Viola tricolor

Pansy

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

The principal uses of this remedy are for eczema in childhood and nocturnal emission accompanied by very vivid dreams.

Head

Heavy, pressing-outward pain. Eczema of scalp, with swollen glands. Face hot and sweating after eating.

Throat

Much phlegm, causing hawking; worse in the air. Swallowing difficult.

Urinary

Copious; disagreeable, cat-like odor.

Male

Swelling of prepuce, burning in glans. Itching. Involuntary, seminal emissions at stool.

Skin

Impetigo . Intolerable itching. Eruptions, particularly over face and head, with burning, itching; worse at night. Thick scabs, which crack and exude a tenacious yellow pus. Eczema impetigonoides of the face. Sycosis.

Modalities

Worse , winter; 11 am. Compare: Lycop .

Relationship

Compare: Rhus; Calc; Sepia .

Dose

Lower potencies.

Viola tricolor across the other classic books

Viola tricolor appears in 8 of the 21 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.
“Viola tricolor, Linn. (Jacea). Natural order , Violaceæ. Common names , Pansy, Heartsease. Authorities. (Gross, Archiv für Hom., vol. vii, Part 2, p. 173). Special joyous mood; he was less ill-humored, and could not be easily discomposed (curative action), 4. Sad about his domestic relations, 3. Morose mood all day…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Skin. Scalp. Urinary organs. Pressing on opposite side. Suppressed eczema. Cracked, gummy crusts on scalp, exuding profuse, tenacious, yellow fluid, matting hair together; with swelled cervical glands. Milk crust. Eczema. Urine smells like cat's urine; involuntary in bed. Emissions, with vivid dreams. Related: Rhus-t.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Jacea. Pansy. Heartsease. N. O. Violaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Crusta lactea / Eczema / Enuresis / Gonorrhœa, suppressed / Gout / Impetigo / Leucorrhœa / Ophthalmia, scrofulous / Orchitis / Plica polonica / Rheumatism / Ringworm / Seminal emissions / Syphilis / Throat, ulceration of The Pansy was proved…”
Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“The principal use for this remedy is for nocturnal emissions accompanied by very vivid dreams. They are not very exhausting, but cause an uneasy and "played out" state of the mind; also loss of seminal fluid at stool and in the urine; trembling, poor appetite, feels dull, sleepless, etc. Very vivid amorous dreams…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Pansy ; Heart's ease. Violaceæ. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plants gathered when in flower. Proved by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 10, p. 132 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Eczema , Bigler, Hahn. Mo., vol. 15, p. 36 ; Crusta lactea , Toothaker, Org., vol. 3, p. 372. Great dulness of…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Viola tricolor (Jacea). Pansy, hearths-ease. \. Proving!, — i. Frakz proved tinct. ; no particulars given. St time stated. — Buzzing in forehead when sitting still. Pressive pain above r. eye, going off on touching it. Pressive and tearing hcadacht with heat of face and throat. Burning pressive pain on r. side of top…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Great dulness of the intellect. Low spirited about domestic affairs. Bad, morose humor, with disinclination to talk. Very sensitive and inclined to scold. Vertigo when walking. Heaviness of the head when raising it, which disappears by stooping. Burning stitches in the scalp, especially in the forehead and temples…”

Viola tricolor in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Viola tricolor in 520 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (91), HEAD (75), SKIN (71), MIND (47), EXTREMITIES (44).

URINE - ODOR - offensive
SLEEP - DREAMS - pleasant
SKIN - STICKING
SKIN - ITCHING - stinging
GENERALITIES - SITTING - while,agg.
SLEEP - DREAMS - amorous
THROAT - HAWK, - disposition to - 11 a.m.
THROAT - HAWK, - morning - 11 a.m.
THROAT - MUCUS - morning - 11 a.m.
FACE - ERUPTIONS - eczema - burning
FACE - ERUPTIONS - acne - chin
FACE - ERUPTIONS - itching - night agg.
FACE - ERUPTIONS - moist - yellow
URINE - ODOR - cat's urine
FACE - ERUPTIONS - pustules - lips - upper
HEAD - ERUPTION - moist - yellow
FACE - ERUPTIONS - impetigo - forehead
MIND - IMPATIENCE - heat,with
FACE - ERUPTIONS - crusty,scabby - yellow
FACE - ERUPTIONS - pustules - lips

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