Homeo Encyclopedia logo
Homeo Encyclopedia
🌿

Scrophularia Nodosa

Q / 30CScrophularia
Knotted Figwort · "The Breast Tumour Glandular Remedy"
scroph-n.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 A powerful remedy for the treatment of enlarged glands, breast , and various skin conditions.
📖 Boericke writes:
A powerful medicine whenever enlarged glands are present. Hodgkin's disease.
A valuable skin remedy. Has a specific affinity for the breast; very useful in the dissipation of breast . Eczema of the ear. . Lupoid . swellings (Cistus). Painful . testis. . Nodosities in the breasts (Scirrhinum). Pain in all flexor muscles.
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for individuals, those prone to enlargements, and patients with chronic skin or breast conditions.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Eczema of the ear.
introduction
swellings (Cistus).
introduction
Painful .
introduction
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for head conditions involving dizziness, sleepiness, and crusty skin eruptions.
felt in , greater when standing; ; pain from forehead to back of head.
Eczema behind ear.
.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 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.

Tincture
Mother Tincture
📝Apply locally to cancerous glands.
1X
Decimal
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Conium Maculatum →Asterias Rubens →Ruta Graveolens →Carcinosinum →Lobelia Erinus →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Scrophularia Nodosa is listed in 25 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 5 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen4Female Sexual System3Skin3Head2Nervous System2Generalities2Ears2Eyes2Locomotor System1Male Sexual System1Modalities1Urinary System1Respiratory System1

See all 25 rubrics for Scrophularia Nodosa →