by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
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Viscum Album appears in 4 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.
“Viscum album, Linn. Natural order , Loranthaceæ. Common name , Mistletoe. Preparation , Tincture of leaves (and berries). Authorities. Inclined to be violent, 3. Spectral illusions, 3. Insensibility, 3. Stupor, succeeded by almost entire insensibility, lying motionless, with her eyes closed, as if in sound sleep, but…”
“Mistletoe Lowered blood pressure. Dilated blood vessels but does not act on the centers in the medulla. Pulse is slow due to central irritation of the vagus. The symptoms point especially to rheumatic and gouty complaints; neuralgia, especially sciatica. Epilepsy, chorea , and metrorrhagia. Rheumatic deafness. Asthma…”
“Mistletoe. N. O. Loranthaceæ. Tincture of ripe berries. Tincture of bruised leaves. Tincture of whole plant. Aura epileptica / Chorea / Deafness / Dysphagia / Endometritis / Epilepsy / Labour, slow / Levitation / Lumbago / Menorrhagia / Metrorrhagia / Orchitis / Otalgia / Otorrhœa / Ovaritis / Retained placenta /…”
Kent's Repertory lists Viscum Album in 33 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MIND (11), GENERALITIES (10), EXTREMITIES (6), CHEST (2), COUGH (1).
