Eucalyptus Globulus

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

REGION

Mucous membranes.
Blood.
Muscles.
Respiration.

WORSE

Periodically.
Night.
Aching

, stiff and weary, as from taking cold. Grippe. Malaria. Migraine. Sticking, jerking pain at night. Profuse catarrhal discharges; acrid; foul. Rheumatic-hydrogenoid constitution. Exhausted, toxæmic and hæmorrhagic. .................... Mental exhilaration. Burning eyes. Tinnitus. Tension across nose. Watery coryza. Pasty tongue. Throbbing in stomach. Weight in bowels. Slow digestion, with putrid gas. Diarrhœa; dysenteric; typhoid. Diuresis. Cough of influenza. Bronchial asthma. Bronchorrhœa; senile. Limbs prickle, then ache. Chill, then nausea and vomiting. Fever with aching. Vertigo in all stages. Old malarias.

Related: Chin. Dul. Echin.

Eucalyptus Globulus across the other classic books

Eucalyptus Globulus appears in 5 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Eucalyptus globulus, Labil. Natural order , Myrtaceæ. Common names , Australian fever or gum tree. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. (Eucalyptol is the essential oil.) Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Blue Gum-tree Eucalyptus is a powerful antiseptic and destructive to low forms of life, a stimulating expectorant and an efficient diaphoretic. Atonic dyspepsia, gastric and intestinal catarrh. A remedy with marked effects on catarrhal processes, malaria, and intestinal disturbance. Influenza . Fevers of a relapsing…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“globulus. Blue Gum. Fever-tree. N. O. Myrtaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves. Essential oil, Eucalyptol. Aneurism / Aortitis / Asthma / Bladder, affections of / Bronchitis / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Dyspepsia / Dysuria / Fistulæ / Gonorrhœa / Gout / Intermittent fever / Kidney, diseases of / Quinine cachexia / Rheumatism /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Australian Fever or Gum Tree. Myrtaceæ. A tree of great height, native to Australia, transplanted to marshy districts in mild climates on account of its capability for absorbing water and alleged power to destroy malarious poisons. The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves. Eucalyptol is the essential oil…”

Eucalyptus Globulus in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Eucalyptus Globulus in 25 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXPECTORATION (5), NOSE (5), CHILL (3), GENERALITIES (3), URETHRA (3).

CHILL - EXPOSURE,after - malarial influences
EXPECTORATION - THICK - afternoon
URETHRA - ULCERATION - meatus
CHILL - EXPOSURE,after - swamps
GENERALITIES - FOOD - coffee - amel.
EXPECTORATION - AFTERNOON
URETHRA - STRICTURE - spasmodic
MOUTH - SMOOTH,shining,glazed,glistering,glossy tongue
NOSE - OBSTRUCTION - sensation of
CHILL - EXPOSURE,after
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - offensive - fetid
NOSE - CORYZA - chronic,long-continued
EXPECTORATION - FROTHY
BLADDER - URINATION - retarded,must wait for urine to start
BLADDER - CATARRH,muco-pus
EXPECTORATION - THICK
URETHRA - DISCHARGE - gonorrheal
EXPECTORATION - WHITE
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - purulent
MIND - CHEERFUL,gay,happy

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