by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cracked, gummy crusts on scalp, exuding profuse, tenacious, yellow fluid, matting hair together; with swelled cervical glands. Milk crust. Eczema. Urine smells like cat's urine; involuntary in bed. Emissions, with vivid dreams.
Related: Rhus-t.
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Viola Tricolor 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.
“Viola tricolor, Linn. (Jacea). Natural order , Violaceæ. Common names , Pansy, Heartsease. Authorities. (Gross, Archiv für Hom., vol. vii, Part 2, p. 173). Special joyous mood; he was less ill-humored, and could not be easily discomposed (curative action), 4. Sad about his domestic relations, 3. Morose mood all day…”
“Pansy The principal uses of this remedy are for eczema in childhood and nocturnal emission accompanied by very vivid dreams. Heavy, pressing-outward pain. Eczema of scalp, with swollen glands. Face hot and sweating after eating. Much phlegm, causing hawking; worse in the air. Swallowing difficult. Copious…”
“Jacea. Pansy. Heartsease. N. O. Violaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Crusta lactea / Eczema / Enuresis / Gonorrhœa, suppressed / Gout / Impetigo / Leucorrhœa / Ophthalmia, scrofulous / Orchitis / Plica polonica / Rheumatism / Ringworm / Seminal emissions / Syphilis / Throat, ulceration of The Pansy was proved…”
“Pansy ; Heart's ease. Violaceæ. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plants gathered when in flower. Proved by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 10, p. 132 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Eczema , Bigler, Hahn. Mo., vol. 15, p. 36 ; Crusta lactea , Toothaker, Org., vol. 3, p. 372. Great dulness of…”
“Great dulness of the intellect. Low spirited about domestic affairs. Bad, morose humor, with disinclination to talk. Very sensitive and inclined to scold. Vertigo when walking. Heaviness of the head when raising it, which disappears by stooping. Burning stitches in the scalp, especially in the forehead and temples…”
Kent's Repertory lists Viola Tricolor in 520 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (91), HEAD (75), SKIN (71), MIND (47), EXTREMITIES (44).
