Chionanthus Virginica

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

REGION

LIVER.
Head.

WORSE

Jarring.
Motion.
Cold.

BETTER

Lying on abdomen (Chel.).
Bruised soreness; liver

, eyeballs, etc. Pains ascend from forehead, stomach, etc. .................... Bilious sick headaches; periodical. Nose, pressure at root or squeezing on bridge (Ham.). Tongue, greenish-yellow or feels drawn up. Vomiting bitter-sour; hot; bilious; ropy; gushing; setting teeth on edge (Sul-ac.); with colic and cold sweat on forehead and back of hands. Uneasy ache in liver. Choleo-cystitis. Gall-stones. Griping at navel. As of a band about abdomen. Weakness in hypogastrium. Stools tarry, clay-colored or undigested. Arrested menses. Astringent expectoration. Jaundice. Heat, with aversion to uncover. Cold sweat on back of hands.

Related: Bry. Iris. Lept. Merc.

Chionanthus Virginica across the other classic books

Chionanthus Virginica appears in 5 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.
“Chionanthus virginica, L. Natural order , Oleaceæ. Common name , Fringe tree. Authority. Dr. Scudder, Electric Med. Journ., May, 1876 (U. S. Med. Invest., N. S., 3, 1878, p. 562). In good health, except some derangement of brain, taking the form of aphasia. Took 30 drops of a strong tincture at 1 P.M.; at 2.30 P.M…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Fringe-tree (CHIONANTHUS) This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic, periodical sick , menstrual and bilious. Taken for several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit. The pain in the forehead, chiefly over eyes. Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Fringe Tree. Oleaceæ, The bark, which is the part employed, contains Saponin. Tincture. Constipation / Debility / Emaciation with liver-disorder / Gall-stone colic / Headache / Jaundice / Liver, disease of; hypertrophy of / Malaria / Neurasthenia / Nursing women, complaints of Chion. acts powerfully on the liver and…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Fringe Tree. Oleaceæ. "A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June." The bark contains Saponin. The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds…”

Chionanthus Virginica in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chionanthus Virginica in 45 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOOL (9), ABDOMEN (8), GENERALITIES (7), HEAD (7), STOMACH (5).

URINE - BILE,containing
SKIN - DISCOLORATION - yellow,jaundice - etc.
SKIN - DISCOLORATION - yellow,jaundice - etc. - summer,every
STOOL - TARRY-LOOKING
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - jaundice,during
STOOL - CLAY-COLORED
ABDOMEN - ATROPHY of Liver
GENERALITIES - SUMMER,in
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Liver - COLIC,gall-stones
CHEST - MILK - disappearing
STOOL - DARK
STOOL - WATERY - green
ABDOMEN - PAIN - sore,bruised,tenderness,etc - Liver,in
ABDOMEN - ENLARGED - Liver
STOOL - LIGHT-COLORED
EYE - YELLOWNESS
HEAD - PAIN, - lying, - amel.
STOOL - BROWN
GENERALITIES - JERKING internally - muscles
STOOL - GREEN

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