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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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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Medorrhinum 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.
“The Gonorrhoeal Virus. (A Nosode.) For the constitutional effects of mal-treated and suppressed gonorrhoea, when the best selected remedy fails to relieve or permanently improve. For persons suffering from gout, rheumatism, neuralgia and diseases of the spinal cord and its membranes - even organic lesions ending in…”
“Description : Potencies made from the gonorrheal virus. There are two preparations ; the acute and chronic. From the virus of the acute stage to the chronic, or gleet stage, both of which are supposed to contain the gonococcus. Introduced by Swan. Provings by Swan, Ren Dell, C. H. Allen, Finch, Norton, Frost…”
“The Gonorrhœal Virus A powerful and deep-acting medicine, often indicated for chronic ailments due to suppressed gonorrhœa. For women with chronic pelvic disorders. Chronic rheumatism . Great disturbance and irritability of nervous system. Pains intolerable; tensive; nerves quiver and tingle. Children dwarfed and…”
“Mind. Nerves. Mucous membranes. Lymphatics. Cellular tissue: Lungs. Pelvis. Small joints. Spine. Kidneys. Left ovary. Damp; cold. Daytime. 3-4 A.M. After urinating. Touch. Close room. Before storms. LYING ON ABDOMEN. Bending backward. Stretching out. Fresh air. Being fanned. Uncovering. Hard rubbing. Seaside. Dampness.”
“Glinicum. Nosode of Gonorrhœa. Attenuations of the Virus. Asthma / Clonic spasms / Corns / Diabetes / Dysmenorrhœa / Epilepsy / Eyes, inflammation of / Favus / Gleet / Gonorrhœa, suppressed / Gonorrhœal rheumatism / Headache, neuralgic / Liver, abscess of / Masturbation / Ovaries, pains in / Pelvic cellulitis / Polypi…”
“Gonorrhœal Virus. A Nosode. Introduced by Swan. All the provings and cures were made with high potencies. The provers were Ren Dell, Finch, Swan, Farrington, Cleveland, Higgins and others. Other authorities, for symptoms clinical and pathogenetic, mentioned in Berridge's MSS., prepared for Swan's Materia Medica, are…”
“Children: One of the many uses of this remedy is in the inherited complaints of children. The physician of long and active experience meets many obstinate cases in children. The infant soon emaciates and becomes marasmic, or a child becomes asthmatic, or suffers with vicious catarrh of nose or eyelids, or has ringworm…”
“Common name: the gonorrhoeal virus. For the constitutional effects of mal-treated and suppressed gonorrhœa, when the best selected remedy fails to relieve or permanently improve (A.). BURNING OF HANDS AND FEET (Lach., Phos., Sep., Sulph.); WANTS THEM UNCOVERED AND FANNED (N.). Great heat and soreness, with enlargement…”
“The gonorrhœal virus, is undoubtedly a great remedy. Any one who has had much to do with gonorrhœa well knows the severe form of rheumatism, which is often the consequence of the introduction of this disease product into the system. I have seen some remarkable results from the use of this remedy in chronic forms of…”
Kent's Repertory lists Medorrhinum in 938 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (172), MIND (94), BACK (47), CHEST (46), HEAD (44).
