by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Prunus spinosa 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.
“Prunus spinosa, Linn. Natural order , Rosaceæ. Common names (German), Schlehdorn, Schwarzdorn; (French), Épine noire, Prunellier. Preparation , Tincture of the buds just before flowering. Authorities. Joyous mood (curative action), 1. Joyless mood, satisfaction with nothing, 1. Morose and fretful, 1. (He goes again to…”
“Black-thorn Special action on the urinary organs and head. Very valuable in certain neuralgias, anasarca, and especially œdema pedum. Ankle and foot feel sprained. Ciliary neuralgia ( Spig ). Pressing-asunder pain beneath skull. Shooting from right frontal bone through brain to occiput. Pain in right eyeball, as if it…”
“Nerves:Respiratory. Orbital. Bladder. Stooping. Ascending. Pains causing SHORT BREATH, shooting or pressing outward; lightning like; wandering. Neuralgia. Cramp. Nerve paralysis. Compensatory effects. .................... Pains from forehead (r), to occiput. Bursting in eyeballs. Eyes feel pressed apart. Teeth feel…”
“Blackthorn. Sloe. N. O. Rosaceæ. Tincture of buds just before flowering. Appetite, lost / Ascites / Breast, pain in / Choroiditis / Ciliary neuralgia / Cystitis / Dropsy / Dysuria / flatulent / Earache / Eyes / choroiditis / Glaucoma / Heart, affections of / Hernia / Herpes zoster / Leucorrhœa / Menorrhagia /…”
“Sloe ; Blackthorn. Rosaceæ. The Blackthorn (Schwarzdorn) is a native of Europe, but is found in New England and southward to Pennsylvania. The tincture is prepared from the fresh flower buds. Introduced by Wahle, Archiv. für Hom., 14, 3, 169 ; and Kretschmar, Allg. Hom. Zeit., vol. 1, p. 124. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES…”
“Restlessness, which does not allow one to remain quiet in one place, walks about constantly, with dyspnœa and short breathing. Heaviness of the head, also with vertigo. Pressing in the head, as if the brain were pressed out through the skull with a plug. Stitches in the scalp. Pain in the right eye as if it were torn…”
Kent's Repertory lists Prunus spinosa 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 (83), HEAD (60), ABDOMEN (43), BLADDER (43), BACK (31).
