Jaborandi

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

REGION

GLANDS.
Eyes.
Nerves.

WORSE

Start of menses.
Cold.
Exhaustion.

Dryness, then hypersecretion of upper respiratory tract and salivary glands. Colliquative states. Tendency to sweat and take cold. .................... Very nervous and tremulous. Visual disturbances. Eyestrain. Asthenopia. Nervous deafness, > noise. Tension in salivary glands. Salivation. Mumps. Nausea on using eyes or looking at moving objects. Stubborn vomiting of pregnancy. Violent ebullitions to heart and chest. Menses start with coldness, throbbing in head and pelvis and backache. Red skin. Sweats, with palpitation, general pulsation and tremor. Nervous sweats. Exophthalmos.

Related: Agar. Ant-t. Ip.

Jaborandi across the other classic books

Jaborandi 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.
“Pilocarpus pinnatus. Natural order , Rutaceæ. Common names , (Brazilian), Iaborandi, Jaborandi, or Jamborandi. Note: This plant is used by the South American Indians as the special antidote to the bite of serpents of the Trigonocephalus group. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“(PILOCARPUS MICROPHYLLUS) Pilocarpus is a powerful glandular stimulant and the most efficient diaphoretic. Its most important effects are diaphoresis, salivation and myosis. Hot flushes, nausea, salivation and profuse perspiration. The face, ears and neck become in a few minutes after a dose of Jaborandi deeply…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Pilocarpus pinnatifolius. N. O. Rutaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves. Tincture of dried leaves and stems. (The alkaloid, Pilocarpin, has been experimented with independently and is dealt with in a separate article.) Alopecia / Asthenopia / Bronchitis / Burns / Cataract / Ciliary spasm / Consumption / Diarrhœa /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Jaborandi. Rutaceæ. A tree attaining a height of more than twenty feet, native to Brazil. The blossoms, which appear in September, are large and violet colored ; it is from them the alcoholic tincture is prepared. The Jaborandi "is used by South American Indians as antidote to the bite of serpents of the…”

Jaborandi in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Jaborandi in 130 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EYE (20), VISION (16), STOMACH (12), HEAD (9), SLEEP (8).

STOMACH - NAUSEA - looking steadily - at moving objects
VISION - ACCOMMODATION defective - tension
FEVER - CHILL - with - heat and perspiration
VISION - SPOTS - reading
EYE - PAIN - aching - reading,while
EYE - PAIN - exertion of vision,from - fine work
MALE GENITALIA - SWELLING - Testes - mumps,from
VERTIGO - LOOKING with eyes turned - moving object,at
EYE - PARALYSIS - internal recti
EYE - STRABISMUS - divergent
VISION - WEAK - using eyes agg.
VISION - SPOTS
EYE - SPASMS of lids - ciliary muscle
VISION - DIM - distant objects
EYE - CATARACT
VISION - MYOPIA
EYE - PAIN - reading
EYE - HEAT in
VISION - EXERTION - of vision agg.
URINE - COLOR, - dark

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