Vinca minor

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

Skin.
Hair.

WORSE

After swallowing.

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.

Related: Ustil.

Vinca minor across the other classic books

Vinca minor 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 TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”
Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“This is one variety of the periwinkle. This Vinca minor contains a bitter and astringent principle, making it of service as a tonic, to use old school language, and also as a styptic to control haemorrhage. These properties it retains in potencies. For instance, it may be used for profuse menstruation or menorrhagia…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Finta mitur, L. Lesser periwinkle. Nat. Ord., Jfecyitacea. Proving}. — i. Dr. Rosenberg, in conjunction with Dn. Zitter and Buchner iireeon Burdach, proved the tincture, the lirst.natned in doses of from xo to , the others in doses of from 30 to 60 dr. No information given as to which rs observed the different…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“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…”

Vinca minor in Kent's Repertory

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).

HEAD - ERUPTION - eczema
HEAD - ERUPTION - crusts,scabs
COUGH - TICKLING - larynx,in,from
LARYNX TRACHEA - TICKLING in the air passages - Larynx,in
EXTREMITIES - ITCHING - Ankle - spots
EXTREMITIES - TREMBLING - Upper Limbs - exertion, - of mind
EXTREMITIES - ULCERS - Nates - burning
FACE - ERUPTIONS - moist - nose - septum
HEAD - HAIR, - falling - spots,in - and comes in white
NOSE - DISCOLORATION, - redness - anger,after
NOSE - DISCOLORATION, - redness - excitement,after
NOSE - DISCOLORATION, - redness - tip - anger,from
STOMACH - ERUCTATIONS - empty - beer,after
EXTREMITIES - SWELLING - Fingers - joints - first joint
FACE - SWELLING - mouth - corner of
HEAD - PAIN, - sore bruised,sensitive to pressure - Vertex - spots,in
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - drawing - Toes - cramp-like
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - crusts,scabs,inside - brown crusts
VISION - FOGGY - walking
EXTREMITIES - ULCERS - Nates

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Vinca minor across the other classic books

Vinca minor 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 TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.

“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…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“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…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“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…”

Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.

“This is one variety of the periwinkle. This Vinca minor contains a bitter and astringent principle, making it of service as a tonic, to use old school language, and also as a styptic to control haemorrhage. These properties it retains in potencies. For instance, it may be used for profuse menstruation or menorrhagia…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“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…”

Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.

“Finta mitur, L. Lesser periwinkle. Nat. Ord., Jfecyitacea. Proving}. — i. Dr. Rosenberg, in conjunction with Dn. Zitter and Buchner iireeon Burdach, proved the tincture, the lirst.natned in doses of from xo to , the others in doses of from 30 to 60 dr. No information given as to which rs observed the different…”

Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.

“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…”