Materia Medica

Anatherum – Boericke

Anatherum
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(Cuscus-An East Indian Grass) A skin remedy of high order. Painful swelling of various parts, going on to suppuration. Glandular inflammation.

Head

Pains pierce brain like pointed arrows; worse in afternoon. Herpes, ulcers, and tumors on scalp. Wartlike growth on eyebrows. Boils and tumors on tip of nose. Tongue fissured, as if cut on edges; copious salivation. Urine. Turbid, thick, full of mucus. CONSTANT URGING. Bladder cannot hold smallest quantity. Involuntary. Cystitis.

Sexual

Chancre-like sores. Scirrhus-like swelling of cervix. Breasts swollen, indurated, nipples excoriated.

Skin

Diseased and deformed nails. Offensive foot-sweat. ABSCESSES, boils, ULCERS. Erysipelas. Pruritus, herpes.

Relationship

Compare: STAPHISAG.; MERCUR.; THUJA.

Dose

Third potency.