Pinus Silvestris

Scotch Pine

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

Has been found of real use in the treatment of weak ankles and tardiness in walking, in scrofulous and rachitic children. Emaciation of lower extremities. Pinus sylvestris combines rheumatic, bronchial and urticarious symptoms; the chest seems thin and to give way.

Extremities

Stiffness; gouty pain in all joints, especially finger-joints. Cramps in calves.

Skin

Nettle-rash. Itching all over, especially about joints and on abdomen. Nose itches.

Relationship

Compare: Pinus Lambertina -Sugar Pine--(constipation, amenorrhœa, abortion). Pinus Lambertina sap is a decided carthartic. Delayed and painful menstruation.

Also, Abies can; Abies nig .

Dose

Tincture, to third potency.

Pinus Silvestris across the other classic books

Pinus Silvestris 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.
“Pinus silvestris, L. Natural order , Coniferæ. Preparation , Tincture of leaves and young twigs. Authorities. Anxiety, 2. Despondency, 2. Wishes to do a great many things, undertaking them all and finishing none of them (ninth and tenth days), 1. Dulness of mind, so that he was unable to think, caused by any exertion…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Scotch Fir. Red, Norway, Riga, or Baltic Pine. (The typical pine of Europe.) N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of leaves and young twigs. Ankles, weak / Anus, itching of / Bronchitis / Constipation / Diarrhœa / Dysuria / Emaciation of lower limbs / Glands, submaxillary and inguinal, swollen / Gout / Hæmorrhoids / Heart…”

Pinus Silvestris in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Pinus Silvestris in 12 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (4), KIDNEYS (3), BACK (1), COUGH (1), EAR (1).

EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Hand - joints of - gouty
KIDNEYS - PAIN - burning - extending - along ureters
KIDNEYS - PAIN - burning - ureters
BACK - PAIN - drawing - Cervical region - head - occiput
EXTREMITIES - CRAMPS - Leg - calf - stretching, - in bed
KIDNEYS - PAIN - burning
EXTREMITIES - STIFFNESS - Knee
STOMACH - APPETITE - diminished
EXTREMITIES - HEAVINESS, - tired limbs
COUGH - SHORT
FACE - HEAT
EAR - NOISES in

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