Stellaria media
Plant · Caryophyllaceae
The first mention of Stel. appeared in H. W., xxviii. 284. F. H. Brett gave an experience with the tincture applied externally, in the case of his wife to enlarged, inflamed gouty fingers-joints, and in his own case to painful, aching great toes. In each case a few applications removed the trouble.
Key symptoms
- Gout
- Liver inflammation
- Rheumatism
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid pains
Worse (aggravation)
- Mornings
- Warmth
- Tobacco
Better (amelioration)
- Evenings
- Cold air
- Motion
Chickweed
Induces a condition of stasis, congestion, and sluggishness of all functions. Morning aggravation.
Sharp, shifting, rheumatic pains in all parts very pronounced. Rheumatism; darting pains in almost every part; stiffness of joints; parts sore to touch; worse, motion. Chronic rheumatism. Shifting pains (Puls; Kali sulph). Psoriasis. Enlarged and inflamed gouty finger joints.
Head
General irritability. Lassitude, indisposition to work. Smarting and burning in eyes, feel protruded. Dull, frontal headache; worse in morning and left side with sleepiness. Neck muscles stiff and sore. Eyes feel protruded.
Abdomen
Liver engorged, swollen, with stitching pain and sensitive to pressure. Clay-colored stools. Hepatic torpor. Constipation or alternating constipation and diarrhœa.
Extremities
Rheumatoid pains in different parts of the body. Sharp pain in small of back, over kidneys, in gluteal region, extending down thigh. Pain in shoulders and arms. Synovitis. Bruised feeling. Rheumatic pains in calves of legs.
Modalities
Worse, mornings, warmth, tobacco. Better, evenings, cold air, motion.
Relationship
Compare: Pulsat (similar in rheumatism, pains shifting, worse rest, warmth; better cold air).
Dose
Tincture, externally. Internally, 2x potency.
Stellaria media. Chickweed. N. O. Caryophyllaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant in bloom.
Clinical
Gout. Liver, inflammation of. Rheumatism. Psoriasis.
Characteristics
The first mention of Stel. appeared in H. W., xxviii. 284 (June, 1893). F. H. Brett gave an experience with the tincture applied externally, in the case of his wife to enlarged, inflamed gouty fingers-joints, and in his own case to painful, aching great toes. In each case a few applications removed the trouble. Brett was led to this use by having heard a rumour that "chickweed poultices" were good for gouty joints. In the same volume, p. 560, F. Kopp published a proving of the tincture on himself. The symptoms of the proving make up my Schema. Kopp took frequently repeated doses of the tincture, and also chewed some of the weed. The pains induced were of a rheumatic character, and were so severe that they had to be antidoted with Nux and Bry. Kopp confirms Brett's observations in the value of external applications of Stet. Internally he …
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