Hydrastis canadensis

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

BURNT, scalded as if
CALCULI, atheroma, etc.
DRUGS, abuse of., Agg.
EMPTY, hollow, sinking, internal weakness, sense of, etc.
HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges
MUCOUS SECRETIONS, altered.
NASO-PHARYNX, POSTERIOR NARES
NASO-PHARYNX, posterior nares, discharge thru.
NOSE AND ACCESSORY CAVITIES
RAWNESS
RETRACTED, depressed, drawn back, etc.
STICKY, stringy, etc.(Comp. Adhesive.)
THICK, discharges, etc.
YELLOW
10-11 A.M.

Hydrastis canadensis across the other classic books

Hydrastis canadensis appears in 9 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.
“Hydrastis Canadensis, Linn. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common names , Orange-root, Yellow Puccoon. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. ( 1 - 16, Lippe's class provings , Hahn. Month., 2, 260)”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Golden Seal (HYDRASTIS) Acts especially on mucous membranes, relaxing them and producing a thick, yellowish, ropy secretion. The catarrh may be anywhere,-throat, stomach, uterus, urethra,-it is always characterized by this peculiar mucous discharge. Hydrastis is especially active in old, easily-tired people, cachectic…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MUCOUS GLANDS: Nasal cavities. STOMACH. Gall-ducts. Intestines. Muscles. Uterus. AIR: Inhaling, cold. Dry winds. Open. Slight bleedings. Washing. Old age. A mucus remedy; hawks up much mucus; mucus in stools, urine, etc. Atonic, cachectic or degenerative conditions. Shallow ulcers. Hæmorrhagic or CATARRHAL processes…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“canadensis. Golden Seal. Orange-root. Yellow Puccoon. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the fresh root. Alcoholism / Asthma / Cancer / Catarrh / Chancroids / Constipation / Corns / Dyspepsia / Eczema impetiginoides / Ears, affections of / Faintness / Fistula / Gastric catarrh / Gonorrhœa / Hæmorrhoids / Jaundice /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Golden Seal ; Orange Root. Ranunculaceæ. Grows in most parts of the United States, in rich woodlands, most abundantly in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root. This plant was first mentioned by Linnæus, in 1753. The first provings were made under Hale, by…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Hydrastis is a slow, deep acting remedy, required in many trophic disturbances. where there is emaciation, catarrhal conditions and ulceration, even malignant ulceration. Defective assimilation. When it is noticed that the stomach is the center of most of the symptom complex. The desires and aversions often give the…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: golden seal. Adapted for debilitated persons, with viscid mucous discharges (A.). Cachectic or malignant dyscrasia, with marked derangement of gastric and hepatic functions (A.). Broken down by excessive use of alcohol (Carb-V., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (A.). Sensation of sinking in the epigastric…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Pain and very weak, faint, gone feeling in stomach, which is sometimes actually sunken. Affections of the mucous membranes, where there is a viscid stringy discharge: stomach, bronchi, uterus, etc. Chronic constipation, that is remarkable for its absence of any other symptoms. This is a more celebrated remedy with the…”

Hydrastis canadensis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Hydrastis canadensis in 889 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (106), EXTREMITIES (91), STOMACH (72), NOSE (65), MOUTH (50).

NOSE - DISCHARGE, - yellow - posterior nares,from
EAR - DISCHARGES - thick
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING - diarrhoea,as if,would come on
ABDOMEN - ANXIETY in - stool - after
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - ropy,stringy,tenacious
STOMACH - ULCERS
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - yellowish-green
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - thick
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - viscid,tough
ABDOMEN - RETRACTION
FEMALE GENITALIA - CANCER of - Uterus
STOMACH - INDIGESTION (Includes Complaints After Substances Not Otherwise Described)
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - yellow
ABDOMEN - PAIN - diarrhoea - as if,would come on
ABDOMEN - DIARRHOEA - sensation as if,would come on
EXPECTORATION - THICK
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - yellow
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - thick
RECTUM - INACTIVITY of rectum
GENERALITIES - MUCOUS secretions increased

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Hydrastis canadensis across the other classic books

Hydrastis canadensis appears in 9 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.

“Hydrastis Canadensis, Linn. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common names , Orange-root, Yellow Puccoon. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. ( 1 - 16, Lippe's class provings , Hahn. Month., 2, 260)”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“Golden Seal (HYDRASTIS) Acts especially on mucous membranes, relaxing them and producing a thick, yellowish, ropy secretion. The catarrh may be anywhere,-throat, stomach, uterus, urethra,-it is always characterized by this peculiar mucous discharge. Hydrastis is especially active in old, easily-tired people, cachectic…”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“MUCOUS GLANDS: Nasal cavities. STOMACH. Gall-ducts. Intestines. Muscles. Uterus. AIR: Inhaling, cold. Dry winds. Open. Slight bleedings. Washing. Old age. A mucus remedy; hawks up much mucus; mucus in stools, urine, etc. Atonic, cachectic or degenerative conditions. Shallow ulcers. Hæmorrhagic or CATARRHAL processes…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“canadensis. Golden Seal. Orange-root. Yellow Puccoon. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the fresh root. Alcoholism / Asthma / Cancer / Catarrh / Chancroids / Constipation / Corns / Dyspepsia / Eczema impetiginoides / Ears, affections of / Faintness / Fistula / Gastric catarrh / Gonorrhœa / Hæmorrhoids / Jaundice /…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“Golden Seal ; Orange Root. Ranunculaceæ. Grows in most parts of the United States, in rich woodlands, most abundantly in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root. This plant was first mentioned by Linnæus, in 1753. The first provings were made under Hale, by…”

Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.

“Hydrastis is a slow, deep acting remedy, required in many trophic disturbances. where there is emaciation, catarrhal conditions and ulceration, even malignant ulceration. Defective assimilation. When it is noticed that the stomach is the center of most of the symptom complex. The desires and aversions often give the…”

Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.

“Common name: golden seal. Adapted for debilitated persons, with viscid mucous discharges (A.). Cachectic or malignant dyscrasia, with marked derangement of gastric and hepatic functions (A.). Broken down by excessive use of alcohol (Carb-V., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (A.). Sensation of sinking in the epigastric…”

Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.

“Pain and very weak, faint, gone feeling in stomach, which is sometimes actually sunken. Affections of the mucous membranes, where there is a viscid stringy discharge: stomach, bronchi, uterus, etc. Chronic constipation, that is remarkable for its absence of any other symptoms. This is a more celebrated remedy with the…”