by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
; sour taste; sour stomach; acid belching; vomitus so sour it sets the teeth on edge or dulls them. Acid dyspepsia. Waterbrash. Burning in stomach and between scapulæ. Squeezing in stomach. Sick headache.
Related: Iris. Mag-c.
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Robinia Pseudo-Acacia 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.
“Robinia pseud-acacia, Linn. Natural order , Leguminosæ. Common names , Locust; (F.), Robinier. Preparation , Tincture of the bark. Authorities. APPENDIX. -Symptoms by T. L. Houatt, in Nouvelles Données de Mat. Méd. Homœopathique, Paris, 1866. Very low-spirited, 1. She could not support her head upright upon her…”
“Yellow Locust (ROBINIA) The remedy for hperchlorhydria. In cases where albuminoid digestion is too rapid and starch digestion is perverted. The gastric symptoms with the most pronounced acidity are well authenticated, and are the guiding symptoms. The acidity of Robinia is accompanied by frontal headache. Intensely…”
“pseud-acacia. Common or False Acacia. North American Locust. N. O. Leguminosæ. Tincture of fresh root bark. Tincture of fresh bark of young twigs. Trituration of the beans. Acidity / Coryza / Dyspepsia / Flatulence / Headache, gastric / Hyperchlorhydria / Indigestion, nocturnal / Intermittents / Neuralgia / Pyrosis /…”
“Locust. Leguminosæ. The common locust tree, indigenous to the southern part of the United States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh bark of the young twigs. Provings by Burt, Am. Hom. Obs., 1864, p. 61 ; Spranger, Am. Hom. Obs., vol. 1, p. 271 ; Ball (poisoning), Am. Hom. Obs., 1865, vol. 2, p. 327 ; Houatt…”
“Excessive acidity of the stomach; vomits substance that sets teeth on edge.”
Kent's Repertory lists Robinia Pseudo-Acacia in 144 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOMACH (30), MIND (23), HEAD (11), TEETH (9), GENERALITIES (8).
