Diphtherinum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica · 1915 (expanded editions through 1931)

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

Blood.
THROAT.

WORSE

Lying.
Cold.
Milk.
Weak

and restless, but without pain, or aching, breaking joint pains, > lying. Wants to be held. Drawing in muscles, then sudden snap. Jerking of single parts. Internal trembling. .................... Sees visions. Carphology. Moisture at edge of hair. Fanning of alæ nasi, with snoring. Yellow, thick nasal discharge. Flushed face; center of cheeks purple. Moist tongue, with red tip or a dark red spot back of tip; red papillæ. Throat dark. Thick, gray membrane; on tonsil (l). Fetor. Wants cold air down throat or craves cold drinks. Diphtheria; prophylactic; painless; relapsing. Post-diphtheric paralysis. Obstinate tonsilitis. Faintness at stomach, > sips of milk. Dry, hot palms; they feel withered. Dry skin. Talks in sleep, with open eyes. Low temperature. Chilly, then hot.

Related: Carb-ac.

Diphtherinum across the other classic books

Diphtherinum appears in 6 of the 27 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 HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Homeopathic Antitoxin. (A Nosode.) Especially adapted to the strumous diathesis; scrofulous, psoric or tuberculous persons, prone to catarrhal affections of throat and respiratory mucus membranes. Patients with weak or exhausted vitality hence are extremely susceptible to the diphtheritic virus; when the attack from…”
Allen (Nosodes) — The specialized source record — nosode provings gathered beyond the brief entries in general materia medicas.
“DIPHTHERINUM : AN INVOLUNTARY PROVING.By J. E. FRASH, M. D., METAMORE, OHIO. Description : A girl nine years of age having been exposed, Nov. 13, to malignant diphtheria received Diphtherinum 1m. (Skinner) three times daily for eleven days, as a prophylactic, developing chilliness, high temperature, red face. She…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Potentized Diphtheritic Virus Adapted to patients prone to catarrhal affections of respiratory organs, scrofulous individuals. Diphtheria, laryngeal diphtheria, post-diphtheritic paralysis . Malignancy from the start. Glands swollen; tongue red, swollen; breath and discharge very offensive. Diphtheritic; membrane…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“A nosode. Trituration of diphtheric membrane. Dilutions of diphtheria toxin. Croup / Diphtheria / Diphtheritic paralysis / Myelitis The well-known features of the disease of which this nosode is a product must be the guide to its use. It should be more efficacious in the potencies against diphtheria, both as…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: diphtheritic virus (or the toxin produced by the klebs-loeffler bacillus). The attack from the onset tends to malignancy (Lac-C., Merc-Cy.) (A.). Weak and restless, but without pain (B.). Yellow, thick, nasal discharge (B.). Talks in sleep with open eyes (B.). Jerking of single parts (B.). Dark-red…”

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