Bellis perennis

Volume I — Special Symptomatology

(English Daisy.)

Description.— The only Bellis (Daisy) indigenous to this country— B integrifolia; grows profusely all over the United States; has probably the 3ame properties. The B. perennis is a native of England. Officinal Preparations.— Tincture of the plant; infusion. Analogues.— Arnica, Hamamelis, (?) Rhus. (?) Leucanthemvm. A large boil on the back of my neck, (for the first time in my life,) right side, commencing with a dull aching pain; some difficulty and bruised pain in keeping the head erect; slight nausea, want of appetite, and a little giddiness in the head. Pain in the little finger of the left hand, as of a gathering; at the same time pain in inner side of left forearm, as of a boil developing; afterwards similar pain in right arm. A boil beginning as a slight pimple, with burning pain in skin, increasing until in six days' time it was very large, of a fiery purple color, and very sore; burning and aching pain in it, accompanied with headache, extending from

occiput to sinciput; of a cold, aching character. The brain felt as if contracted, with vertigo. This was followed by other boils. {From proving s by Dr. Thomas, in "Additions to Mat. Med." London, 1868.)

0 Boils, all over the body. (Dr. Thomas.)

° Bruises, with extravasated blood. (Ib.)

° Sprains of ankle and wrist. (Tb.)

° Whitlows. (Ib.) (Dr. Thomas used it in the same manner as Arnica.)

Volume II — Special Therapeutics

In Dr. Thomas’s additions to “ Homoeopathic Materia Medica” (London, 1868) is a proving of this plant. He recommends it as a substitute for Arnica. He thinks it will prove a specific for boils, bruises, sprains, whitlows , etc., used topically and internally. We have a Daisy (B. integrifolia) indigenous to the United States. It probably has the same properties. I have had no personal experience with either.