by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
. Shooting or splinter-like pains. .................... Moisture (foul) at anus. Excessive pains at anus, continue long after stool; must rise and walk about. Fissure or fistula ani. Anus covered with crusts. Large, inflamed, ulcerated piles. Bunions. Swelled veins. Terrifying night-mare.
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Pæonia Officinalis appears in 6 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.
“Pæonia officinalis, Linn. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common names (G.), Pfingstrose, Gichtrose; (Fr.), Pivoine. Preparation , Tincture of the root, dug in spring (preparations from the root dug in August proved inert), (Geyer, Hygeia, 21, 305). Authorities. Slight delirium (fifth day), 7. Great nervous excitement…”
“Peony (PAEONIA) The rectal and anal symptoms are most important. Chronic ulcers on lower parts of body, leg, foot, toe, also breast, rectum. Rush of blood to head and face. Nervous. Vertigo when moving. Burning in eyes and ringing in ears. Biting, itching in anus ; orifice swollen. Burning in anus after stool; then…”
“officinalis. Peony. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the fresh root dug in spring (in autumn the root is said to be inert). Anus, fissure of; fistula of / affections of / Bed-sores / Breast, ulceration of / Ciliary neuralgia / Coccyx, ulcer on / Hæmorrhoids / Headache / Head, rush of blood to / Nightmare / Perineum…”
“Peony. Ranunculaceæ. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root gathered in Spring. Provings by Helbig, Geyer and Hegel, Praktische Mittheilungen, 1827, and Schelling, A. H. Z., vol. 28, p. 182. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Fissures in anus , Rafinesque, Hom. Cl., vol. 3, p. 40, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 218 ; Ozanam, B. J…”
“Vertigo on every motion, with constant reeling in the head. Dulness, heaviness, vertigo and feeling of heat in the head. Burning, itching and feeling of dryness in the eyes. Burning heat in the face. Tingling in the upper lip. Burning and heat in the throat. Tenacious mucus in the throat, inducing hawking. Pressure in…”
Kent's Repertory lists Pæonia Officinalis in 258 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (46), HEAD (31), RECTUM (22), SLEEP (17), EAR (15).
