by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Complementary: Sil.
Related: Canth.
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Equisetum Hiemale appears in 8 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.
“Scouring Rush. (Equisetaceae.) Sever dull pain in the bladder, as from distension, not > after urinating. Frequent and intolerable urging to urinate, with severe pain at close of urination (Berb., Sars., Thuja). Constant desire to urinate; large quantity of clear, watery urine, without > (scanty, a few drops, Apis…”
“Equisetum hyemale, Linn. Natural order , Equisetaceæ. Common name , Scouring Rush. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant. Authorities. Provings of Hugh M. Smith, M.D., Thesis, N. Y. Hom. Med. Coll., 1876. Very irritable and easily fatigued (fourth day), 1b. Confusion and Vertigo. Heavy and confused feeling in head at…”
“Scouring-rush (EQUISETUM) Principal action on the bladder. A remedy for enuresis and dysuria. Severe, dull pain and feeling of fullness in bladder, not relieved by urinating. Frequent urging with severe pain at the close of urination . Urine flows only drop by drop. Sharp, burning , cutting pain in urethra while…”
“hyemale. Scouring Rush. A rush growing in damp soil in Europe and America. N. O. Equisetaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant chopped and pounded to a pulp. Cystitis / Dropsy / Enuresis / General paralysis / Gleet / Gonorrhœa / Gravel / Hæmaturia / Urine, retention of The chief effects of Equisetum are found in the urinary…”
“Scouring Rush. Equisetaceæ. A rush, growing in damp soil in Europe and North America. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant, chopped and pounded to a pulp. A popular remedy for dropsy, suppression of urine, gravel, hæmaturia, gonorrhœa and gleet. Proved by Smith, De Korth, and Chapin. See Allen's Encyclopædia…”
“Common name: scouring bush. Dull pain in the region of the right kidney, with urgent desire to urinate (C). Burning in the urethra when urinating (Canth., Merc., Sulph.) (N.). CYSTIC IRRITATION WITH TENESMUS (Apis, Bell., Canth., Dulc., Ferr-P., Merc-C., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Thuj.) (Bl.). Pain in the bladder, as if…”
“This remedy is sometimes successful in cases which are not relieved by Cantharis. There is as much inclination to urinate as with Cantharis, and there is pain in the bladder, as if too full of urine, which must be voided in order to get relief from both pain and pressure, but urinating does not satisfy and he must…”
Kent's Repertory lists Equisetum Hiemale in 121 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in BLADDER (28), BACK (18), URINE (13), SLEEP (9), URETHRA (9).
