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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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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Cistus canadensis appears in 9 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.
“Helianthemum Canadense, Michx. Natural order , Cistaceæ. Synonyms , Cistus Canadense, Linn.; Helianthemum corymbosum and rosmarinifolium, Pursh. Common names , Rockrose, frostweed. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. Hering's Monograph, Philadelphia, 1866; 1 , Dr. Bute's observations; 2 , "careful…”
“Rock Rose A deep-acting anti-psoric remedy, with marked action in glandular affections, herpetic eruptions, chronic swellings, when patient is extremely sensitive to cold. Sensation of coldness in various parts . Scrofulous ophthalmia. Poisoned wounds, bites, phagedenic ulcers. Malignant disease of the glands of the…”
“GLANDS: Naso - pharynx. Neck. Mammæ (l). Throat. Lungs. Skin. COLD: Inspired air. Taking. Drafts. Water. Mental: Exertion. Excitement. Touch. Painfully sensitive to cold; to inspired air. Coldness of tongue, saliva, in throat, eructations, stomach, etc.; eating. As of a lump in naso-pharynx. Colds affect the throat…”
“Helianthemum canadense. Rock-rose. Ice-plant. Frost-weed. N. O. Cistaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Bone affections / Cancer / Diarrhœa / Erysipelas / Follicular pharyngitis / Glandular swellings / Hip-joint disease / Hospital gangrene / Lupus / Panaritium / Parotitis / Scorbutus / Scrofula / Sore-throat / Ulcers / Zona”
“(Rock-Rose.) Description. — Sometimes called Frost-plant, because the roots throw off small icicles, with all the colors of the rainbow, which can be seen on frosty mornings — even when other plants show little dew-drops. It is a' perennial herb, with simple, ascending, downy stem, about a foot high, Flowers large and…”
“Rockrose ; Iceplant ; Frostweed. Cistaceæ. "It is an old, popular medicine in this country for all kinds of scrofulous diseases. It grows on low, dry, mica slate hills and serpentine rocks. It is abundant at the foot of Pine Rock, New Haven, on the barren plains, and seems to be dependent on the presence of talc…”
“Cistus Canadensis (see too Salts of Mercurius) This remedy is an antipsoric, a deep-acting remedy. It runs very close to Calcarea , but is milder in its action. It has the same exhaustion from exertion, dyspnoea, sweating and coldness that we find in Calcarea . What will forcibly call your attention to a remedy will…”
“Bad effects from vexation. Mental excitement increases the suffering (stitches in the throat, producing cough). Pressure above the eyes, in the forehead. Headache, worse towards evening, lasting all night. Head drawn to one side by swelling on the neck. Feeling of weight above the eyes. Stitches in the left eye…”
Kent's Repertory lists Cistus canadensis in 469 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (85), THROAT (42), NOSE (31), FACE (30), BACK (26).
