Nat mur; Silica .
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Cineraria Maritima appears in 2 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.
“Senecio cineraria. Dusty Miller. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture or succus of the fresh plant, growing wild, gathered just before the flower-buds open. Cataract / Corneal opacity This is an unproved drug, but it has been used with a good deal of success in cases of cataract as an external application. The method adopted is…”
