Tuberculinum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

REGION

LUNGS.
Mind.
Head.
Occiput.
Glands.
Larynx.

WORSE

CLOSE ROOM.
Motion.
Exertion.
Weather: DAMP (cold); changing.
Draft.
Awaking.
Noise.
Mental excitement.
Thinking of it.
Pressure of waistband.

BETTER

Cool wind; open air.
Obscure

, changeful indications. Susceptible, given to relapses, increasing exhaustion and lowered vitality. Rapid breakdown (Lyc.). Takes cold easily; ends in diarrhœa. TUBERCULAR TAINT. Scrofula. Quiverings. .................... SENSITIVE; every trifle irritates; < awaking. Fits of violent temper. Dissatisfied; always wants a change; reckless. Fear; of dogs. Confusion. Shooting from over eyes to occiput. Head pains; deep; violent; tears hair or beats head, < motion. Brain feels loose. Sensitive scalp. Eczema tarsi. Sweat on nose. Old, dingy look. Aching malar bones. Teeth; feel jammed; sensitive to air. Delayed dentition. Dryness in mouth; in choanæ. Sticky mouth. Hawks mucus after eating. Adenoids. Craves cold milk, or sweets. Drum belly. Brown, foul, watery, explosive stools. Tearing in rectum on coughing. Bed-wetting. Sticky urinary sediment. Menses soon after child bearing. Frightful dysmenorrhœa. AIR HUNGER. Hoarseness, > talking. Dyspnœa, < cough. Cough; fits of; with chill and red face; < evening; < raising arms. Mucus rattle in chest, without expectoration. Pneumonia; of grippe. Asthma. Sore spot in chest. Heaviness at heart. Tension in nape. Skin:dry, harsh; sensitive, easily tanned; itching in cool air. Brown fingertips. Branny scales. Many enlarged glands. Dreams, frightful, vivid; of shame; awakes in horror. Chilly; yet wants fresh air. Cold feet; < left; in bed. Heat; on cheek of affected side; flushes of; in spots; burning; on genitals; < eating. Sweat; easy; cold; clammy; in upper parts; on hands; < coughing. Clothes feel damp. Wants covers in all stages.

Complementary: Calc-c. Kali-s. Sep.

Related: Pho. Pul. Sep.

Tuberculinum across the other classic books

Tuberculinum appears in 9 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Pus (with bacilli) from tubercular abscess (A Nosode.) Note : The potencies of Fincke and Swan were prepared from a drop of pus obtained from a pulmonary tubercular abscess or sputa. Those of Heath from a tuberculous lung in which the bacillus tuberculosis had been found microscopically; hence the former was called…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“A Nucleo-protein, a Nosode from Tubercular Abscess Tuberculinum is indicated in renal affections, but caution is necessary, for where skin and intestines do not perform normally even high potencies are dangerous. In chronic cystitis, brilliant and permanent results (Dr. Nebel Montreux). Of undoubted value in the…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE, weather, seasons, oncoming storms, etc. Agg. COLD TAKING EMACIATION 5 P.M.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Tuberculin of Koch. A glycerine extract of a pure cultivation of tubercle bacilli (human). Liquid attenuations. Acne / Albuminuria / Appendicitis / Asthma / Bones, caries of / Bronchitis / Catarrhal pneumonia / Chilblains / Cornea, opacity of / ulceration of / Dentition / Erysipelas / Erythema / Hæmaturia / Hæmoptysis…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“The Nosode. Fragmentary provings by Swan, upon M. B. B. with cm. ; Edna Rose, with cmm. Authorities :- Refer to New Organon, July, 1879, pp. 342, 439, 449 ; Swan's Morbific Products, 1886 ; Burnett's New Cures, 1885 to 1890 ; J. A. Biegler's Report ; C. F. Nichol's paper in Popular science News, April, 1891. CLINICAL…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“I want to take up the study of Tuberculinum. The preparation which I use is a little different from that which is generally found in the market. This preparation I procured through a Professor of Veterinary Surgery. In Pennsylvania there came a time when a handsome herd of cattle had to be slaughtered because of…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: pus from a (pulmonary) tubercular abscess. Persons with a history of tuberculosis in the family (Calc., Phos., Sulph.) (N.). SYMPTOMS EVER-CHANGING (Ign., Puls.), BEGINNING SUDDENLY, CEASING SUDDENLY (Bell.) (N.). LONGS FOR OPEN AIR (Apis, Phos., Puls.); WANTS DOORS AND WINDOWS OPEN (Sulph.), OR TO RIDE…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Cosmopolitan; never satisfied to remain in one place long; wants to travel. Wandering pains in limbs and joints; stiff when beginning to move; continued motion. Longs for open air, wants doors and windows open, or to ride in strong wind. Takes fresh cold on least exposure, can’t get rid of one before another comes…”

Tuberculinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Tuberculinum in 532 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (96), GENERALITIES (41), STOMACH (33), MIND (32), FACE (31).

SKIN - ITCHING - heat of stove amel.
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Thigh - fever,during
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - offensive - fetid - cheese,like
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Leg - fever,during
GENERALITIES - EMACIATION - pining boys
STOMACH - DESIRES - meat - smoked
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sore,bruised - Joints - motion, - amel.
FACE - DISCOLORATION - red - afternoon
FEVER - CHILLINESS - with - putting the hands out of bed,from
GENERALITIES - WALKING - fast - amel.
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation - perspiration,from - night
FEVER - SHIVERING - with - uncovering,from
GENERALITIES - CHANGE of - weather,agg. - cold to warm,agg.
HEAD - BORES head in pillow
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - tearing - fever,during
EYE - PAIN - turning - sideways
GENERALITIES - HEAT,flushes of - perspiration,with
EXTERNAL THROAT - INDURATION of glands - like knotted cords
EYE - PAIN - sore,bruised,tender - moving the lids - eyes
STOMACH - DESIRES - delicacies

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