Ustilago maydis
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
- DISCHARGES, vicarious
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Ustilago maydis appears in 6 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.
“Ustilago maidis, Corda. Natural order , Fungi. Common name , Corn smut. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities.”
“Corn-smut Flabby condition of uterus. Hæmorrhage. Congestion to various parts, especially at climacteric. Crusta lactea ( Vioia tric ). Very depressed. Full feeling. Nervous headache from menstrual irregularities. Aching in eyeballs, with much lachrymation. Uncontrollable masturbation. Spermatorrhœa, with erotic…”
“Epithelium: Skin. Hair. Nails. Female sexual organs. Climacteric. Touch. Motion. Tumid tissues, tending to bleed slowly. Dark hæmorrhage. As of a knot; in throat, bowels, uterus, etc. .................... Depression. Loss of hair and nails. Sticky secretion matting the hair. Milk crust. Masturbation. Menses half…”
“maidis. Corn-smut. N. O. Fungi. Trituration. Agalactia / Alopecia / Climaxis / Dysmenorrhœa / Fibroma / Galactorrhœa / Headache, menstrual / Masturbation / Menorrhagia, at climaxis / Menstruation, excessive / vicarious / Nails, affections of / Orchitis / Ovary, left, affections of / Rhinitis / Scald-head / Tonsillitis…”
“Corn-smut. Fungi. A fungus found growing on Indian corn. The tincture is prepared from the fresh ripe fungus. Introduced and proved by Burt, see Monograph ; proved by Hoyne, Trans. Am. I. Hom., 1872, p. 493. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Spermatorrhœa , Burt, Monog. ; Ovarian irritation , Burt, Monog. ; Ovaritis , Burt…”
Kent's Repertory lists Ustilago maydis in 366 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in FEMALE GENITALIA (118), EXTREMITIES (26), BACK (24), MALE GENITALIA (24), HEAD (22).