Doryphora decemlineata

Colorado Potato-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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(DORYPHORA)

The center of this drug's action seems to be in the urinary organs, and hence its employment in gonorrhœa and gleet. Urethritis in children from local irritation and gleet. Great trembling in extremities. Prostration. Swelling of body. Burning sensation .

Urinary

Difficult micturition. Urethra inflamed, with excruciating pain when urinating. Pain in back and loins. Severe trembling in limbs.

Relationship

Antidote: Stram .

Compare: Agar; Apis; Canth; Lach; Coccion .

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

Doryphora decemlineata across the other classic books

Doryphora decemlineata 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.
“Doryphora decem-lineata, Say; a beetle of the Natural order of Coleoptera. Common name , Colorado potato-bug. Preparation , tincture of the living beetles. Authorities. Emotional. Delirium (after a few hours), 4. Delirium was among the symptoms most prominent, 6. Talkative and at times muttering delirium; was…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“decemlineata. The Colorado Beetle. Potato Bug. N. O. Coleoptera. Tincture prepared by covering the crushed live beetles with alcohol. Diarrhœa / Diphtheria / Dysentery / Erysipelas / Fevers / Gastric affections / Gleet / Gonorrhœa / Myxœdema / Parotitis / Spleen, pain in / Typhoid / Ulceration / Urethritis Doryphora…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Colorado Potato Bug) Description. — This insect belongs to the same family as the squash bug, the black potato bug, and the Cantharides — all possess the power of blistering the skin if bruised upon it. The Colorado potato bug has its original home in the Rocky Mountains, where it fed on a species of Solanum…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“The Colorado Potato Bug. Coleoptera. "This insect belongs to the same family as the squash bug, the black potato bug, and the Cantharides-all possess the power of blistering the skin if bruised upon it. The Colorado potato bug has its original home in the Rocky Mountains, where it fed on a species of Solanum…”

Doryphora decemlineata in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Doryphora decemlineata in 87 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (15), ABDOMEN (10), FACE (10), GENERALITIES (7), STOMACH (7).

FACE - DISCOLORATION - mottled
MALE GENITALIA - REDNESS,glans
MALE GENITALIA - PAIN - burnings - Penis - glans
URETHRA - PAIN - urination - during
SLEEP - COMATOSE
BLADDER - URINATION - dysuria
BACK - PAIN - aching - Lumbar region
STOMACH - VOMITING
BACK - PAIN
EXTREMITIES - ELECTRICAL current,sensation of - Legs
URINE - SEDIMENT - red - dirty
EXTREMITIES - ELECTRICAL current,sensation of - Arms
URINE - SEDIMENT - red - dark
EXTREMITIES - ELECTRICAL current,sensation of
EXTREMITIES - ULCERS - Wrist
VISION - DIM - walking, - while
VISION - LOSS OF VISION. - walking,while
GENERALITIES - FAINTNESS,fainting - walking - while
SLEEP - DREAMS - wild
KIDNEYS - PAIN - motion - agg.

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