Hura Brasiliensis

Assacu

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

Used in leprosy, when skin feels as if it were hide bound Tense vesicles; sensation of splinter under thumb-nails. Skin of forehead feels drawn tight. Stiff neck, pain in back. Throbbing in finger tips. Itching, pimples on all projecting portions of bone, malar bones, etc.

Dose

Sixth potency.

Relationship

Compare Calotropis or Madura album --(Leprosy; livid and gangrenous tubercles; thickening of the skin).

Hura Brasiliensis across the other classic books

Hura Brasiliensis 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.
“Hura Brasiliensis, Willd. Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common name (Brazilian), Assacu (name given to the milky juice of the tree). Preparation , Tincture of the milky juice. Authority. Mure, provings Nos. 1 to 4 , by two males and two females, each with a single drop of the 5th dilution (Nos 1 and 3 , had been…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Assacu. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of milky juice. Blindness / Hysteria / Leprosy / Nares, affections of / Skin, affections of / Spine, pains in The milky juice (called Assacu by the Brazilians) of Hura is as powerful as that of the better-known Euphorbians. A case of leprosy having been reported cured with Assacu…”

Hura Brasiliensis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Hura Brasiliensis in 596 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (173), MIND (83), HEAD (58), BACK (50), SLEEP (34).

EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS - Leg - ascending, - stairs,while
STOOL - ODOR. - offensive
BACK - PAIN - aching - Lumbar region
THROAT - PAIN - burning
FACE - DISCOLORATION - red
MIND - SADNESS,mental depression
ABDOMEN - PAIN - stitching (Sticking,etc.) - Ileo-caecal region - walking
BACK - HEAT - Lumbar region - riding in a carriage - after
BACK - PAIN - aching - Lumbar region - afternoon - sitting - while 2 p.m.
BACK - PAIN - drawing - Lumbar region - leaning forward
BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Lumbar region - 9 p.m.
BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Lumbar region - extending - to coccyx
BACK - PULSATING - Lumbar region - fever
BACK - WEAKNESS (tired feeling - in Spine) - Lumbar region - fever - during
BACK - WEAKNESS (tired feeling - in Spine) - Lumbar region - morning
CHEST - BALL,mammae,sensation of,under left
CHEST - HEAT - afternoon,walking,while - 2 p.m.
CHEST - OPPRESSION - evening - 9 p.m.
CHILL - TIME - 6.30 a.m.
EAR - NOISES in - whistling - forenoon

Search all 7 classical repertories

More remedies in this book

Previous remedy: Hom-xyz Next remedy: Hydr-ac

Hera Hip-ac Hipp Hippoz Hydr Hydrang Hydrc Hyos

Explore the full Similia platform

Access 13 classic materia medica books, 7 classical repertories, AI semantic search, and basic case management — free.

View Pricing