Coccinella septempunctata

Lady Bug

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

This remedy ought to be remembered in neuralgias, teeth, gums, mouth, etc. Is awakened by profuse accumulation of saliva. Uvula feels too long. Symptoms of hydrophobia; worse, by any bright object.

Head

Pain in forehead over right eye, sensitive to touch; from superior molars to forehead. Aching in temples and occiput. Rush of blood to face. Throbbing toothache. Cold sensation in teeth and mouth ( Cistus ). Periodical attacks of frontal neuralgia. Cannot open eyes during paroxysm. Pain worse from any bright object; better, sleep.

Stomach

Hiccough and burning in stomach.

Back

Pain in region of kidneys and loins . Icy cold extremities.

Relationship

Compare: Canth; Magn c .

Dose

Third potency.

Coccinella septempunctata across the other classic books

Coccinella septempunctata appears in 5 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.
“Coccinella septempunctata (Chrysomela septempunctata, Linn.). Family , Insecta. Nat. order , Coleoptera. Preparation , Tincture of the freshly crushed beetles. Authorities. Slight vertigo, 2. Tensive pressure in the head of very brief duration, 2. One-sided headache in the forepart of the head, tearing, fine sticking…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“septempunctata. Ladybird. Sun-chafer. N. O. Coleoptera. Tincture of freshly crushed beetles. Face, neuralgia of / Hydrophobia / Tic douloureux / Toothache Most of the symptoms of Coccinella appear in the teeth and nerves of the face and mouth. It has been used in hydrophobia, and therein its actions would appear to be…”
Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“We are led to the use of this remedy in whooping cough (or in any other kind of cough), when at the end of a paroxysm of coughing a quantity of albuminous, ropy expectoration pours forth. Sensation in the throat as though the uvula was too long. (Nux vom. has this same sensation, when the uvula is bluish and inflamed.)”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Lady-bird ; Sun chafer. Coleoptera. A well-known and widely spread insect, living on vegetables in gardens and fields. Its head and thorax are black, flat, under body and feet black, wing-shells arched, oval, red or orange-yellow, with black dots, usually seven in number, of unequal size, the wings nearly as long…”

Coccinella septempunctata in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Coccinella septempunctata in 12 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in TEETH (11), MOUTH (1).

TEETH - PAIN, - daytime
MOUTH - COLDNESS,sensation of - icy
TEETH - PAIN, - extending to - occiput
TEETH - PAIN, - air,cold - sensation as from cold air - were forced into
TEETH - PAIN, - sitting - agg.
TEETH - PAIN, - drawing - extending - to - ear
TEETH - PAIN, - dull
TEETH - PAIN, - pulled out,feel as if,were being
TEETH - COLDNESS
TEETH - PAIN, - extending to - ear
TEETH - PAIN, - pulsating
TEETH - PAIN, - jerking

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