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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
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Culex musca appears in 3 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.
“WIND, DRAFT OR AIR, blowing on part, thro' a hole, etc., as of”
“Mosquito. N. O. Culicidæ. Insecta. Tincture. Vertigo Culex was proved by Dr. Kent, but the only verification I have found is of this symptom: vertigo every time he blows his nose. W. P. Wesselhœft cured a man, forty, stout, thickset, light brunette, who had swelling on upper jaw over first right tricuspid. Slight…”
Kent's Repertory lists Culex musca in 6 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
