Epiphegus virginiana

Beechdrop

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(EPIPHEGUS - OROBANCHE)

A remedy for sick, neurasthenic, and nervous headaches, especially in women, brought on or made worse by exertion, shopping, etc. Tongue coated yellow; bitter taste. Drowsy after meals. Loose stools. Subinvolution , with painful menstruation and congestion.

Head

Pressing pain in temples from without inwards , worse, left side . Viscid salivation , constant inclination to spit. Sick headache coming on when deviating from ordinary pursuits. Headaches from nerve tire caused by mental or physical exhaustion, preceded by hunger .

Modalities

Worse , from working in open air. Better , from sleep.

Relationship

Compare: Iris, Melilot; Sanguinar. Fagus-Beech-nuts --(headache and salivation; swelling on mouth; dread of water).

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.

Epiphegus virginiana across the other classic books

Epiphegus virginiana 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.

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Nerves. Stomach. Liver. Fatigue; nervous; of shopping. Eyestrain. Sleep. Confusion. Like fingertips pressing into temples. Compressive (r.) headache, going backward; ; with spitting of viscid saliva and nausea. Weekly headaches. Neurasthenia. Tartar on teeth. Related: Ign. Iris.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Virginiana. Beech Drops. Cancer-root. N. O. Orobanchaceæ. (A slender branching herb without leaves, of a dull purple or yellow-brown colour growing as a parasite on the roots of beech-trees. - H. R ., iv. 10.) Tincture of whole fresh plant in full flower. Cancer / Diarrhœa / Gonorrhœa / Headache / Palpitation /…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“EPIPHEGUS . Epiphègus virginiana, Michaux (Orobanche virginiana, L.). Beech drops. Nat. Ord., Orobanchacea. I. Provings.-1. RALPH MORDEN, M.D. , April 1st, 1882, at 5.30 p.m., took 3j oftinct. At 6 some pain in r. and (slighter) in 1. temple, lasting until he went to bed. May 15th.-Took 5ss. No marked effect for 1 h…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Cures headaches coming on after a hard day’s work, overfatigue from work or excitement, what is often called “tired headache.” Such cases are very frequent, and the patients volunteered to mention the fact that they always came on when they were “tired out.” Of course one swallow does not make a summer, neither does…”

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