Granatum

Pomegranate

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

As a vermifuge for the expulsion of tapeworm, and homeopathically for the following symptomatic indications. Salivation , with nausea, and vertigo. Spasm of the glottis.

Head

Feels empty. Sunken eyes; pupils dilated; weak sight. Vertigo very persistent .

Stomach

Constant hunger . Poor digestion. Loses flesh. Vomiting at night.

Abdomen

Pain in stomach and abdomen; worse about umbilicus ( Cocc; Nux m; Plumb ); ineffectual urging. Itching at anus. Dragging in vaginal region, as if hernia would protrude. Swelling resembling umbilical hernia.

Chest

Oppressed, with sighing. Pain between shoulders; even clothing is oppressive.

Skin

Itching in palms . Sensation as if pimples would break out. Jaundiced complexion.

Extremities

Pain around shoulders, as if heavy load had been carried. Pain in all finger-joints. Tearing in knee-joint. Convulsive movements.

Relationship

Compare: Pelletierine (one of its constituents -an anthelminitic, especially for tapeworm); Cina; Kousso .

Dose

First to third potency.

Granatum across the other classic books

Granatum appears in 3 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Punica Granatum, L. Natural order . Granateæ. Common names , Pomegranate, Le Grenadier. Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the bark of the root. Authorities. ( 1 to 9 , from Dr. J. O. Muller's arrangement, Hygea, 10, 137); 1 , Dr. J. O. Muller, 31 years old, took 10 drops of tincture daily; 2 , R. Weinberger…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Punica granatum. Pomegranate. N. O. Granateæ. Homœopathic provings were made with a tincture or trituration of bark of root. An alkaloid, Pelletierine (C 8 H 13 NO), discovered by Bertrand Pelletier is obtained from the rind of the fruit. Ascarides / Gastralgia / Hernia, umbilical; inguinal / Jaw, cracking in /…”

Granatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Granatum in 267 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (52), HEAD (45), STOMACH (29), ABDOMEN (27), MIND (14).

ABDOMEN - PAIN - evening - eating,after
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Fingers - joints - rheumatic
EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS - Leg - walking,while
STOMACH - NAUSEA - abdomen - during pain in
BACK - PAIN - sore - bruised - beaten - Dorsal region - scapulae - between
ABDOMEN - FERMENTATION
RECTUM - WORM - lumbricoides
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Inguinal region - hernia, - as if a,would appear
RECTUM - WORM - ascarides
EXTREMITIES - ITCHING - Palm
ABDOMEN - PAIN - stool - diarrhoeic,during
VISION - DIM - vertigo,during
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sore,bruised - Shoulder
EXTREMITIES - PARALYSIS - Upper Limbs - sensation of
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - yellow
RECTUM - HAEMORRHOIDS - external
FACE - DRAWN
ABDOMEN - PAIN - diarrhoea - during (COLIC)
FACE - EXPRESSION, - sickly
ABDOMEN - PAIN - eating - after

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