Fagopyrum – Pathogénésies de l’an 1900 – Robert Séror

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Pathogénésies
de l’an 1900
New, Old And
Forgotten Remedies
By Edward
Pollock Anshutz
Presented
by Dr Robert Séror

Fagopyrum

Fagopyrum
Dr. D. C. Perkins

Natural order

: Polygonaceae.

Common name

: Buckwheat.

Preparation

: The fresh mature plant is
rounded to a pulp and macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol.

The following paper was published in the Transactions of the
Homeopathic Society of Maine in 1895. It is by Dr. D. C.

Perkins,
of Rockland, Me.)

There is, perhaps, no well proven remedy in the Materia Medica, of
equal value to that, of which I present a brief study, that has been so.
wholly overlooked by the homeopathic profession.

There certainly is none which possesses a more marked individuality,
and which more fully fills a place by itself. It is safe to say that not
one in ten of those who, practise the healing art has ever used it or is
familiar with its pathogenesis.

Having not infrequently cured cases with it, which had refused to yield
to other remedies apparently well indicated, I have come to regard it as
among the important drugs in our superabundant Materia Medica.

Its effects upon mental conditions are marked by depression. of
spirits, irritability, inability to study, or to remember what has been
read, bringing to our minds :

Aconite, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Coffea, colocynth, Ignatia, Lachesis,
Mercury, Nux vomica, Staphysagria, Stramonium and Veratrum.

Its effects upon the head are deep-seated and persistent. There
is vertigo, confusion, severe pain, in many parts of head, with upward,
pressure described as of a bursting character.

The pain way be in forehead, back of eyes, through temporal region on
either side, but always of a pressive or bursting nature. For congestive
headaches it is as valuable as

Belladonna,
Glonoine, Nux vomica or Sepia.

In and about the eyes there is itching smarting, swelling, heat and
soreness ; the itching ; being especially marked and usually regarded as
characteristic. The last named symptom is no less prominent in affections
of the ears, as has often been shown in the efficacy of buckwheat flour in
frost-bites, or erysipelas of those useful organs, from time immemorial.

Here the similarity to

Agaricus
will readily be recognized. The
nose does not escape. It is swollen, red, inflamed, and sore. There is at
first fluent coryza with sneezing, followed, by fullness, dryness, and the
formation of crusts.

Nor is the burning absent which has been elsewhere noted. There is much
soreness and somewhat persistent pain from even gentle pressure.

The face is pale or unevenly flushed, with dark semicircles below the
eyes. Later, the face becomes swollen, hot and dry, as though severely sun
burnt, and the lips art cracked and sore.

The month feels dry and hot, and yet saliva is not wanting. There is
soreness and swelling of roof of mouth and the tongue is red and fissured
along its edges. The bad taste in the morning reminds us of

Pulsatilla.

In the throat, there is soreness with pain just back of the isthmus of
the fauces, a feeling of excoriation and soreness extending deep down in
the pharynx. The uvula is elongated, the tonsils are swollen and red,
there is a sensation of rawness in the throat strikingly reminding us of

Phytolacca.

Externally, there is scarlet redness of the neck below the mastoid
process, throbbing of the carotids, the neck feels tired, the head
heavy and the parotid glands are swollen and painful. It is unnecessary to
name the remedy having similar symptoms.

While the symptoms produced on the digestive tract are not
characterized by that intensity noted elsewhere, they are still valuable.
There is persistent morning nausea which should lead us to study this
remedy in the vomiting of pregnancy.

Contrary to

Lycopodium
and Nux
moschata the
appetite is improved by eating. The empty or “all-gone”
feeling at the stomach is like that of Sepia.

In the abdomen there is fullness and pain but no rumbling. Discharges
of flatus are frequent and annoying. The region of the liver is painful,
tender and there is aggravation from pressure, compelling the patient to
lie on the left side. The stools are pappy, or watery, profuse, offensive,
and followed by tenesmus.

On the male genital organs there is profuse perspiration of an
offensive odor. The urine is scalding, and pain extends from testicles to
abdomen.

In females the drug acts with force upon the right ovary, producing
pain of a bruised or burning character, noted particularly when walking.

There is pruritus with slight yellow leucorrhoea, the discharge being
more noticed when at rest than when exercising. So far as known this
latter symptom does not occur under the action of any other remedy.

In the chest we find a heavy, pulsating pain extending to all its
parts. This is persistent, and is worse from a deep inspiration. Around
the heart there are dull pains with oppression and occasional sharp pains
passing through the heart.

Pressure with the hand increases the oppression. The pulse is increased
but is extremely variable. There is reason to believe that

Cactus
grandiflora, or
Spigelia
are often given in affections of the heart, where Fagopyrum,
if given, would accomplish better
results.

On the muscular system the action of the remedy stands but in bold
relief. There is~ stiffness and soreness of all the muscles of the neck,
with pain, and a feeling as if the neck would hardly support the head.

Pains extend from occiput to back of neck and are relieved by bending
the head backward. There are dull pains in small of back, with stitching
pains in the region of the kidneys. Pains with occasional sharp stitches
extend from the arms to muscles of both sides of chest.

Rheumatic pains in the shoulders of a dull aching character. Stinging
and burning pains extend the whole length of fingers, aggravated by
motion. Streaking pains pass

through arms
and legs with sharp pains extending to
feet.

Pains extend from hips to small of back, and these also frequently run
down to the feet. In the knees there is dull pain and weakness, while deep
in the limbs there is burning and stinging.

There is numbness in the limbs, with dragging in the joints, especially
right knee, hip and elbow. Stooping to write causes constant severe pain
through chest and in region of liver.

This group of symptoms gives

Fagopyrum
a striking individuality and establishes it in an uncontested position
among the long list of remedies prescribed for rheumatic complaints.

Scarcely less important are the symptoms of the skin. There is intense
itching of the arms and legs, becoming worse toward evening. Blotches like
flea-bites appear in many localities, sometimes all over the body, are
sore to the touch and are multiplied by scratching. These eruptions are
persistent and the itching is intense.

Blind boils may be developed and attain a large size. The itching of
the face is especially marked about the roots of the whiskers. Itching of
the hands which is “

deep in”
is persistent and annoying, this condition being supposed to be the result
of irritation of the coats of the arteries.

The sleepiness is unlike that of

Belladonna,
Nux vomica, Sepia, or Sulphur, occurring
early in the evening and characterized by stretching and yawning. It is
not profound, and when the mind, is diverted the patient gets wide awake,
but soon relapses unless conversation is continued. In bed, sleep is
disturbed by troublesome dreams and frequent waking.

Aggravations

occur after retiring,
ascending stairs, from deep inspiration, walking in bright sunlight, lying
on right side, riding in cars, and when stooping or writing.

Ameliorations

occur after taking coffee,
from cold applications, from motion in cold air, and, from sitting still
in warm room.

Actualisé le mercredi 6 septembre
2000 pour

HI. Dr R. S.

Copyright © Robert Séror 2000

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