Ovarian Extract
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(OOPHORINUM)
Suffering following excision of the ovaries. Climacteric disturbances generally. Ovarian cysts. Cutaneous disorders and acne rosacea. Prurigo.
Compare: Orchitinum -Testicular Extract--(after ovariotomy, sexual weakness, senile decay).
Low triturations.
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Ovininum appears in 2 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.
“Ovarian Extract. A Sarcode. Trituration of expressed juice of ovary of sheep or cow. Acne rosacea / Climacteric, sufferings of / Flushings / Nervousness, climacteric / Ovaries, tumours of; disease of / Prurigo On the analogy of the action of Thyroidin in myxœdema, Ooph. has been used with much success in cases of…”
Kent's Repertory lists Ovininum in 3 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
