by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Weak and depressed. Liver symptoms, with aching eyeballs. Dark, foul stools, with burning at anus. Diarrhœa. Sallow skin. Sleepy before the chills, with the heat and after meals. Old malarias.
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Cornus Florida appears in 3 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.
“C. Florida, L. Natural order , Cornaceæ. Common name , Dogwood. Authority. Inaug. Dissert., by John M. Walker, Philad., 1803, experiments on pulse. 30 grains pulv. cort. rad. Cor. flor.: Pulse 62, soft, natural at time of taking; 62, slight change (after five minutes); 63, full, heat at stomach (after ten and fifteen…”
“Dogwood. N. O. Cornaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark. Dyspepsia / Intermittent fever / Pneumonia Hale commends Corn. f. in obstinate intermittents where quinine has been abused and where the following group of symptoms is present: For days before chill sleepiness; sluggish flow of ideas; dull, heavy headache. Paroxysms…”
Kent's Repertory lists Cornus Florida in 6 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
