Juncus effusus

Common Rush

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

A diuretic. Urinary affections. Dysuria, strangury, and ischuria. Asthmatic symptoms in hæmorrhoidal subjects . Bubbling sensations. Abdominal flatulence. Arthritis and Lithiasis.

Dose

Tincture, and first potency.

Juncus effusus across the other classic books

Juncus effusus appears in 3 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”

Juncus effusus in Kent's Repertory

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.

MIND - ANXIETY - sleep, - partial slumbering in the morning,during
HEAD - PAIN, - burrowing - lying amel.
URETHRA - TENSION
HEAD - PAIN, - burrowing - morning - rising,after
MALE GENITALIA - ITCHING - Scrotum - friction amel.
URETHRA - CRAWLING
HEAD - PAIN, - Occiput - morning
SLEEP - DREAMS - vexatious
HEAD - PAIN, - Forehead,in - stooping, - from

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