by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Mania. Swelled, twitching face. Rosy red blotches on face and chest. Burning heat, < head and throat. Epilepsy; with priapism. Status epilepticus (Abs. Aco.). As of a bug creeping under skin about waist; < touch of clothes.
Related: Bell. Cic.
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Œnanthe Crocata 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.
“ŒNANTHE. Œnanthe crocata, Linn. Natural order , Umbelliferæ. Common names , Drop-water, Safran-rebendolde. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”
“Water Dropwart Epileptiform convulsions; worse, during menstruation and pregnancy. Puerperal eclampsia; uræmic convulsions. Burning in throat and stomach, nausea and vomiting. Red spots in face. Convulsive facial twitching. Skin affections, especially lepra and ichthyosis. Pains all over head, dizzy. Sudden and…”
“Œnanthe Crocata. Œnanthe crocata. Hemlock Drop-wort. (Marshy places.) N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of fresh root, at time of flowering. Albuminuria / Apoplexy / Breast, pain in / Convulsions / Cough / Diaphragm, spasm of / Epilepsy / Hystero-epilepsy / Œsophagus, inflammation of; stricture, of / Priapism / Puerperal…”
“Drop-Water ; Water Hemlock. Umbelliferæ. A plant indigenous to England, Sweden, France and Spain ; grows in moist places and swamps. The alcoholic tincture is prepared from the fresh root. It is mentioned by Hahnemann in a letter to Stapf in 1813. So far we have had no provings, only toxicological reports, which are…”
Kent's Repertory lists Œnanthe Crocata in 215 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MIND (28), EXTREMITIES (26), FACE (20), GENERALITIES (20), MOUTH (17).
