Sanicula Aqua

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

The Water of Sanicula Springs, Ottawa, I11

(SANICULA)

Has been found a useful remedy in enuresis, seasickness, constipation, etc. Rickets.

Head

Dread of downward motion ( Borax ). Profuse sweat on occiput and in nape of neck, during sleep ( Calc; Sil ). Photophobia. Lachrymation in cold air or from cold application. Profuse scaly dandruff. Soreness behind ears.

Throat

Thick, ropy, tenacious mucus.

Mouth

Tongue large, flabby, burning; must protrude it to keep cool. Ringworm on tongue.

Stomach

Nausea and vomiting from car-riding. Thirst; drink little and often ( Ars; Chin ). Is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach.

Rectum

Stools large, heavy and painful. Pain in whole perineum . No desire until a large accumulation. After great straining only partially expelled; recedes, crumbles at verge of anus ( Mag mur ). Very offensive odor. Excoriation of skin about anus, perineum, and genitals. Diarrhœa; changeable in character and color; after eating.

Female

Bearing-down, as if contents of pelvis would escape; better, rest. Desire to support parts. Soreness of uterus. Leucorrhœa with odor of fish-brine or cold cheese ( Hepar ). Vagina feels large.

Back

Dislocated feeling in sacrum and better lying on right side.

Extremities

Burning of soles of feet ( Sulph; Lach ). Offensive foot-sweat ( Sil; Psor ). Cold, clammy sweat of extremities.

Skin

Dirty, greasy, brownish, wrinkled. Eczema, fissured hands and fingers ( Petrol; Graph ).

Modalities

Worse, moving arms backward .

Relationship

Compare: Abrot; Alum; Calc; Sil; Sulph . Sanicula Aqua must not be confounded with the Sanicle (pool-root or wood marsh), also called Sanicula . This is used in various nervous affections, resembling Valeriana. It is used as a vulnerary, resolvent for sanguineous extravasations, and as an astringent (Has not been proved).

Dose

Thirtieth potency.

Sanicula Aqua across the other classic books

Sanicula Aqua appears in 6 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 HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Mineral Spring Water. (Ottawa, Ill.) Dread of downward motion (Bor.). Child headstrong, obstinate, cries and kicks; cross, irritable, quickly alternates with laughter; does not want to be touched. Constantly changing his occupation. Head and neck of children sweat profusely during sleep; wets the pillow far around…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“SALTINESS, taste, smell, fishy odors, etc.”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Nutrition. Female organs. Neck. Rectum. Skin. Motion: Downward. Of hands behind him. Cold wind on: Occiput or neck. Looks old and thin. Marasmus. Body smells like old cheese. Child kicks off covers at night. Enlarged feeling in throat, vagina, etc. Thick, yellow, acrid pus. .................... Stubborn and touchy…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“aqua. A Mineral Spring Water of Ottawa, Ill., U.S.A. (Containing, approximately, in grains per gallon - Nat. m. 93, Calc. m. 23 1/2, Mag. m. 23 1/4, Calc. bicarb. 14 1/4, Calc. sul. 9 1/2, K. sul. 5, Nat. bicarb. 1, Nat. bro. 1/3, Fe. bicarb. 1/10, Nat. iod. 1/12, Sil. 1/2, Alumina 1/100, and traces of Lith. bicarb…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: mineral spring water. Especially useful in sweaty-headed children with defective assimilation (Calc., Sil.). Marasmus (Abrot., Calc-P., Lyc., Nat-M., Op., Sil., Sulph.) (B.). Progressive emaciation (Iod., Nat-M.) (A.). Child kicks off covers at night (Sulph.) (B.). Profuse, scaly dandruff on the scalp…”

Sanicula Aqua in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Sanicula Aqua in 383 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (77), HEAD (46), MIND (25), MOUTH (21), STOOL (19).

EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Shoulder - putting the arm behind him agg.
MOUTH - ULCERS - Tongue - under
STOOL - LUMPS like chalk
EYE - ULCERATION, - lids - margins
STOOL - WHITE - chalk,like
ABDOMEN - ENLARGED
EYE - INFLAMMATION - lids - margins
STOMACH - LUMP,sensation of
STOOL - WHITE - milk-like,chyle-like
STOOL - LIGHT-COLORED
COUGH - TALKING
RECTUM - INACTIVITY of rectum
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION - difficult stool
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - drawing - Upper Arm - outer side
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - offensive - fish-brine,like
HEAD - PERSPIRATION scalp - Occiput - during sleep
RECTUM - FLATUS - offensive - cheese-like
STOMACH - VOMITING - forcible - . shortly after eating
CHEST - PERSPIRATION - Axilla - copious

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