by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Dragging pains. Œdema. Sore; uterus, abdomen, etc.; bed feels too hard. Rheumatism. Neuralgia. .................... Heavy drag in urethra. Scanty urine. Cough from tickle in l. throat (Hep.). Sleepy; < during pain. Profuse sweat, without relief; THE MORE HE SWEATS THE GREATER THE PAIN (Cham.).
Related: Ap. Calc-c. Lil-t.
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Tilia Europæa 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.
“Tilia Europæa, Linn. Natural order , Tiliaceæ. Common names , Linden, Linde. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh blossoms. Authorities. Austrian provings, Œst. Zeit. für Hom., vol. 4, part 2, p. 380, provings made at different seasons of the year; 1 , E. H. Froelich, took an infusion of 2 drachms of the dried flowers…”
“Linden (TILIA EUROPA) Of value in muscular weakness of the eye; hæmorrhage o thin, pale blood. Puerperal metritis. Diseases of the antrum ( Kali hyd; Chelid ). Neuralgia (first right, then left side), with veil before eyes . Confusion, with dimness of vision. Much sneezing, with fluent coryza. Bleeding from nose…”
“Europœa. The common Lime or Linden. N. O. Tiliaceæ. Tincture of fresh blossoms. Dentition / Enuresis / Epistaxis / Leucorrhœa / Lichen / Neuralgia / Peritonitis / Rheumatism / Toothache / Urticaria / Uterus, bearing down in / prolapse of; inflammation of The sap of the Lime contains sugar, and the flowers an abundance…”
“Melancholy, disposed to weep. Vertigo, with staggering, and like gauze before the eyes. Stinging pain in the forehead, with heat in the head and face. Stinging in the ears. Bleeding from the nose; the blood is thin and pale, but coagulates quickly. Shifting pain in all the teeth, aggravated by cold water. Burning in…”
Kent's Repertory lists Tilia Europæa in 400 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (95), HEAD (60), MIND (32), FACE (19), SKIN (19).
