Liver-Wort
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(HEPATICA)
Pharyngeal catarrh, with profuse, serous sputa and hoarseness. Tickling and irritation of the throat. Scraping and rough sensation . Induces free and easy expectoration. Viscid, thick, tenacious phlegm causes continued hawking. Soreness at the nostrils. Sensation about epiglottis as if particles of food remained . Sputa sweet, profuse, creamy.
Second potency.
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Hepatica Triloba 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.
“Hepatica triloba, Chaix. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common name , "Liverwort." Preparation , Tincture of the full-grown leaves. Authority. Dr. D. G. Kimball chewed the leaves twice a day "for a chronic irritation in the throat and lungs," N. Am. J. of Hom., 6, p. 526. Eyes somewhat sensitive to light; itching and…”
“triloba. Liver-wort. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of full-grown leaves. Bronchitis / Catarrh / Dyspepsia / Epistaxis / Throat, sore This is an old remedy which received its name from a fancied resemblance of its leaves to the shape of the liver. All our definite knowledge of it began with an experiment made by Dr. D…”
