Chimaphila Umbellata

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

REGION

Bladder.
Kidneys.
Glands: Liver. Prostate. Mammæ (R).

WORSE

Cold damp.
Standing.
Sitting.
Beginning urination.

BETTER

WALKING.

ROPY or muco-purulent, foul, scanty, thick, turbid, urine. Feels as if sitting on a ball, in the perineum; after gonorrhœa. Old nodes in or atrophy of glands. Fluttering in kidney region. Acute inflammation in urinary tract. Gravelly urine.

Complementary: Kali-m.

Related: Berb. Coc-c. Sabal.

Chimaphila Umbellata across the other classic books

Chimaphila Umbellata 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Chimaphila umbellata, Nutt. Nat. order , Ericaceæ; Synonyms , Pyrola umbellata, Linn., Chimaphila corymbosa, Pursh; Common names , Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant when in flower. Authority. Dr. S. A. Jones, collection from various sources, Am. Obs., 12, 300. In one case of ague its…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Pipsissewa Acts principally on kidneys, and genito-urinary tract; affects also lymphatic and mesenteric glands and female mammæ. Plethoric young women with dysuria. Women with large breasts. Hepatic and renal dropsies; chronic alcoholics. Incipient and progressive cataracts. One of the remedies whose symptoms point to…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Pipsissewa. Prince's Pine. Ground Holly. N. O. Pyroleæ, a tribe of the Ericaceæ. Tincture of root and leaves, or of fresh plant in flower. Acne / Breast, atrophy of; cancer of / tumour of / Cataract / Cystitis / Diabetes / Dropsies / Fevers / Glands, enlarged / Gleet / Gonorrhœa / Intermittents / Jaundice / Kidneys…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine, Ground Holly. Pyrolaceæ. Grows in all parts of the United States and in Northern Europe and Asia. The Pyrolaceæ are very similar to the Ericaceæ from which we have the three great medicines, Ledum palustre, proved by Hahnemann, Rhododendron chrysanthum by Seidel, and Kalmia latifolia by the…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“I have had some valuable experience with this remedy in cystitis. It has made some fine cures where there were great quantities of ropy mucus in the urine. There may be strangury or not in such cases. There is one symptom to which I wish to call attention, because it indicates that this remedy may become very useful…”

Chimaphila Umbellata in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chimaphila Umbellata in 143 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in BLADDER (33), URINE (21), URETHRA (14), EXTREMITIES (11), PROSTATE GLAND (11).

URINE - SEDIMENT - mucous - thick,ropy,bloody mucous,great quantity of
PROSTATE GLAND - PAIN - soreness
PROSTATE GLAND - SWELLING
URINE - SEDIMENT - bloody
PROSTATE GLAND - INFLAMMATION
URINE - SEDIMENT - mucous
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire) - ineffectual
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire)
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire) - frequent
BLADDER - PAIN - smarting - extending to meatus
BLADDER - URINATION - retarded,must wait for urine to start - standing,can only pass urine while - with feet wide apart and body inclined forward,can only pass urine while
PROSTATE GLAND - BALL,sensation of sitting on a
PROSTATE GLAND - PAIN - sitting,while
PROSTATE GLAND - FULLNESS
URINE - SEDIMENT - ropy
URINE - SEDIMENT - gelatinous
URINE - BLOODY - clots
BLADDER - INFLAMMATION - Neck
CHEST - ATROPHY, - mammae
BLADDER - RETENTION of urine - enlarged prostate,from

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Chimaphila Umbellata across the other classic books

Chimaphila Umbellata 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“Chimaphila umbellata, Nutt. Nat. order , Ericaceæ; Synonyms , Pyrola umbellata, Linn., Chimaphila corymbosa, Pursh; Common names , Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant when in flower. Authority. Dr. S. A. Jones, collection from various sources, Am. Obs., 12, 300. In one case of ague its…”

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

“Pipsissewa Acts principally on kidneys, and genito-urinary tract; affects also lymphatic and mesenteric glands and female mammæ. Plethoric young women with dysuria. Women with large breasts. Hepatic and renal dropsies; chronic alcoholics. Incipient and progressive cataracts. One of the remedies whose symptoms point to…”

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

“Pipsissewa. Prince's Pine. Ground Holly. N. O. Pyroleæ, a tribe of the Ericaceæ. Tincture of root and leaves, or of fresh plant in flower. Acne / Breast, atrophy of; cancer of / tumour of / Cataract / Cystitis / Diabetes / Dropsies / Fevers / Glands, enlarged / Gleet / Gonorrhœa / Intermittents / Jaundice / Kidneys…”

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

“Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine, Ground Holly. Pyrolaceæ. Grows in all parts of the United States and in Northern Europe and Asia. The Pyrolaceæ are very similar to the Ericaceæ from which we have the three great medicines, Ledum palustre, proved by Hahnemann, Rhododendron chrysanthum by Seidel, and Kalmia latifolia by the…”

Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.

“I have had some valuable experience with this remedy in cystitis. It has made some fine cures where there were great quantities of ropy mucus in the urine. There may be strangury or not in such cases. There is one symptom to which I wish to call attention, because it indicates that this remedy may become very useful…”