by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Onosmodium virginicum appears in 4 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.
“False Gromwell (ONOSMODIUM) Want of power of concentration and co-ordination. Vertigo, numbness and muscular prostration. Marked association of head and eye symptoms, with muscular tiredness and weariness. A remedy for migraine . Headaches from eyestrain and sexual weakness. It produces diminution of sexual desire in…”
“MUSCLES AND nerves: Eyes. Occiput. FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS. Spine. Sprains: EYE STRAIN. Sexual excesses. Darkness. Tight clothes. Warm. Humid air. Rest. Sleep. Eating. Aching , sore and stiff; after the pain. Inco-ordination. .................... Irresolute. Confused. Forgetful. Slow thinking. Aphasia. Nervous…”
“virginianum. False Gromwell (or Gromell). N. O. Boraginaceæ. Tincture of entire fresh plant, including root. Amblyopia / Bladder, irritation of / Breasts, affections of; atrophy of / Colour-blindness / Debility / Diarrhœa / Diplopia / Eyes, affections of / Headache / Locomotor ataxy / Ménière's disease / Neurasthenia…”
Kent's Repertory lists Onosmodium virginicum in 250 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (39), HEAD (31), FEMALE GENITALIA (28), MIND (26), GENERALITIES (19).
