by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
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Ailanthus glandulosa appears in 10 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.
“Ailanthus glandulosus, Desf. Nat. order , Simarubeæ. Common names , Tree of Heaven; (Germ.) Gotterbaum; (Fr.), Ailante. Preparation , Tincture from the flowers beginning to open. Authorities. [The following symptomatology is mainly copied from Dr. Jones's arrangement in Am. Hom. Observer, vol. 11.] Low-spirited, 3…”
“Chinese Sumach This remedy shows by its peculiar skin symptoms its pronounced power of disorganizing the blood, causing conditions we meet with in low fevers, low types of eruptive diseases, diphtheria, follicular tonsillitis , Streptococcus infection, Hæmorrhagic diathesis, etc. The skin appears livid or purplish …”
“BLOOD. THROAT. Skin. Mind. Suppressions. Raising up. Sight of food. Hot drinks. Aching. Rapid prostration advancing MALIGNANCY AND STUPOR. Fetor and LIVIDITY. Sepsis. Acridity. Thinness. .................... Dullness. Sighing. Faint on raising up, or vertigo < lying. Bloody, nasal discharge. Face and throat dark and…”
“The Tree of Heaven. (Eastern Asia; cultivated as a shade-tree in North America.) N. O. Simarubaceæ. Tincture from flowers beginning to open. Acne / Cerebro-spinal meningitis / Chancre / Coryza / Diphtheria / Headache / Mumps / Puerperal fever / Rheumatic fever / Scarlatina / Syphilis / Typhoid fever / Typhus fever…”
“My observation and experience with this remedy lead me to place unbounded confidence in its efficacy to save life in the most desperate derangements, which are characterized by certain livid or purplish appearances of the skin. Mental.--Semi-conscious, can hardly comprehend what is said to him. Stupor, delirium, and…”
“(Tree of Heaven.) The Ailantus (not Ailanthus, as many of our prominent physicians and authors spell it) belongs to the natural System Xanthoxylaceae and to the Linnaean system, Monoecia Polygamia. Derivations. — The word Ailantus was given to this genus by Desfontaine, who formed it from the Molucca name Ailanti. For…”
“Tree of Heaven. Simarubeæ. A very poisonous tree introduced from the Molucca Islands, and cultivated extensively as a shade tree, on account of its rapid growth, straight stem and shady leaves, until it was observed to make the month of June, the most healthy in the year, a sickly one, by the stench of its flowers…”
“AILANTHUS. Dcff. Tit of betvea, Nat, Ord^ Sint^lmkdcis. ^poonf )f an infusion that caused 1 ipecacuanha; abo sense of tightness in temples. Symptoms increased] after | h. to vcHniting (soar) ; pulse had nour risen from 68 to 76,1 tecnp. from J/'i"^ to 37'3^- After this peculiar sensation of empnuesii in stomach i…”
“Generalities: This medicine is especially suitable in the low zymotic forms of sickness, such as we find in diphtheria and scarlet fever, in blood poisoning and in symptomatic typhoids, especially those cases that are characterized by capillary congestion in spots, red mottled spots. Scarlet: Perhaps the most striking…”
Kent's Repertory lists Ailanthus glandulosa in 501 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (49), HEAD (43), FACE (40), THROAT (37), MIND (29).
