by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Leptandra virginica appears in 7 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.
“Veronica Virginica, Linn. (Leptandra Virginica, Nutt.). Natural order , Scrophulariaceæ. Common name , Culver's Physic. Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the root. Authorities. Feeling very gloomy (after third dose, first day), 1. Very gloomy and irritable all day (second day), 2. Vertigo. Very dizzy while…”
“Culver's Root (LEPTANDRA) A liver remedy, with jaundice and black, tarry stools . Bilious states. Enfeebled portal circulation. Malarial conditions. Dull frontal pain; vertigo, drowsiness, and depression. Smarting and aching in eyes. Tongue coated yellow . Great distress in stomach and intestines, with desire for…”
“Liver. Right side. Cold drinks. Motion. Periodically. Lying on stomach or side. Hepato-hæmorrhagic diathesis. Burnings; in hepatic region. .................... Hopeless, weak and drowsy. Craves iced drinks. Bilious vomitus. Sore or dull bursting ache over gall - bladder, or liver, down over bowels to navel or toward…”
“Virginica. Veronica Virginica. Black Root. Culver's Physic. Tall Speedwell (U.S.A.). N. O. Scrophulariaceæ. Tincture of resinoid Leptandrin. Tincture of fresh root of second year. Trituration of dried root. (A fresh plant tincture should also be made and tested.) Ascites / Bilious attack / Bilious fever / Constipation…”
“Culver's Root. Scrophulariaceæ. Introduced by Hale. Provings by Burt and a student in Hahnemann Med. College. See Hale's New Remedies. Both provers made use of Leptandrin. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sick headache , Barlow, Times Retros., vol. 2, p. 14 ; Bilious headache , Hale's Therap., p. 387 ; Hepatic disease …”
“While writing on Aurum muriaticum natronatum I mentioned Veronica with which Dr. Baruch followed that remedy in the cure of my own case. After returning home I tried to find the two remedies. Found Aurum muriaticum natronatum in Hering’s Guiding Symptoms, and, although meager, had something to go by in treating other…”
Kent's Repertory lists Leptandra virginica in 135 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOOL (29), ABDOMEN (22), RECTUM (17), STOMACH (12), EXTREMITIES (9).
