Populus Tremuloides

American Aspen

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

The gastric and urinary symptoms point to its usefulness in dyspepsia and catarrh of the bladder, especially in old people. Good remedy in vesical troubles after operations and in pregnancy. Cystitis. Fullness of head, and sensation of heat of the surfaces of the body. Night-sweats. Ague .

Stomach

Indigestion, with flatulence and acidity . Nausea and vomiting.

Urine

Severe tenesmus; painful scalding. Urine contains mucus and pus. Prostate enlarged. Pain behind pubis, at end of urination.

Relationship

Compare: Nux; China; Cornus flor; Cannabis; Cantharis .

Dose

Tincture or Populin trit, 1x.

Populus Tremuloides across the other classic books

Populus Tremuloides 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.
“Populus tremuloides, Michx. Natural order , Salicaceæ. Common name , Aspen poplar. Preparation , Tincture of the inner bark. Authorities. General nervous excitement, 1a. Slight fulness about the head, 1a. Nausea, vomiting, and slight purging of bilious matter, with fierce, burning sensation in the stomach, 1a. Warm…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Aspen Poplar. (The American Aspen; the British Aspen is P. tremula.) N. O. Salicaceæ. Tincture of inner bark. Solution of Populin. Ardor urinæ / Bladder, catarrh of / Gleet, chronic / Prostatic affections The few symptoms of the Schema were provided by Paine (eclectic), whom Hale quotes. Paine used Pop. t. in…”

Populus Tremuloides in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Populus Tremuloides in 6 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

URETHRA - IRRITATION
BLADDER - PAIN - aching
BLADDER - CATARRH,muco-pus
BLADDER - INFLAMMATION
BLADDER - PAIN - pressing,pressure in
BLADDER - TENESMUS

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