Ustilago maydis

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

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

Epithelium: Skin. Hair. Nails.
Female sexual organs.

WORSE

Climacteric.
Touch.
Motion.

Tumid tissues, tending to bleed slowly. Dark hæmorrhage. As of a knot; in throat, bowels, uterus, etc. .................... Depression. Loss of hair and nails. Sticky secretion matting the hair. Milk crust. Masturbation. Menses half liquid, half clots or stringy; vicarious. The uterus seeps dark, clotted blood. Spongy cervix. Metrorrhagia. Acute ovarian pain. Burning in r. ovary; soreness in l. and of uterus; pains shoot down thighs. Foul, yellow or brown leucorrhœa. Pain under l. breast. Dry, hot skin.

Related: Asaf. Bov. Sec-c.

Ustilago maydis across the other classic books

Ustilago maydis appears in 8 of the 21 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 (Nosodes) — The specialized source record — nosode provings gathered beyond the brief entries in general materia medicas.
“Mind : Depression of spirits in afternoon. Very sad, cries frequently ; exceedingly prostrated from sexual abuse and loss of semen ; sleep restless. Could not bear to see or talk to any one. Irritability, being asked a question or to repeat anything. The day seemed like a dream. Melancholia ; depression of spirits …”
Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Ustilago maidis, Corda. Natural order , Fungi. Common name , Corn smut. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Corn-smut Flabby condition of uterus. Hæmorrhage. Congestion to various parts, especially at climacteric. Crusta lactea ( Vioia tric ). Very depressed. Full feeling. Nervous headache from menstrual irregularities. Aching in eyeballs, with much lachrymation. Uncontrollable masturbation. Spermatorrhœa, with erotic…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“DISCHARGES, vicarious”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“maidis. Corn-smut. N. O. Fungi. Trituration. Agalactia / Alopecia / Climaxis / Dysmenorrhœa / Fibroma / Galactorrhœa / Headache, menstrual / Masturbation / Menorrhagia, at climaxis / Menstruation, excessive / vicarious / Nails, affections of / Orchitis / Ovary, left, affections of / Rhinitis / Scald-head / Tonsillitis…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Maize-Smut.) Description.— The smut of Maize (Zea Maize), or Indian corn, is a fungus produced on the stems, germens, etc. It often attains a large size, larger than an orange. It is covered with a dark gray or brown epidermis, which bursts when ripe. The spores are spherical, minute, their surface covered with…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Corn-smut. Fungi. A fungus found growing on Indian corn. The tincture is prepared from the fresh ripe fungus. Introduced and proved by Burt, see Monograph ; proved by Hoyne, Trans. Am. I. Hom., 1872, p. 493. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Spermatorrhœa , Burt, Monog. ; Ovarian irritation , Burt, Monog. ; Ovaritis , Burt…”

Ustilago maydis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Ustilago maydis in 366 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in FEMALE GENITALIA (118), EXTREMITIES (26), BACK (24), MALE GENITALIA (24), HEAD (22).

FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - stringy blood
FEMALE GENITALIA - IRRITATION - Ovaries
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - passive
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - left
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - cramping - Uterus
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - dark
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA
ABDOMEN - PAIN - menses, - flow becomes free,amel.when - hard,steady
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - coagulated - expelled in paroxysms
FEMALE GENITALIA - HARDNESS - Ovaries - left
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - bright red - clots,with
FEMALE GENITALIA - INDURATION - Uterus - os
FEMALE GENITALIA - ABORTION - month, - third
EXTREMITIES - THICK nails
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - copious - menopause,during
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - gushing
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - pressing - Vagina
FEMALE GENITALIA - ATONY of uterus
FEMALE GENITALIA - ENLARGED - ovaries
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - labor pains - ineffectual

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