by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Weak and faint, as if to die. .................... Foul, matted hair. Cutting in lower œsophagus. Menorrhagia; blood flows and flows, with weakness. Weeping eczema intermingled with foul, thick crusts.
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Vinca Minor 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.
“Vinca minor, Linn. Natural order , Apocynaceæ. Common names , Periwinkle; (G.), Sinngruen; (F.), Pervenche. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant. Authority. 1 , Rosenburg, A. H. Z., 17, 41, four healthy persons took doses of 20 to 60 drops of the tincture. Sadness, with fear of death. Lachrymose. Peevish and…”
“Lesser Periwinkle A remedy for skin affections, eczema, and especially plica polonica; also for hæmorrhages and diphtheria. Tearing pain in vertex, ringing and whistling in ears. Whirling vertigo, with flickering before eyes. Spots on scalp, oozing moisture, matting hair together. Corrosive itching of scalp . Bald…”
“Lesser Periwinkle. (Woods and shady places.) N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Acne / Alopecia / Crusta lactea / Eczema / Favus / Neck, stiff / Nose, redness of / Plica polonica / Seborrhœa / Throat, sore / Uterus, bleeding from Vinca was proved by Rosenburg on four healthy persons, who took the…”
“Lesser Periwinkle. Asclepiadaceæ. A native of Europe, found in shaded woods ; cultivated in gardens, flowers in April and May. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant. Proved by Rosenburg, A. H. Z., vol. 17, p. 41. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Eruption on head , Schüler, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 268. Lachrymose…”
“Corrosive itching on the hairy scalp. Badly-smelling eruptions on the head, in the face and behind the ears. The hairs are entangled, as in plica polonica. Humid eruptions on the head, with much vermin, and nightly itching, with burning after scratching. The tip of the nose becomes red on getting the least angry…”
Kent's Repertory lists Vinca Minor in 124 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (18), EXTREMITIES (13), FACE (13), NOSE (10), STOMACH (10).
