Myrica cerifera

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica · 1915 (expanded editions through 1931)

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Heart.

BETTER

Open air.

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.

Myrica cerifera across the other classic books

Myrica cerifera appears in 7 of the 27 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.
“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).”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Bayberry.) Description. — This plant, known also by the names of Wax-Myrtle, Wax-berry, etc., is a branching, half-evergreen shrub, from one to twelve feet high, and covered with a grayish bark. It is found in dry woods and open fields. The bark of the root contains tannic acid and gallic acid; a volatile oil; an…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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)…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“MYRICA. M^ricti ctriftrttt L. Baybeny. Nit. Ord, MfricmfUB, 1, Provings, — i. Dr. H. L. Chase proved solution of alcoholic extract of bark of root, 10 gr. to 3J of alcohol. October i8th, 1864, at 6 a.m., took 5 dr. 10, very severe pressing pain in 1. side of noK, lasting about 10 m., then shifting to 1. axilla, where…”

Myrica cerifera in Kent's Repertory

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).

URINE - CLOUDY
MOUTH - CRUSTS,dry,scaly
MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - yellow - dirty
URINE - BILE,containing
URETHRA - DISCHARGE - gonorrheal - chronic
STOMACH - EMPTINESS,weak feeling,faintness,goneness,hungry feeling - eating - after
MOUTH - TASTE - nauseous
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - offensive - fetid
STOOL - LIGHT-COLORED
NOSE - OZAENA
URINE - COLOR, - brown
MOUTH - PAIN - sore - Gums
MOUTH - APHTHAE
THROAT - MUCUS - tenacious
MOUTH - BLEEDING - Gums
FACE - DISCOLORATION - yellow
URINE - COLOR, - dark
STOMACH - APPETITE - increased (hunger in general)
MOUTH - TASTE - bitter
MOUTH - DRYNESS

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