by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Discouraged. Dull headache, in the early morning. Yellow sclera. Very red eyelids. Combined liver and heart symptoms. Liver affections, with dull pain; with pain under either scapula; with urticaria; with jaundice. Jaundice of infants. Fulness and burning in gall-bladder. Foul, adhesive mucus in mouth, throat, or stool. Slow pulse.
Complementary: Dig. Kali-bi.
Related: Chel.
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Myrica Cerifera 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.
“Myrica cerifera, L. Natural order , Myricaceæ. Common names , Bayberry, Wax-myrtle. Preparation , Tincture of the bark of the root. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , provings of the Mass. Hom. Med. Soc., 1864, Transactions, 2, p. 397).”
“Bayberry (MYRICA) Marked action on the liver, with jaundice and mucous membranes. Persistent sleeplessness. Jaundice. Mind. Despondent, irritable , indifferent. Gloomy . Scalp feels tight. Headache, with drowsiness; yellow sclerotica; aching in eyeballs. Pressure in vertex and forehead. Dull, heavy aching in temples…”
“Wax Myrtle. Bayberry. Candleberry. N. O. Myricaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark of root. Catarrh / Conjunctivitis / Heart, affections of / Jaundice / Leucorrhœa / Liver, affections of / Pharynx, affections of / Tendo-Achillis, pain in / Throat, sore / Urticaria According to Hale, though Myrica was known to older botanic…”
“Wax Myrtle. Myricaceæ. A shrub from three to ten feet high. It grows in sandy soil along the sea and shores of our northern lakes, and has a spicy odor. The tincture is prepared from the fresh bark of the root. Provings by Chase, Collis, Wesselhœft C., Krebs, Linnel (Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Mass., 1864, vol. 2, p. 397)…”
Kent's Repertory lists Myrica Cerifera in 266 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOMACH (33), HEAD (31), EXTREMITIES (29), MOUTH (19), MIND (17).
