Mitchella repens

Partridge-berry

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(MITCHELLA)

Bladder symptoms accompany complaints, especially uterine congestion.

Urinary

Irritation at neck of bladder, with urging to urinate ( Eup purp; Apis ). Dysuria. Catarrh of bladder.

Female

Cervix dark red, swollen. Dysmenorrhœa and uterine hæmorrhage; blood bright red.

Relationship

Compare: Chimaph; Senecio; Uva; Geran; Gossyp .

Dose

Tincture.

Mitchella repens across the other classic books

Mitchella repens appears in 6 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.
“Mitchella repens, L. Natural order , Rubiaceæ. Common name , Partridge-berry. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant. Authorities. Emotional. Depression of mind; sighing (after two hours, seventh day), 1. Great depression of spirits (after five hours and a half, seventh day), 1. Spirits begin to revive, at 1 P.M…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“repens. Partridge-beans. N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Bladder, irritation of / Dysmenorrhœa / Dysuria / Kidneys, pain in / Metritis Mitchella is a small trailing evergreen bearing a scarlet bean, and is common throughout the United States. It belongs to the same order as China, Coffea, and Ipecac., and…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“Botanical Description.— "This is an indigenous evergreen herb, with a perennial root, from which arises a smooth and creeping stem, furnished with roundish-ovate, or slightly heart-shaped, petiolate, opposite, flat, coriaceous, dark green and shining leaves, usually variegated with whitish lines. The flowers are…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Partridge Berry. Rubicaceæ. A small trailing evergreen (not to be confounded with gaultheria), bearing a scarlet berry ; common throughout the United States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant. Provings by Duncan (U. S. M. and S. J., vol. 1, p. 252) and Hale (New Remedies, 2d ed., p. 714). CLINICAL…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“MITCHELLA. Mittkttta rtpm, L. Partridge berry. Nat. ord., Rubiactte. 1. Prevings.^-i. Dr. T. C. Duncan, act. 25, in eood health save for some slight febrile symptoms in e., due to undue brain-work. Nov. 22nd, 1855, took 10 dr. of tinct. at noon and n. 23rd. — Awoke from most refreshing sleep, brain clear, feeling…”

Mitchella repens in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Mitchella repens in 7 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

URETHRA - SWELLING
GENERALITIES - STRETCHING - forenoon - 11 a.m.
BLADDER - PAIN - burning - neck
KIDNEYS - PAIN - aching - region of
FACE - CONGESTION
BLADDER - URINATION - dysuria
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire)

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