Trombidium Muscae Domesticae

Red acarus of the fly

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

(TROMBIDIUM)

Has a specific place in the treatment of dysentery. Symptoms are worse by food and drink .

Abdomen

Much pain before and after stool; stool only after eating. Griping in hypochondrium in morning. Congestion of the liver, with urgent, loose, stools on rising. Brown, thin, bloody stools, with tenesmus. During stool, sharp pain in left side, shooting downward. Burning in anus.

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

Trombidium Muscae Domesticae across the other classic books

Trombidium Muscae Domesticae appears in 5 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.
“Animal kingdom. Class , Arachnida. Order , Acaridea. Preparation , Tincture of the animals. Authorities. Jos. P. Harvey, M.D., Hahn. Month. 1, 1865, p. 83; one hundred and fifty were put into 50 drops of alcohol; 1 , Dr. Harvey, took 2 drops 3d dec. dil. at 11 P.M. (first day); 2 drops 6th dec. dil. at 11 P.M. (fifth…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“muscæ domesticæ. N. O. Acaridea (Class, Arachnida). Tincture of the animals. Anus, prolapse of / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Hip-joint, pain in / Liver, pain in / Nose, catarrh of / Sciatica / Tibia, pain in / Toothache Tromb. is "a parasite found singly or in groups upon the common house-fly, of a bright red colour…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Acaridæ. A parasite found singly or in groups upon the common housefly, of a bright-red color, nearly circular in shape. The alcoholic tincture, a brilliant orange in color, was prepared from specimens, about one hundred and fifteen in number, collected in Frankford, Philadelphia in September, 1864. The provings…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Griping pain in the abdomen, followed by stool; first, feces; later, they are mixed with mucus; worse after eating; stool with tenesmus and prolapsus ani, shivering in the back, perspiration. Dysentery.”

Trombidium Muscae Domesticae in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Trombidium Muscae Domesticae in 214 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (63), RECTUM (22), STOOL (19), ABDOMEN (18), EAR (14).

PERSPIRATION - STOOL - before
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - eating - after
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - Inguinal region - stool,before
BACK - COLDNESS (including Chill) - stool - during
STOMACH - PAIN - gnawing - dinner - after
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Inguinal region - stool - before
STOOL - CONSTANT discharge
STOOL - BLOODY - streaks,in
RECTUM - PROLAPSUS - stool - after
RECTUM - PROLAPSUS - stool - during
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - drinking water,from
RECTUM - PAIN - tenesmus - stool - after
ABDOMEN - PAIN - diarrhoea - during (COLIC)
ABDOMEN - PAIN - cramping,griping - stool - before
RECTUM - DYSENTERY
RECTUM - PAIN - tenesmus - stool - during
RECTUM - PAIN - burning - stool - after
ABDOMEN - PAIN - stool - before
GENERALITIES - EATING - after
ABDOMEN - HEAVINESS,as from a load,etc. - forenoon

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