Eupatorium perfoliatum

by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica

Head

Headache and nausea every other morning, when awaking.

Soreness and pulsation on the back part of the head.

Heat on the top of the head.

Eyes

Great aversion to light.

Face

Redness of the face, with dry skin.

Mouth and Throat

Paleness; of the mucous membrane of the mouth.

Tongue covered with white fur.

Soreness of the corners; of the mouth.

Stomach and Abdomen

Vomiting immediately after drinking, and preceded by thirst.

Vomiting of bile, with trembling and great nausea, causing great prostration.

Tight clothing is oppressive.

Soreness in the region of the liver.

Stool and Anus

Constipation, with catarrh.

Morning diarrhœa.

Urinary Organs

Dark-brown, scanty urine, depositing a whitish, clay-like sediment.

Itching of the mons veneris.

Respiratory Organs

Hectic cough, from suppressed intermittent fever.

Cough, with flushed face and tearful eyes.

Difficulty of breathing, attended with perspiration, anxious countenance, sleeplessness.

Inability to lie on the left side.

Extremities

Upper. Heat in the hands, sometimes with perspiration.

Lower. Dropsical swelling of both feet and ankles.

Heat in the soles of the feet, in the morning.

Fever

The intermittent fever paroxysm generally commences in the morning.

Thirst a long time before the chill, which continues during the chill and heat.

At the conclusion of the chill, vomiting of bile, or every draught.

Pain in the bones (as if broken) all over, before the commencement of the chill.

Headache, backache and thirst during the chill.

Chilliness, with excessive trembling and nausea.

Aching pains, with moaning during the cold stage.

During the chill and heat, throbbing headache.

The chill is induced or hastened by taking a drink of cold water.

Great weakness and prostration during the fever.

Headache and trembling during the heat.

Vomiting of bile at the close of the hot stage.

The fever goes off by perspiration and sleep.

Coldness during nocturnal perspiration.

Distressing pain in the scrobiculus cordis, throughout the chill and heat.

During the apyrexia, loose cough.

Eupatorium perfoliatum across the other classic books

Eupatorium perfoliatum appears in 11 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Boneset. (Compositae.) Adapted to diseases of old people; worn-out constitutions, especially from inebriety ; cachexia, from prolonged or frequent attacks of bilious or intermittent fevers. Bruised feeling, as if broken, all over the body (Arn., Bellis, Pyr.). Bone pains affecting back, head, chest, limbs, especially…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Eupatorium perfoliatum, Linn. Natural order , Compositæ. Common names , Thorough-wort, Boneset. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. [The numerous clinical symptoms, from cases cured with the drug, are not here included; those wishing to learn its application to disease are referred to the original…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Thoroughwort Known as "Bone-set", from the prompt manner in which it relieves pain in limbs and muscles that accompanies some forms of febrile disease, like malaria and influenza. Eupatorium acts principally upon the gastro-hepatic organs and bronchial mucous membrane. It is a boon in miasmatic districts, along…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ACHING BONES. BREAKING, BROKEN, BRITTLE, ETC. CHILLY, cold DIRECTION of sensations, Up and Down HOLDING, being held, etc., Amel. LYING, on abdomen, Amel. MUSCLES ODORS, smells, etc., Agg. (Comp. Sensitive.) PERIODICITY SORENESS, BRUISED, SMARTING, ETC. (COMP. RAWNESS.) TIME, 4 A.M. to 8 A.M. TIME, 8 A.M. to 12 Noon…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“BONES. Stomach. Liver. Occiput. Bronchiæ. Muscles: Chest. Back. Limbs. COLD AIR. Motion. PERIODICALLY: 7-9 A.M. 3rd. or 7th. day. Lying on part. Coughing. Smell or sight of food. Vomiting bile. Sweating. Lying on face. VIOLENT, ACHING, BONE-BREAKING PAINS (Coccl. Pyro. Rut.). Bruised, sore ache, vomiting. Sore…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Boneset. Thoroughwort. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of whole plant. Anus, herpes of / Back, pain in / Bilious fever / Bones, pains in / Cough / Dengue / Diarrhœa / Fractures / Gout / Hiccough / Hoarseness / Indigestion / Influenza / Intermittent fever / Jaundice / Liver, soreness of / Measles / Mouth, cracks of /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Boneset ; Thoroughwort. Compositæ. It was recommended by Dioscorides for ill-conditioned ulcers, dysentery, and the stings of reptiles ; chronic fevers, obstructions of liver. --Leadam., B. J. H., vol. 8, p. 381. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Ophthalmia , Miller, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 66 ; Cracks in corners of mouth …”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Eupatorium Perfoliatum (Boneset) History: Every time I take up one of these old domestic remedies I am astonished at the extended discoveries of medical properties in the household as seen in their domestic use. All through the Eastern States, in the rural districts, among the first old -settlers, Boneset-tea was a…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: bone-set. Cachexia, from prolonged or frequent attacks of bilious or intermittent fevers (Ars., Chin., Ferr., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.) (A.). Painful soreness of eyeballs (Arn., Bell.) (N.). ACHING PAINS AS IF IN THE BONES, WITH MOANING (N.). Intense backache, as if beaten (Rhus-T.) (B.)…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Painful soreness of eyeballs; coryza; aching in every bone; prostration in epidemic of influenza (La Grippe). Deep hard achings as if in the bones, with sore, bruised feeling all over, back, arms, wrists, legs. Vomiting of bile between chill and heat. Chill 7 to 9 A. M. Hoarseness in the morning, with soreness in…”

Eupatorium perfoliatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Eupatorium perfoliatum in 619 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (114), STOMACH (74), HEAD (67), CHILL (57), COUGH (36).

CHILL - TIME - 7 to 9 a.m. - one day hard chill 12 a.m.,next - light one
STOMACH - THIRST - vomiting - before
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - broken,sensation as if - Wrist
PERSPIRATION - SYMPTOMS agg. while sweating - amel. - except the headache - which is made worse
STOMACH - VOMITING - bile - chill - after
CHILL - TIME - 7 to 9 a.m.
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Upper Limbs - bones
EXTREMITIES - STIFFNESS - Lower Limbs - rising,on
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Leg - chill, - during
HEAD - PAIN, - heat, - after the
BACK - PAIN - aching - chill - before
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Bones
CHILL - PREDOMINATING - morning
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - broken,sensation as if
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - chill - before
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - influenza,during
STOMACH - VOMITING - chill - after
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - chill,during
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - aching - Bones - chill,during
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sore,bruised - Bones

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