Hardhack
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Burning and pressure in œsophagus, feels contracted but not made worse by swallowing. Morbidly conscientious . Relieves irritation of the urinary passages; influences the prostate gland; checks gleet and prostatorrhœa; has been used for eclampsia, epilepsy, and hydrophobia. Bites of mad animals. Heat in various parts (Salicylic acid is found in Spiraea).
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Spiraea Ulmaria 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.
“Spiræa ulmaria, Linn. Natural order , Rosaceæ. Common names , Queen of the meadows; (G.), Spierstaude. Preparation , Tincture of fresh root. Authority. Bojanus, Hom. Vjs., vol. 14, p. 13, took 2 drops of the tincture of fresh root at 5 and 6 A.M.; 8 at 1, 5, and 8 P.M. (first day); 8 at 7 and 10 A.M.; 5, 9.30 P.M…”
“Queen of the Meadows. Meadow-sweet. N. O. Rosaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Conscientiousness, morbid / Convulsions / Epilepsy / Eyelids, affections of / Hydrophobia / Œsophagus, stricture of / Ptosis / Urine, deposits in Bojanus proved Spiræa, taking substantial doses. A leading symptom was the production of heat…”
