Epiphegus virginiana

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

REGION

Nerves.
Stomach.
Liver.

WORSE

Fatigue; nervous; of shopping.
Eyestrain.

BETTER

Sleep.

Confusion. Like fingertips pressing into temples. Compressive (r.) headache, going backward; < until 4 P.M. then >; with spitting of viscid saliva and nausea. Weekly headaches. Neurasthenia. Tartar on teeth.

Related: Ign. Iris.

Epiphegus virginiana across the other classic books

Epiphegus virginiana appears in 5 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.

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Beechdrop (EPIPHEGUS - OROBANCHE) A remedy for sick, neurasthenic, and nervous headaches, especially in women, brought on or made worse by exertion, shopping, etc. Tongue coated yellow; bitter taste. Drowsy after meals. Loose stools. Subinvolution , with painful menstruation and congestion. Pressing pain in temples…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Virginiana. Beech Drops. Cancer-root. N. O. Orobanchaceæ. (A slender branching herb without leaves, of a dull purple or yellow-brown colour growing as a parasite on the roots of beech-trees. - H. R ., iv. 10.) Tincture of whole fresh plant in full flower. Cancer / Diarrhœa / Gonorrhœa / Headache / Palpitation /…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“EPIPHEGUS . Epiphègus virginiana, Michaux (Orobanche virginiana, L.). Beech drops. Nat. Ord., Orobanchacea. I. Provings.-1. RALPH MORDEN, M.D. , April 1st, 1882, at 5.30 p.m., took 3j oftinct. At 6 some pain in r. and (slighter) in 1. temple, lasting until he went to bed. May 15th.-Took 5ss. No marked effect for 1 h…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Cures headaches coming on after a hard day’s work, overfatigue from work or excitement, what is often called “tired headache.” Such cases are very frequent, and the patients volunteered to mention the fact that they always came on when they were “tired out.” Of course one swallow does not make a summer, neither does…”

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