Malandrinum

Grease in Horses

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

A very effectual protection against smallpox. Ill effects of vaccination ( Thuja; Silica ). Efficacious in clearing of the remnants of cancerous deposits (Copper).

Skin

Scab on upper lip, with stinging pain when torn off. Aching in forehead. Dry, scaly; itching; rhagades of hands and feet in cold weather and from washing . Toes feel scalded and itch terribly. Bone-like protuberances.

Dose

Thirtieth potency and highest.

Malandrinum across the other classic books

Malandrinum 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.

Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“GREASY, oily, fatty”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Nosode of the disease in horses called "Grease." Trituration of Sugar of Milk saturated with the virus. Solution of the virus. Acne / Boils / Fistula / Impetigo / Knock-knee / Measles / Skin, unhealthy / Small-pox / Vaccination, ill effects of According to Jenner, the origin of cow-pox is infection of the udders of…”

Malandrinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Malandrinum in 5 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

GENERALITIES - VACCINATION,after
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Hand - back of - psoriasis,chronic
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - rupia
EXTREMITIES - EMACIATION - Upper Limbs - vaccination,after
EXTREMITIES - CRACKED skin, - Hands

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