Stillingia silvatica

Queen's Root

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory · 1901 (9th ed. 1927)

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(STILLINGIA)

Chronic periosteal rheumatism, syphilitic and scrofulous affections. Respiratory symptoms well marked. Torpor of lymphatics; torpid liver, with jaundice and constipation.

Mind

Gloomy forebodings ; depressed.

Respiratory

Dry, spasmodic cough. Larynx constricted, with stinging in fauces. Trachea feels sore when pressed. Hoarseness and chronic laryngeal affections of public speakers.

Urinary

Urine colorless. Deposits white sediment ; urine milky and thick.

Extremities

Aching pains in bones of extremities and back.

Skin

Ulcers; chronic eruptions on hands and fingers. Enlarged cervical glands . Burning, itching of legs; worse, exposure to air. Exostosis. Scrofuloderma; syphilis, secondary eruption and later symptoms. Valuable for intercurrent use.

Modalities

Worse , in afternoons, damp air, motion. Better , in morning, dry air.

Relationship

Compare: Staphis; Mercur; Syphil; Aur; Corydalis (syphilitic nodes).

Dose

Tincture and first potency.

Stillingia silvatica across the other classic books

Stillingia silvatica appears in 8 of the 27 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Stillingia sylvatica, Linn. Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Queen's Delight. (Pine barrens from Virginia to Florida.) N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of the root after flowering. Bones, diseases of; nodes on / Clergyman's sore throat / Elephantiasis / Hæmorrhoids / Headaches, syphilitic; mercurial / catarrhal / Hip-joint disease / Influenza / Larynx, affections of / Liver…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Queen1 s-root) Botanical Description. — This plant is known also by the name of Queen' 's-deli ght, yaw-root and silver-leaf; it is an indigenous perennial, with herbaceous stems, two or three feet high. The leaves are alternate, sessile, oblong or lanceolate oblong, obtuse, serrulate, tapering at the base, and…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Cockup Hat, Queen's Root. Euphorbiaceæ. Grows in pine barrens from Virginia to Florida. The male and female flowers are distinct upon the same plant, they are yellow and grow in the form of a spike ; the plant, if wounded, emits a milky juice. Provings by Frost, Nichols, Eckles, Cunningham, Ingraham, Hale's New Rem…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“STILLINGIA. StUnH^a tyhfotka, Willd. Queen's root, queen's delight, yaw.root, silver-leaf. Nat. Ord., Buphorbiacta. I. Prwings. — i. a. Dr. E.B.NiCHOLLS,xt. 25, well, but for a chronic cutaneous afTection, took, Dec. i6th, 1865, at 8.30 p.m., 10 dr. of tinct. In ao m. dull heavy pain in forehead, which after a time…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Extreme torture from bone pains and periosteal affections, especially in the “tibia,” syphilitic eruptions, etc.”
Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“Stillingia is seldom called for except in chronic periosteal rheumatic states, especially if of gonorrhœal or sycotic origin, or as a result of syphilis or mercurialization. Periosteal affections of the malar bones, extending across the face; with much pain and dull aching. Sharp shooting pains in both arms from…”

Stillingia silvatica in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Stillingia silvatica in 149 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (54), COUGH (15), GENERALITIES (11), LARYNX TRACHEA (10), SKIN (8).

COUGH - SPASMODIC - evening
GENERALITIES - SYPHILIS
THROAT - PAIN - rawness
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Elbow - evening
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Leg - evening
LARYNX TRACHEA - INFLAMMATION, - larynx - speakers,in
EXTREMITIES - ULCERS - Lower Limbs - indolent
LARYNX TRACHEA - INFLAMMATION, - larynx - syphilitic
COUGH - EXHAUSTING - evening
EXTREMITIES - PULSATION - Elbow
FACE - INFLAMMATION - bone,of
EXTREMITIES - INFLAMMATION - Leg - tibia
NOSE - CARIES
LARYNX TRACHEA - VOICE, - hoarseness - overuse of the voice
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - shooting - Upper Limbs
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - blackish
SKIN - ULCERS - syphilitic
LARYNX TRACHEA - CROUP
COUGH - DEEP
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Foot - sole

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