Asclepias tuberosa

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

SECRETIONS: SKIN. Serous. Mucous.
Chest (R).
Muscles.

WORSE

Motion.
Deep breathing.
Lying.
Tobacco.

Colliquative states (Agar.). SWEATINGS; in pleuro-pneumonia, diarrhœa or rheumatism. Body numb. .................... Sticky, yellow nasal discharge. Tough, yellow coat on tongue. Stools smell like rotten eggs, or burn like fire. Dysentery. Flabby genitals. Short of breath and weak on walking. Chest pains, < lying or breathing. Pleurodynia. Pericardial effusion. Pleurisy.

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Asclepias tuberosa across the other classic books

Asclepias tuberosa 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.
“A. tuberosa, Linn. Nat. order , Asclepiadaceæ. Common names , Butterfly weed, Pleurisy root. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. Toward evening, unusual elevation of spirits, 2. The cheerful mood changed, and, without exterior cause, he became fretful and peevish (after eleven and a half hours), 2. Mental…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Pleurisy-root Its action on the chest muscles is most marked and has been verified. Sick headache, with flatulence in stomach and bowels. Dyspepsia. Bronchitis and pleurisy come within its range. Catarrhal states from cold and damp weather. Irritation of larynx with huskiness; grip, with pleuritic pain. Respiration…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“FOAMY, frothy”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Pleurisy-root. Butterfly-weed. N. O. Asclepiadaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Alopecia / Asthma / Bilious fever / Bronchitis / Catarrh / Chancre / Colic / Cough / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Headache / Heart, affections of / Influenza / Ophthalmia / Pericarditis / Pleurisy / Pleurodynia / Rheumatism / Scrofula / Syphilis…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Pleurisy Root.) Botanical Description. — The root of this variety of Asclepias is perennial, and gives origin to numerous stems, which are erect, ascending, or ma)7 be trailing, round, hairy, of a green or reddish color, branching at the too. and about eighteen inches in height. (It rarely exceeds this, although it…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Pleurisy Root. Asclepiadaceæ. An old and popular drug, proved by M. A. Savory, and published in the French journals, 1858 ; from them, 1860, into German ; from there translated by M. J. Rhees, in the June and July numbers of the Am. Hom. Review ; same year, 1859, translated by Marcy ; altogether condemned by Hale…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Asolepias tuberosa. I. Proving^. — i. Dr. Thos. Nichol, xt. 34, strong, sanguine temp. ; accustomed to proving, and susceptible to drugs. Nov. 9th, 1865, in excellent health, took at 11.45 a.m. 20 drops ist dec. dil. tinct. of root ; in 15 m. dry cough with constriction of throat } at 12, feeling of warmth in chest…”

Asclepias tuberosa in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Asclepias tuberosa in 312 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (92), CHEST (29), ABDOMEN (18), STOOL (17), NOSE (13).

CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - stooping,on
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Mammae - extending - from left nipple downward
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - Sides - inspiration
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - motion - of arms
CHEST - PAIN - bending - forward - amel.
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Mammae - nipple - left
NOSE - SNUFFLES
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - inspiration
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - Sides - left
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - bilious
CHEST - INFLAMMATION - Heart - pericardium
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING - stool - before
GENERALITIES - PAIN - stitching - transversely
HEAD - PAIN, - Forehead,in - coughing
COUGH - CONSTRICTION, - larynx
GENERALITIES - PAIN - stitching - downward
ABDOMEN - PAIN - cough,during
EXTREMITIES - CRAMPS - Foot
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain)
SLEEP - SLEEPINESS - morning

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