by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Weak, relaxed and nauseated. Biliousness. .................... Sneezing, < drafts. Aphthæ. Pains from liver to r. scapula. Dyspnœa or violent cough after first sleep, > slight expectoration. Whistling breathing. Salty expectoration.
Complementary: Lob.
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Aralia Racemosa 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.
“Aralia racemosa, L. Natural Order , Araliaceæ. Common name , Spikenard (American name). Authority. S. A. Jones, M.D., Hales's New Remedies, third edition, p. 471. At 3 P.M., I took 10 drops of the mother tincture in 2 ounces of water. On retiring at 12 P.M., felt as well as I ever did. Had no sooner laid down than I…”
“American Spikenard This is a remedy for asthmatic conditions, with cough aggravated on lying down . Drenching sweat during sleep. Extreme sensitiveness to draughts. Diarrhœa, prolapse of rectum. Aching in rectum extending upwards; worse lying on side lain upon. Dry cough coming on after first sleep , about middle of…”
“SLEEP, falling to, or first, Agg. 11 P.M.”
“Spikenard (American name). Grows in rich woodlands throughout U.S.A. - N. O. Araliaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Asthma / Cough / Diarrhœa / Hæmorrhoids / Hay-fever / Leucorrhœa / Prolapsus ani Aralia was used by the old herbalists and by eclectics as a remedy in phthisis and coughs, and also for leucorrhœa and other…”
“Loud wheezing breathing, with cough, < in evening or night, after the first sleep (asthma.)”
Kent's Repertory lists Aralia Racemosa in 47 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in COUGH (18), EXPECTORATION (6), RESPIRATION (6), FEMALE GENITALIA (5), HEAD (5).
