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Viola Odorata

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Sweet Violet · "The Rheumatic Cracking Joint Remedy"

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🎯 Acts specifically on the ears, eyes, and respiratory system, with a particular affinity for dark-haired patients and rheumatic conditions.

📖 Boericke writes:

Has a specific action on the ear. Affects especially dark-haired patients; supra-orbital and orbital regions; rheumatism in upper parts of the body when on the right side. Worm affections in children (Teuc). Locally, for pain due to uterine fibroids. Also against snake-bites, bee-stings. Tension extends to upper half of face and ears.

👤 Constitution

•Dark-haired patients; often those with a tendency toward hysterical or nervous states.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Burning of the forehead.

head

Scalp tense; must knit the brows.

head

Tendency to pain immediately above eyebrows.

head

Headache across the forehead.

head

Dyspnoea during pregnancy.

respiratory

Pressing pain in right carpal and metacarpal joints.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Indicated for frontal headaches, sinus pressure, and tension headaches characterized by a tight scalp.

Burning of the forehead.

Vertigo; everything in head seems to whirl around.

Heaviness of head, with sensation of weakness in muscles of nape of neck.

Scalp tense; must knit the brows.

Tendency to pain immediately above eyebrows.

Throbbing under eye and temple.

Headache across the forehead.

Acts upon frontal sinuses.

Hysterical attacks in tuberculous patients.

🔑 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.

1X to 6X

Decimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Caulophyllum Thalictroides →Pulsatilla Pratensis →UlmusSepia Officinalis →Ignatia Amara →Aurum Metallicum →Cina Maritima →Chenopodium →Ulmus Fulva

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Viola Odorata is listed in 48 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 12 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System11 Ears9 Respiratory System9 Head4 Fever3 Eyes3 Urinary System2 Modalities2 Nose1 Female Sexual System1 Nervous System1 Skin1 Abdomen1

See all 48 rubrics for Viola Odorata →