Ocimum canum

Brazilian Alfavaca

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

Is to be remembered in diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urethra. Uric acid diathesis. Red sand in the urine is its chief characteristic, and frequently verified. Swelling of glands, inguinal and mammary. Renal colic, especially right side. Symptoms of renal calculus are pronounced.

Urine

High acidity, formation of spike crystals of uric acid. Turbid, thick, purulent, bloody; brick-dust red or yellow sediment. Odor of musk. Pain in ureters . Cramps in kidneys.

Male

Heat and swelling of left testicle.

Female

Valva swollen; darting pain in labia. Nipples painful to least contact. Breasts feel full and tense; itching. Prolapsus vaginæ.

Relationship

Compare: Berb; Hedeoma; Lycop; Pareir; Urtica .

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

Ocimum canum across the other classic books

Ocimum canum appears in 7 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.
“Ocimum canum, D. C. (O. incanescens, Mart.). Natural order , Labiatæ. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. Authority. Mure, Pathogénésie Brézilienne. Nephritic colic (right side), with violent vomiting, every fifteen minutes; she twists about, screams and groans . [ Red (bloody) urine, with brickdust sediment, after…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“CALCULI, atheroma, etc.”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Ureters (R). Scanty urine. Sore pains in ureters. Renal colic with hæmaturia and violent vomiting. Red sand in the urine. Swelled inguinal and mammary glands. Related: Canth. Lyc. Urt-ur.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“O. incanescens (Mart.). O. fluminense (Wells) Alfavaca (Portuguese). N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of fresh leaves. Albuminuria / Breasts, painful / Bubo / Calculus, renal, passage of / Diarrhœa / Gravel / Kidneys, diseases of / Renal colic / Urine, abnormal / Vagina, prolapse of Ocim. can. is one of the remedies we owe to…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Turbid urine, depositing a white and albuminous sediment. Urine of a saffron color. Crampy pain in the kidneys. Renal colic, with violent vomiting; moans and cries, wrings the hands; after the attack, red urine with brick-dust sediment, or discharge of large quantities of blood with the urine. Thick, purulent urine…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Great pain in renal region, with much red sand in urine. (Lycopodium.)”

Ocimum canum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Ocimum canum in 25 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in KIDNEYS (9), MALE GENITALIA (6), URINE (4), BACK (2), BLADDER (1).

KIDNEYS - PAIN - cutting - ureters - vomiting,with
KIDNEYS - PAIN - ureters, - vomiting,with
KIDNEYS - INFLAMMATION
KIDNEYS - PAIN - ureters, - right side
KIDNEYS - PAIN - cutting - ureters
URINE - SEDIMENT - sand - red (brick-dust)
URINE - ODOR - musk
BLADDER - PAIN - stitching,stinging - extending - to kidneys
SLEEP - DREAMS - poisoned,of being
URINE - SEDIMENT - albuminous
KIDNEYS - PAIN - region of - extending to - ureters
BACK - TREMBLING - Lumbar region
MALE GENITALIA - INFLAMMATION - Testes - left
MALE GENITALIA - INDURATION - Testes - left
KIDNEYS - PAIN - cramping
KIDNEYS - PAIN - stitching,stinging,sticking - extending to - bladder
MALE GENITALIA - HEAT - Testes
MALE GENITALIA - SWELLING - Testes - left
BACK - PAIN - cramp-like - Lumbar region
KIDNEYS - PAIN - extending - bladder

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