Partridge-berry
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(MITCHELLA)
Bladder symptoms accompany complaints, especially uterine congestion.
Irritation at neck of bladder, with urging to urinate ( Eup purp; Apis ). Dysuria. Catarrh of bladder.
Cervix dark red, swollen. Dysmenorrhœa and uterine hæmorrhage; blood bright red.
Compare: Chimaph; Senecio; Uva; Geran; Gossyp .
Tincture.
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Mitchella Repens appears in 4 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.
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
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.
