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Spigelia Anthelmia

30C / 200CSpigelia
Pinkroot · Worm Grass · "The Left-Sided Heart Remedy"
spig.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 A remedy with a strong affinity for the heart, eyes, and nervous system, particularly effective for stabbing pains and inflammatory heart conditions.
📖 Boericke writes:
(SPIGELIA)
Spigelia is an important remedy in and other diseases of the heart, because the provings were conducted with the greatest regard for objective symptoms and the subjective symptoms are by innumerable confirmations proved to be correct (C. Hering).
Has marked elective affinity for the eye, heart, and nervous system. of the fifth nerve is very prominent in its effects. Is especially adapted to , debilitated, , and subjects. Stabbing pains. Heart and . Very sensitive to touch. Parts feel chilly; send shudder through frame. A remedy for symptoms due to the presence of worms. Child refers to the navel as the most painful part (Granat; Nux mosch).
👤 Constitution
•, debilitated, , or subjects who are very sensitive to touch.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Very sensitive to touch.
introduction
Parts feel chilly; send shudder through frame.
introduction
Child refers to the navel as the most painful part (Granat; Nux mosch).
introduction
Pain beneath frontal eminence and temples, extending to eyes (Onos).
head
Feel too large; pressive pain on turning them.
eyes
Severe pain in and around eyes, extending deep into socket.
eyes
Forepart of nose always dry; discharge through chronic , with post-nasal dropping of bland mucus.
nose
Foul odor from mouth.
mouth
, involving eye, zygoma, cheek, teeth, temple, worse, stooping, touch, from morning until sunset.
face
; must lie on right side with head high.
heart
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for patients experiencing specific phobias regarding sharp objects.
Afraid of sharp, pointed things, pins, needles, etc.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
↑Better 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.

6th to 30th
Centesimal
📝For neuralgic symptoms
Primary Dosage
2nd to 3rd
Decimal
📝For inflammatory symptoms
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Pulsatilla Pratensis →
🔄 Compare With
Arnica Montana →Aconitum Napellus →Sabadilla →Cinnabaris →Naja Tripudians →Cimicifuga Racemosa →Cactus Grandiflorus →Cina Maritima →Teucrium Marum Verum →Spongia Tosta →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Spigelia Anthelmia is listed in 274 rubrics across 17 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 115 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Circulatory System51Head42Eyes32Nervous System29Face25Modalities21Abdomen17Teeth11Respiratory System11Fever7Stomach7Nose6Locomotor System5Mind3Ears3Generalities3Mouth1

See all 274 rubrics for Spigelia Anthelmia →