Oenanthe crocata

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

CEREBRO-SPINAL AXIS.
Heart.

WORSE

Injury.
Menstrual and sexual disturbances.

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.

Oenanthe crocata across the other classic books

Oenanthe crocata 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.
“ŒNANTHE. Œnanthe crocata, Linn. Natural order , Umbelliferæ. Common names , Drop-water, Safran-rebendolde. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“( Water-hemlock.) Botanical Description. — ''The (Enanthes are smooth aquatic plants, with compound umbels, variable involucres (often wanting), polyphyllian involucelles, white flowers on long pedicles inserted on the ray of the umbellule, hermaphrodite and sterile by abortion. They grow abundantly in the northern…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CENANTHE. (Enaitthe trociltt^ L. Hemlock water dtop-woit. Nat. Ord., UmhtUifrra. II. Poisonings. — i. In 1748 8 Irisb boys, having taken this plant for water parsnrp, ate several of ihc rools. In 4 or 5 h. the cidcrt fell suddenly on hi back and died in convuUions. Four other$ died in the same way, without having been…”

Oenanthe crocata in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Oenanthe 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).

SLEEP - DEEP - convulsions - between
SLEEP - COMATOSE - convulsions,between
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - coldness - of the body
SKIN - COLDNESS - convulsions,during
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - menses - during
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - falling,with
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - consciousness - without
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - epileptic
RECTUM - INACTIVITY of rectum
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION
MOUTH - SALIVATION - convulsions,with
RECTUM - INVOLUNTARY stool - convulsion,during
RESPIRATION - STERTOROUS - convulsions,after
THROAT - GURGLING,drinking,when,Oesophagus - convulsion,during
EXTREMITIES - CLENCHING fingers - epileptic convulsion
CHEST - PAIN - aching - Sides - deep inspiration
FACE - DISCOLORATION - red - convulsion,during
MIND - UNCONSCIOUSNESS - convulsions,with. - after
FACE - DISCOLORATION - bluish - convulsions,with
EXTREMITIES - STRETCHED out - Lower Limbs

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