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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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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Squilla maritima appears in 12 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.
“Urginea maritima, Baker. (Scilla maritima, Linn.) Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , Squills; (G), Meerzwiebel; (F.), Ognon marin. Preparation . Tincture of the bulbs. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 23 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 3, 265)”
“Sea-onion A slow acting remedy. Corresponds to ailments requiring several days to reach their maximum. Persistent, dull, rheumatic pains permeate the body. A spleen medicine; stitches under left free ribs. Important heart and kidneys medicine. Broncho-pneumonia . Acts especially on mucous membranes of the respiratory…”
“MEMBRANES: MUCOUS. Serous. Kidneys. Heart. Spleen. Early morning. Motion. Uncovering. Old people. Exudations and profuse secretions. Dropsy; with profuse urine. Cardio-urinary effects. Gurglings. .................... Rubs eyes, sneezes. Acrid coryza. Black spots on teeth. Sweet taste; of food, expectoration, etc…”
“Squill. Sea Onion. (Red variety.) N. O. Liliaceæ. Tincture of fresh bulb. Acetum. Angina pectoris / Asthma; dry; splenic / Bright's disease / Bronchitis / Conjunctivitis, phlyctenular / Coryza / Cough, catarrhal / Diabetes; insipidus / Dropsy / splenic / Eyes, affections of; watering of / Fidgets / Heart, palpitation…”
“Whooping cough, when accompanied with sneezing, watering of the eyes and nose, and the child rubs the eyes with the hands; in all catarrhal affections, and coughs, also troubles of the lungs with the above symptoms; profuse mucous nasal secretion. Cough with expectoration in the morning and none in the evening…”
“(Squill) (The alcoholic tincture of the bulbous root of Scilla maritima.) From vol. iii, 2nd edit., 1825. In order to make the solution of squill in alcohol the simplest and best mode is to cut up a fresh piece of 100 grains weight from a very fresh squill-bulb, to pound it in a mortar, gradually adding 100 drops of…”
“Squills, Sea Onion. Liliaceæ. A bulbous plant, bearing a long spike of whitish flowers, found on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean. Introduced by Hahnemann, proved by himself, Becher, Hartmann, Hornburg, Mossdorf, Stapf, Teuthorn, Walther and Wislicenus, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. 3, p. 265. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES…”
“Urghua Sdlla, Steinheil. Squill, sea onion. Nat. Old , Liliacea. 1. Prevings. — i. Hahnemann, Mat. Med. Pura^ vol. iii of original, vol. ii of translation. Contains 86 symptoms from self, 172 n'om 7 associates, and 30 from authors. 2. Dr. Hammond took 2 gr. of the dried bulb 3 times a day for 3 d. to ascertain effects…”
“Squilla was given in the olden times by the old school in all lung, bronchial, and kidney affections; pneumonia, asthma, scanty urine and dropsical affections. Has a loose morning cough and a dry evening cough (Alum., Carbo veg., Phos. ac., Sep., Stram., Puls., Squilla). Puls. and Squil, being strong here, but Squil…”
“Great anxiety of the mind, with fear of death. Angry over trifles. Vertigo (in the morning) with nausea. Headache in the morning on waking, with pressing pains. Painful sensitiveness of the vertex every morning. Pulsation in the head when raising it. Stinging headache. Staring look with the eyes wide open. The left…”
“Has been found useful in cough, with sneezing; watering of the eyes, and involuntary micturition. There may also be pleuritic stitches in the chest, with or without effusion. The cough is generally loose and rattling, with expectoration of much mucus, and the loose cough in the morning is more fatiguing than the dry…”
Kent's Repertory lists Squilla maritima in 972 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (127), HEAD (100), SKIN (92), COUGH (89), EXTREMITIES (77).
