Xanthoxylum fraxineum

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves).
CLIMAXIS, Agg.
DUALITY, in pieces, separated, as if some one else, etc.

Xanthoxylum fraxineum across the other classic books

Xanthoxylum fraxineum appears in 8 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Xanthoxylum Americanum, Mill. Natural order , Rutaceæ. Common name , Prickly ash. Preparation , Tincture of the bark. Authorities. (Charles Cullis, M.D., Pub. Mass. Hom. Soc., vol. ii, 1861-6, p. 267). A feeling of depression and weakness (soon), 6. Great depression (second day), 3. Terrible, nervous, frightened…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Prickly Ash (XANTHOXYLUM) Its specific action is on the nervous system and mucous membranes. Paralysis, especially hemiplegia . Painful hæmorrhages, after-pains, neuralgic dysmenorrhœa , and rheumatic affections, offer a therapeutic field for this remedy, especially in patients of spare habit and nervous, delicate…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Nerves. Respiration. Female sexual organs. Left side. Sleeping. Dampness. Vomiting. Grinding, shooting, radiating pains. Numb l. side. .................... Nervousness. Head threatens to fly to pieces. Throat feels like a hollow cavern. Violent, agonizing, grinding dysmenorrhœal pains, not > in any position; pains go…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“americanum. X. fraxineum. Prickly Ash. Toothache-tree. N. O. Rutaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark. After-pains / Asthma / Coccygodynia / Dysmenorrhœa / Earache / Fibroma / Headache / Hemiplegia / Hysteria / Jaw-joint, pain in / Levitation / Menstruation, painful / Nerves, injured / Nervousness / Neuralgia; crural /…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Prickly Ash.) Botanical Descriptor— A shrub, ten or twelve feet in height, with alternate brandies, which are armed with strong, conical, brown prickles, with a broad base, scattered irregularly, though most frequently in pairs at the insertion of the young branches. The leaves are alternate and pinnate, the leaflets…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Prickly Ash. Rutaceæ. A shrub from five to ten feet in height, growing in woods and moist, shady places throughout the Northern, Middle and Western States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh bark. Proved by Cullis, Pub. Mass. Hom. Soc., vol. 2, p. 1861-6, p. 267. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Dysmenorrhœa , Burck, Org…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“XANTHOXYLUM. Xanthoxylumfraxiiuum, Willd. Prickly ash. Nat. Ord., XoMtAojtyUcM. I, Provings.— \. a. Mr, S — , xt. 29, light hair, nervous temperament, took at 10 p.m. 4 dr. of tiiict. Immediately a smart pepperir taste in mouth and fauces. Slept well all n. 2nd d. — Took 10 dr. in m., followed by same sensation in…”

Xanthoxylum fraxineum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Xanthoxylum fraxineum in 228 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (56), FEMALE GENITALIA (32), HEAD (28), GENERALITIES (12), ABDOMEN (11).

FACE - DISCOLORATION - red - dysmenorrhoea,during
HEAD - FULLNESS - menses, - during
GENERALITIES - HEAT,flushes of - perspiration,with
MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - pale
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Thigh - menses, - during
FACE - SWELLING - oedematous
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Hypogastrium - menses - during
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - after-pains
HEAD - PAIN, - menses, - before
BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - menses - during
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - scanty
GENERALITIES - HEAT,flushes of
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - painful,dysmenorrhoea
HEAD - FULLNESS
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - frequent,too early,too soon
FACE - HEAT
HEAD - HEAT
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Leg - calf - flashes of
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - shooting - Foot - extending to knees

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Xanthoxylum fraxineum across the other classic books

Xanthoxylum fraxineum appears in 8 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.

“Xanthoxylum Americanum, Mill. Natural order , Rutaceæ. Common name , Prickly ash. Preparation , Tincture of the bark. Authorities. (Charles Cullis, M.D., Pub. Mass. Hom. Soc., vol. ii, 1861-6, p. 267). A feeling of depression and weakness (soon), 6. Great depression (second day), 3. Terrible, nervous, frightened…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“Prickly Ash (XANTHOXYLUM) Its specific action is on the nervous system and mucous membranes. Paralysis, especially hemiplegia . Painful hæmorrhages, after-pains, neuralgic dysmenorrhœa , and rheumatic affections, offer a therapeutic field for this remedy, especially in patients of spare habit and nervous, delicate…”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“Nerves. Respiration. Female sexual organs. Left side. Sleeping. Dampness. Vomiting. Grinding, shooting, radiating pains. Numb l. side. .................... Nervousness. Head threatens to fly to pieces. Throat feels like a hollow cavern. Violent, agonizing, grinding dysmenorrhœal pains, not > in any position; pains go…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“americanum. X. fraxineum. Prickly Ash. Toothache-tree. N. O. Rutaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark. After-pains / Asthma / Coccygodynia / Dysmenorrhœa / Earache / Fibroma / Headache / Hemiplegia / Hysteria / Jaw-joint, pain in / Levitation / Menstruation, painful / Nerves, injured / Nervousness / Neuralgia; crural /…”

Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.

“(Prickly Ash.) Botanical Descriptor— A shrub, ten or twelve feet in height, with alternate brandies, which are armed with strong, conical, brown prickles, with a broad base, scattered irregularly, though most frequently in pairs at the insertion of the young branches. The leaves are alternate and pinnate, the leaflets…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“Prickly Ash. Rutaceæ. A shrub from five to ten feet in height, growing in woods and moist, shady places throughout the Northern, Middle and Western States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh bark. Proved by Cullis, Pub. Mass. Hom. Soc., vol. 2, p. 1861-6, p. 267. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Dysmenorrhœa , Burck, Org…”

Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.

“XANTHOXYLUM. Xanthoxylumfraxiiuum, Willd. Prickly ash. Nat. Ord., XoMtAojtyUcM. I, Provings.— \. a. Mr, S — , xt. 29, light hair, nervous temperament, took at 10 p.m. 4 dr. of tiiict. Immediately a smart pepperir taste in mouth and fauces. Slept well all n. 2nd d. — Took 10 dr. in m., followed by same sensation in…”