by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
B. nigrescens. N. O. Fungi. Trituration.
Urticaria tuberosa
Poisoning effects show delirium; sunken features; violet colour of nose and lips; intense thirst; violent pain in epigastrium; meteorism; subsultus tendinum; urticaria tuberosa (speedily followed by death); cold sweat.
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Boletus Luridus appears in 2 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.
“B. luridus, Fries. (B. nigrescens, Pall., etc.) Nat. order , Fungi. Common names , German, Hexenpilz, Feuerpilz, etc.; French Fauxceps, or Oignon de loup. Preparation , Triturations. Authority. Delle Chiaje, Tossicologia, p. 143 (from Boudier, by Husemann, p. 158), effects of eating the roasted fungi. Delirium…”
