Euonymus europaeus

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

Liver.
Kidneys.
Left to right.

WORSE

Eating.

Crawling; < back. .................... Vertigo; in forehead; as if drawn up and pitched forward (Calc-c.). Pressure over brows; compressing eyes. Engorged liver. Gall-stones. Pain about navel. Profuse stools; varying or of several colors. Albuminuria.

Related: Rhe.

Euonymus europaeus across the other classic books

Euonymus europaeus appears in 4 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Euonymus Europæus, Linn. Natural order , Celestraceæ. Common names , Spindle tree (Burning bush). Preparation , Trituration of the seeds. Authority. Dr. Graeser; a man, aged 43, took eighteen seeds one evening, and as many more next morning, fasting, Med. Jahrb. f. das Herzog. Nassau, 15 and 16 Heft, 1859. He was…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Spindle-tree. N. O. Celastraceæ. Trituration of dried seeds; tincture of fresh seeds. Cholera / Convulsions / Diarrhœa / Gall-stones / Headaches / Liver disorders The Celastraceæ, to which order Euonymus belongs, are closely related to the Rhamnaceæ which include the well-known purgative Cascara sagrada. A case of…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Vexed, peevish, out of humor, especially when his thoughts vanish while reading. Vertigo in the forepart of the head (when sitting) with mistiness of sight. Stitches in the head (left side). Obscuration of sight. Dark spots before the eyes. Tingling in the left cheek. Upper. Paralytic pain in the region of the hip…”

Euonymus europaeus in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Euonymus europaeus in 84 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in CHEST (16), EXTREMITIES (13), HEAD (13), BACK (7), FACE (6).

CHEST - PHTHISIS pulmonalis - pituitous
CHEST - PHTHISIS pulmonalis - last stage
HEAD - PAIN, - stunning,stupefying - pressing
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Knee - paralytic
MIND - WEARISOME
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - tearing - Shoulder
CHEST - ANXIETY in - Heart,region of
CHEST - PAIN - sore - bruised
HEAD - PAIN, - stitching
HEAD - PAIN, - pressing
BACK - PAIN - stitching - shooting - Lumbar region - extending - along spine in zig-zags to scapular region
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - drawing - Fingers - first - joints of - metacarpal
FACE - TINGLING - left
HEAD - PAIN, - stunning,stupefying - Forehead - eyes,over
BACK - PAIN - cutting - Dorsal region - spine
BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Dorsal region - like thrusts
CHEST - ERUPTIONS - Mammae - pustules
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Arm,below - left
CHEST - PAIN - expectoration amel.
CHEST - PAIN - digging - Mammae - nipples - left

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