Polyporus officinalis
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Polyporus officinalis 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.
“[This includes the first proving by Dr. Burt, published in this work under Boletus .] Polyporus officinalis, Fries. Natural order , Fungi. Common names , Larch agaric. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh plant. Authorities.”
“White Agaric (POLYPORUS OFFICINALE) Quotidian intermittent fever. Sweat is light, and without relief. Night-sweat in phthisis. Feels light and hollow with deep frontal headache. Thick, yellow coating of tongue; teeth indented. Constant nausea. Chilliness along spine, with frequent, hot flashes. Yawns and stretches…”
“B. purgans. N. O. Fungi. Trituration. Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Fever / Gall-bladder, affections of / Headache / Liver, diseases of Burt proved the crude substance and the 3rd trituration. The gastro-enteric irritation common to the Fungi was very well marked. Motion < headache. Compare. Agaric., &c. Coccul. (head…”
“Larch Agaric. Fungi. A fungus growing on the larch tree ; formerly called Boletus laricis. Provings by Burt, Am. Hom. Obs., 1868, p. 116 ; Lord, Am. Hom. Obs., 1868, p. 60 ; Smedley, Wood, Cooley and Miller, Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 8, p. 142 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sick-headache, periodical headache , Shepherd…”
Kent's Repertory lists Polyporus officinalis in 131 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (24), CHILL (19), BACK (16), MOUTH (11), STOMACH (11).