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Mancinella

30CMancinella
Manchineel Tree · Hippomane Mancinella · "The Possession Terror Remedy"
manc.PlantRarePsoric
🎯 Acts primarily on the skin causing intense , blistering, and crusting, while also affecting the mental state and throat.
📖 Boericke writes:
Hippomane-Manganeel Apple
Skin symptoms most marked. , with excessive vesiculation, oozing of sticky serum and formation of crusts. To be remembered in mental depressed states at puberty and at , with exalted sexuality (Hering). Loss of vision. Pain in the thumb.
👤 Constitution
Individuals who are bashful, silent, and prone to sadness, with a fear of losing their sanity.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Loss of vision.
introduction
Sudden vanishing of thought.
mind
Fear of becoming insane.
mind
.
skin
Large blisters, as from scalds.
skin
Pemphigus.
skin
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental states involving sudden lapses in thought and deep-seated fears of insanity.
Silent mood, sadness.
Wandering thoughts.
Sudden vanishing of thought.
Bashful.
Fear of becoming insane.
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Sixth to thirtieth
Centesimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Jatropha CurcasCantharis VesicatoriaAnacardium OrientaleCroton Tiglium

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Mancinella is listed in 24 rubrics across 10 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 3 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Mind5Skin4Head4Female Sexual System3Generalities2Stomach2Taste1Mouth1Throat1Eyes1

See all 24 rubrics for Mancinella