by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Hæmoptysis, from violent exertion of the lungs.
Dysentery.
Insufficiency, or entire want of secretion of milk after parturition.
Nettle-rash.
Burns.
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Urtica urens appears in 8 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.
“Urtica urens, L. Natural order , Urticaceæ. Commom name , Nettle. Preparation , Tincture of the plant. Authorities. All day a fulness of head and giddiness, like a rush of blood to the head (eighth day), 3. Fulness of head; sensation of rush of blood and dulness (twentieth day), 3. A dull aching pain in the head…”
“Stinging-nettle A remedy for agalactia and lithiasis . Profuse discharge from mucous surfaces. Enuresis and urticaria. Spleen affections. Antidotes ill-effects of eating shellfish . Symptoms return at the same time every year. Gout and uric acid diathesis. Favors elimination. Rheumatism associated with urticaria-like…”
“JOINTS, arthritic complaints, etc. WHEALS, hives, etc.”
“MAMMÆ. Genito - urinary organs. Liver. Spleen. Cool: Moist air. Bathing. Yearly. Burns. Stings. Snow air (Sep.). Stinging or stinging - burning. Urinous odor of body. Uric acid diathesis. Hæmorrhage. .................... White stool. Pinworms. Acrid urine, causing itching. Lithiasis. Swelled mammæ. Absence of milk…”
“Small Stinging-nettle. [Urtica dioica, the Common Nettle, has similar if not identical properties.] N. O. Urticaceæ. Tincture of the fresh plant in flower. Agalactia / Anæmia / Bee-stings / Burns / Calculus, prevention of / Deltoid, rheumatism of / Dysentery / Erysipelas, vesicular / Erythema / Gout / Gravel /…”
“Nettle. Urticaceæ. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant. Proved by Coxe, Jr., and Shaw, reported by Neidhard, Hale's New Rem. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sealding of arm , Wurmb, B. J. H., vol. 19, p. 146 ; Helminthiasis , Richards, H. W., Apr., 1870, p. 84 ; Richards, H. W., vol. 7, p. 260 ; Itching of scrotum …”
“Common name: dwarf nettle. Nettle-rash, with intolerable itching and burning (G.). Urticaria alternating with rheumatism (alternating with asthma- Calad.) (K.). Urticaria, worse after bathing (Phos.), after violent exercise (Con., Nat-M., Psor.), and from warmth (Apis, Kali-I., Nat-M., Puls.) (K.). URTICARIA, DURING…”
Kent's Repertory lists Urtica urens in 177 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (40), SKIN (32), CHEST (13), FEMALE GENITALIA (13), HEAD (13).
