Castanea vesca

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

Chestnut. N. O. Cupuliferæ. Tincture of leaves gathered in summer.

Clinical

Diarrhœa / Whooping-cough

Characteristics

Castan. has been proved by Dr. H. C. Houghton and three others. The following are the principal symptoms observed: Slight acrid feeling in throat. Desire for warm drinks. Abdominal walls sensitive. Soft stools of short, small pieces like chopped tape; accompanied with severe pain and rumbling; pain > by stool. It has cured whooping-cough, early stage, violent, spasmodic; very dry ringing cough. Very free sweat after drinking.

Relations

Compare: Am. bro., Mephit., Naphthal.

Castanea vesca across the other classic books

Castanea vesca appears in 5 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.
“Castanea vesca, L. Nat. order , Cupuliferæ. Common name , Chestnut. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves gathered in the summer. Authorities. MS provings of Dr. Henry C. Houghton and three others, with wineglassful doses of an infusion of the leaves. Head feels dull (fifth day). 10 A.M., out in the hot sun for one…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Chestnut Leaves A useful remedy in whooping-cough , especially in the early stage, with dry, ringing, violent, spasmodic cough. Desire for warm drinks. Very thirsty. Loss of appetite. Diarrhœa. Thick urine. Lumbago, weak back, can hardly straighten up. Compare: Pertussin -Whooping-cough (when symptoms return again…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Chestnut.) Description. — The common chestnut tree of the American forests. Officinal Preparations. —Tincture of the ripe leaves. Analogues: — Bromide Potassium (?), Drosera (?), Corallium {?). (No Provings.) Larynx and Cough. [I have found in all cases that it would, in from five to ten days, relieve the spasms in…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Chestnut. Cupuliferæ. Tincture of the leaves. Symptoms marked are those italicized in Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 3, p. 21 , from provings of Houghton and others. Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counselor, Feb., 1880. Slight acrid feeling in throat. Desire for warm drinks. Abdominal walls sensitive. An…”

Castanea vesca in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Castanea vesca in 17 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in ABDOMEN (4), SLEEP (3), HEAD (2), VERTIGO (2), COUGH (1).

ABDOMEN - RELAXED feeling
COUGH - WHOOPING
STOOL - SOFT
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING
ABDOMEN - RELAXED feeling - lying on back amel.
VERTIGO - LYING - back,on - in a cool room amel.
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - dinner - after
SLEEP - DREAMS - soiling himself
SLEEP - DREAMS - stool
VERTIGO - HEAT, - from - of - sun
HEAD - PAIN, - lying, - back,on, - amel.
SLEEP - DREAMS - disgusting
STOMACH - DESIRES - warm drinks
HEAD - PAIN, - sun,from exposure to
MIND - RESTLESSNESS,nervousness - night
RECTUM - URGING,desire
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation

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