Pulex irritans
Common Flea
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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Marked urinary and female symptoms.
Head
Very impatient, cross, and irritable. Frontal headache, with enlarged feeling of eyes . Face wrinkled and old-looking .
Mouth
Metallic taste. Sensation of a thread in throat. Thirsty, especially during headache.
Stomach
Breath and taste foul. Intense nausea, with vomiting, purging, and faintness. Stool very offensive. Abdomen bloated.
Urine
Scanty with frequent urging, with pressure on bladder and burning in urethra. Flow stops suddenly followed by pain. Urine foul. Cannot retain urine; must attend to the call without delay. Irritable bladder before menses.
Female
Menses delayed. Increased flow of saliva during. Intense burning in vagina. Leucorrhœa, profuse, foul, staining a greenish yellow; stains of menses and leucorrhœa very hard to wash out. Backache ( Oxal ac ).
Back
Aches, weak; drawing of muscles below scapulæ.
Fever
Feels a glow all over, like being over steam; chilly , while sitting beside the fire.
Skin
Prickly itching. Sore spots all over. Skin emits foul odor.
Modalities
Better , sitting or lying down. Worse , left side, moving about.
Dose
The higher potencies.