Menispermum Canadense

Moonseed

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

(MENISPERMUM)

A remedy for megrim, associated with restlessness and dreams. Pain in spine. Dryness, itching all over. Dry mouth and throat.

Head

Pressure from within outward , with stretching and yawning and pain down back. Sick headache; pain in forehead and temples, moving to occiput. Tongue swollen and much saliva.

Extremities

Pain in back, thighs, elbows, shoulders. Legs sore, as if bruised.

Relationship

Compare: Cocculus; Bryon .

Dose

Third potency.

Menispermum Canadense across the other classic books

Menispermum Canadense 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.
“Menispermum Canadense, Linn. Natural order , Menispermaceæ. Common names , Moonseed, Yellow Parilla. Preparation , Tincture of root. Authorities. (Hale's provings, Trans. N. Y. State Hom. Med. Soc., 7, p. 125). Emotional. Low-spirited, but attend to business with rapidity (thirteenth day), 2. Low-spirited, but…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Canadense. Moonseed. Yellow Parilla. N. O. Menispermaceæ. Tincture of root. Trituration of Menisperminum. Backache / Headache / Itching / Spine, pain in / Tongue, swelling of Very considerable doses were taken in the proving of Menispermum. The most notable symptom was an intense headache combined with aching all down…”

Menispermum Canadense in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Menispermum Canadense in 2 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

MIND - STARTING,startled - sleep, - from sleep
HEAD - PAIN, - pains in back,with

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