Collinsonia canadensis

Stone-Root

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting hæmorrhoids and constipation, especially in females. Depressed arterial tension, general atony of muscular fiber. Chronic nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh , due to portal obstruction. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Pruritus in pregnancy, with piles. Constipation of children from intestinal atony . Said to be of special value when given before operations, for rectal diseases. Sense of weight and constriction. Venous engorgement.

Head

Dull frontal headache; from suppressed hæmorrhoids. Chronic catarrh. Yellow-coated tongue. Bitter taste ( Colocy; Bry ).

Rectum

Sensation of sharp sticks in rectum. Sense of constriction . Vascular engorgement of rectum. Dry feces. Most obstinate constipation , with protruding hæmorrhoids. Aching in anus and hypogastrium. Constipation during pregnancy; with membranous dysmenorrhœa, following labor ( Nux ). Painful bleeding piles. Dysentery, with tenesmus. Alternate constipation and diarrhœa , and great flatulence. Itching of anus ( Teucrium; Ratanh ).

Female

Dysmenorrhœa; pruritus of vulva ; prolapse of womb; swelling and dark redness of genitals; pain on sitting down. Membranous dysmenorrhœa, with constipation. Pruritus. Cold feeling in thighs after menstruation. Sensation of swelling of labia and of clitoris.

Respiratory

Cough from excessive use of voice ; "minister's sore throat"; sharp pain in larynx. Hoarseness. Harassing, dry cough.

Heart

Palpitation; rapid but weak. Dropsy. After heart symptoms relieved, piles or menses return. Chest-pains alternate with hæmorrhoids. Oppression, faintness, and dyspnœa ( Acon ferox ).

Modalities

Worse , from the slightest mental emotion or excitement; cold. Better , heat.

Relationship

Antidote: Nux.

Compare: Aescul; Aloes; Hamam; Lycopus; Negundo; Sulph; Nux .

Dose

Tincture, to third attenuation. Higher potencies where there is organic heart affection.

Collinsonia canadensis across the other classic books

Collinsonia canadensis appears in 10 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 HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Stone Root. (Labiatae) Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhoea and haemorrhoids. Congestion of pelvic viscera, with haemorrhoids, especially in latter months of pregnancy. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Palpitation; in patients subject to piles and indigestion; heart's action persistently rapid but…”
Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Collinsonia Canadensis, L. Natural order , Labiatæ. Common names , Horsebalm, Richweed, Stoneroot. Preparation , Tincture of root "and plant" (Hale). Authority. Burt, proving with half an ounce of 3d dec. (twice), and afterwards with 20 drops of tincture, Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed. Dull frontal headache, with…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Pelvis:Anus, rectum. Uterus. Bowels. Heart. Pharynx. Liver. PILES: During suppressed. Night. Pregnancy. Cold. Excitement. Congestions ; pelvic; reflex from or combined with hæmorrhoids, especially cardiac (Lycps.). Constrictions. Swelled feeling, in limbs, vulva, clitoris, etc. .................... Speaker's…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Horsebalm. Richweed. Stone-root. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of fresh root. Trituration. Constipation / Diarrhœa / Dropsy / (cardiac) / Dysentery / Dysmenorrhœa / Dyspepsia / Hæmorrhages / Hæmorrhoids / Heart, affections of / Irritation / Labour / Pregnancy, affections of / Proctitis / Pruritus vulvæ / Rheumatism…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Stone Root.) Botanical Description. — The stem is simple, smooth, round, straight, from one to three feet high. Leaves with broadly toothed edges, pointed, having long footstalks, and Only two or three pairs, heart shaped at base, broadly egg shaped, sharp pointed, a smooth surface, and small veins. Flowers opposite…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Horsebalm, Richweed, Stone-root. Labiatæ. An indigenous plant, with very hard, knotty and tough root, growing in woods from Canada to the Carolinas ; flowers from July to September. A valuable remedy, of which we have but a single proving, by Burt. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Constipation , A. L. Carrol, N. A. J. H., vol…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“COLLINSONIA. Collinsònia canadensis, Willd. Horse-balm. Nat. Ord., Labiata. I. Provings.- 1 . Dr. BURT, in perfect health, on April 27th, 1866, took 3ss of 3x dil. (aqueous). In h., dull pain over eyes, pressing in r. temple, distress at umbilicus and eructations of air. At 12, dull frontal headache, with tearing…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: stone root. Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhœa and hæmorrhoids (Aloe, Podo., Sulph.) (A.). Flushes of heat, with oppressed breathing (Amyl-N., Arg-N., Ferr-P., Graph., Sang., Sep., Sulph.) (Br.). Bitter taste in the mouth (Bry., Carb-V., Chel., Chin., Coloc., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“This remedy has not been thoroughly proven, but enough has been learned from what we have, and clinical experience, to indicate that it is a very valuable one. As a remedy for hæmorrhoids or rectal trouble it may be compared with Æsculus hippocastanum, for both have a sensation as if the rectum was filled with sticks…”

Collinsonia canadensis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Collinsonia canadensis in 142 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in RECTUM (33), FEMALE GENITALIA (15), STOOL (14), GENERALITIES (12), ABDOMEN (11).

RECTUM - HAEMORRHOIDS - alternating - with palpitation
RECTUM - HAEMORRHOIDS - chronic
RECTUM - FLATUS - stool - during
MIND - EXCITEMENT,excitable - emotional,ailments from
EXTREMITIES - SWELLING - dropsical
CHEST - MURMURS
RECTUM - DYSENTERY
RECTUM - PAIN - stool - during
STOOL - BLACK
STOOL - MUCOUS,slimy
RECTUM - HAEMORRHAGE from anus
RECTUM - PAIN
RECTUM - HAEMORRHOIDS
GENERALITIES - PULSE - frequent,accelerated,elevated,exalted,fast
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION - ineffectual urging and straining
MIND - EXCITEMENT,excitable
STOOL - HARD
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION
GENERALITIES - FAINTNESS,fainting - pain,from - stomach
ABDOMEN - PAIN - cramping,griping - Hypogastrium - stool - before

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