Aralia racemosa

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

REGION

Respiration.
Mucous membranes.

WORSE

After a short nap.
Drafts.

BETTER

Lying with head high.
Sitting up.

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.

Aralia racemosa across the other classic books

Aralia racemosa 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.
“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…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“SLEEP, falling to, or first, Agg. 11 P.M.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Spikenard.) Description. — This is a large, spreading, shrubby plant, with leaflets, heart-ovate — pointed, double, serrate, slightly downy. Umbels racemose, pan icled ; styles united below. It has large, spicy, aromatic roots, many feet in length. It has greenish-white flowers in umbels, and a berry-like stone-fruit.”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“ARALIA. Aralia rdcemosa, L. Spikenard. Nat. Ord., Araliacea. I. Provings. — 1. Dr. S. A. Jones took, at 3 p.m., 10 dr. of tinct. in Jij of water. On retiring at midnight was seized with a violent fit of asthma ; which, as he is subject thereto, can hardly be ascribed to the drue. He says, indeed, that " the programme…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Loud wheezing breathing, with cough, < in evening or night, after the first sleep (asthma.)”

Aralia racemosa in Kent's Repertory

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).

COUGH - LYING - night - midnight,wakens him - before
COUGH - SLEEP, - after
COUGH - SLEEP, - wakens from
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - offensive
COUGH - WAKING,on
GENERALITIES - NIGHT
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT
COUGH - PAROXYSMAL - night - midnight - before - 11 p.m. - sleep,after
COUGH - SLEEP, - going to,on - one hour after
COUGH - SUFFOCATIVE - sleep,during
CHEST - CONSTRICTION,tension,tightness - lying, - while
COUGH - RATTLING - morning
RESPIRATION - ASTHMATIC - evening - after lying down
RESPIRATION - WHISTLING - inspiration,during
COUGH - NIGHT - midnight - before - 11 p.m.
COUGH - PAROXYSMAL - night - midnight - before
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - suppressed - cold - from
CHEST - CONSTRICTION,tension,tightness - night
HEAD - PAIN, - leaning against something, - amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - LOCHIA - suppressed

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