Common Rush
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
A diuretic. Urinary affections. Dysuria, strangury, and ischuria. Asthmatic symptoms in hæmorrhoidal subjects . Bubbling sensations. Abdominal flatulence. Arthritis and Lithiasis.
Tincture, and first potency.
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Juncus Effusus 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.
“Juncus effusus, Linn. Natural order , Juncaceæ. Common names , (German), Simse; (English), Soft Rush; (French), Le Jonc. Preparation , Tincture (of root probably). Authority. Dr. Wahle, provings Archiv f. Hom. Heilk., 19, part 2, p. 183. Anxiety in the morning during a partial slumber, like the orgasm of blood, with…”
“effusus. Soft Rush. N. O. Juncaceæ. Tincture (of root probably). Asthma / Backache / Calculus / Catarrh / Dropsy / Flatulence / Headache / Kidney, diseases of / Rheumatism / Scars, affections of Juncus was proved by Dr. Wahle, and a number of symptoms were produced. The most notable were bubbling sensations in various…”
Kent's Repertory lists Juncus Effusus in 9 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
