An Insight Into Plants

AN INSIGHT
INTO
PLANTS

Volume III

by
RAJAN SANKARAN

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 CONTENTS

VOLUME III

Page
Acknowledgements 1011
List of Contributors 1013
Introduction 1019
A Query and its Clarification 1021
Notes to the Reader 1041

PART-I
FAMILIES 1 TO 21 FROM VOLUMES I & II
Summary, Additions and Illustrative Cases
(1) Anacardiaceae 1045
(2) Berberidaceae 1063
(3) Cactaceae 1065
(4) Compositae / Asteraceae 1117
(5) Conifers 1147
(6) Euphorbiaceae 1193
(7) Hamamelididae 1217
(8) Labiatae / Lamiaceae 1247
(9) Leguminosae / Fabaceae 1265
(10) Liliiflorae / Liliidae 1289
(11) Loganiaceae 1309
(12) Magnolianae 1319
(13) Malvales 1359
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(14) Papaveraceae 1367
(15) Primulaceae 1383
(16) Ranunculaceae 1391
(17) Rubiaceae 1433
(18) Scrophulariaceae 1437
(19) Solanaceae 1445
(20) Umbelliferae / Apiaceae 1461
(21) Violales 1495

PART-II – NEW FAMILIES

Derivation of Vital Sensation, Miasms and Illustrative cases,
Differentiations and Source Words
(22) Brassicaceae/Cruciferae 1507
(23) Carnivorous plants 1537
(24) Dioscoreaceae 1637
(25) Fungi (Kingdom) 1657
(26) Piperaceae 1701
(27) Rosaceae 1741
(28) Rutaceae 1815

PART-III – APPENDICES
Plant Families: Differentiations 1845
Difference Between Sensation and Miasm 1850
Table of Plant Sensations 1851
Table of Miasms and Remedies 1862
Jörg Wichmann’s Chart of Plant Classification 1864
Index 1873
 Acknowledgments

I wish to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of my colleagues in the

writing of this volume.

Dr. Urvi Chauhan has been instrumental in putting the book together
and getting the cases and artwork. Her dedication and inquiring mind
have been a most useful asset in the making of this book.

Dr. Meenakshi Vaidya, Botanist, gave valuable expert advice on the plant
families.

Initial editing was ably done by Dr. Leena Sanghvi. Dr. Abhijeet
Nanawati and Dr. Sneha Patel made the final corrections.

We were fortunate to have the critical comments and, later, most valuable
editorial help from Ms. Julia Schiller. Corresponding with her helped a lot
in refining the matter.

Thanks a lot to Jörg Wichmann, whose work on classification has been a

great help.

Many thanks to my colleagues from all over the world who sent their
cases and provings, which we have incorporated in the book. These have
helped confirm and add dimensions to several remedies of the earlier
volumes and of the present one.

Thanks to Vikas Suri of Goodwin Graphics for doing such a good job with
the artwork in the book.
 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Alize Timmerman
Alize Timmerman has been in homoeopathic practice since 1980 and
began teaching in 1986. She established the Hahnemann Institute of the
Netherlands in 1988. Since 1992, Alize has lectured and taught
throughout Scandinavia, the European Union, North America, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and Israel. She works closely with other
teachers, including Jeremy Sherr, Jan Scholten, Corrie Hiwat and
Alphons Geukens.

Andreas Holling, M.D.

Andreas Holling has been in practice in Münster, Germany since 1986,
having learnt with Künzli, J.Becker, Vithoulkas, and J.Shah.
He has been applying the new method since 2001 and teaching it since
2002 in Münster and Münich.

Anne Schadde
Anne Schadde has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1984 in Münich,
Germany. She gives seminars in Germany, Switzerland, the US,
Australia, and New Zealand. Publications of her provings include: Ozone
in 1997 and Listening to Stone, Wood and Shell in 2004.

Bart Lambert, M.D.

Bart has been practicing since 1990 at Kortrijk, Belgium. He is a member of
“Samosa”, a Belgian study group. He organizes the Western European
Clinical Seminars (four so far) and also teaches a group of French-speaking
Belgian colleagues. He enjoys Homoeopathy, Athletics and Jazz music.

Bert Lefevre, M.D.

Bert Lefevre, now in Antwerp, Belgium, has been practicing
Homoeopathy since 1993. He teaches at the V.S.U. Homeopathy School of
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Belgium and is also a guest lecturer at the S.H.O. School of Homeopathy

in Holland. He is a founding member of the “Samosa” study group and
has been organizing Homoeopathic seminars since 2002. His website:
www.homeopathy-antwerpen.be

Divya Chhabra, B.H.M.S.

Divya Chhabra is admired for her “circle theory”, use of free association
in Homoeopathy and her work on the effects of different potencies. Her
keenness and practice in taking and solving cases makes her a popular
international teacher.

Deborah L. Gordon, M.D.

Deborah L. Gordon lives in Ashland, Oregon, where she has practiced
Homoeopathy for 15 years. She has trained at the Hahnemann College of
Homeopathy and taught there for ten years. She has also contributed to
Links and has taught locally and at National Center for Homeopathy
Annual Conference, as well as done radio interviews.

Deborah Collins, M.D.

Deborah Collins was born in Canada, studied medicine and Homoeopathy
in Holland, and now lives and works in New Zealand. She has been
practicing Homeopathy since 1985. Since the nineties she has lectured
internationally. She often publishes in Homoeopathic Links.

Gajanan Dhanipkar, D.H.M.S.

He has been practicing Homoeopathy for nine years at Thane and
Ambernath, India. He is presently pursuing post graduate studies in the
subject of the Homoeopathic repertory.

Ingrid Van de Vel, M.D.

Ingrid Van de Vel is from Belgium. She started studying Homoeopathy in
1998 at VSU and in 1999 started her practice in the center of Dr. Leon
Scheepers, where she is still working. Since 2001 she has been organizing
my video seminars along with Bert Lefevre. She was instrumental in
organizing my “live seminar” in 2005 in Belgium.

Jeff Baker, ND, DHANP

Jeff Baker has been practicing since 1981. For Jeff, Homoeopathy is
both a profession and an adventure. In 1990 he and his wife Susie
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created the Maui Academy of Homeopathy in order to offer advanced

clinical training. Under Jeff’s direction, the goal of the Maui Academy
continues to be to help homoeopaths improve upon their perception
and practice.

Julie Geraghty, M.D.

Julie Geraghty has been practicing classical Homoeopathy for 12 years.
She lives in Bristol and practices privately and at the Bristol
Homeopathic Hospital. She also teaches widely in the UK, as well as gives
seminars in Europe and Moscow.

Joanne Greenland
Joanne Greenland is a homoeopath working for 10 years in Jindivick,
Victoria, Australia. She lectures at the Victorian College of Homeopathy
in Mitcham, Victoria. She has learned from various teachers. She is
writing a book about the meaning of disease, which she hopes to complete
some time in 2006.

Jörg Wichmann, M.D.

Jörg Wichmann has been practicing Homeopathy for 12 years near
Cologne, Germany. Dr. Wichmann has also spent several years lecturing
and running a homoeopathic school. Prior to his Homoeopathic career,
Dr. Wichmann lectured and wrote as an historian. Information about
his published works and other projects is available on his website:
www.homoeopathie-wichmann.de.

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, LCSW

Judyth is the author or co-author of seven books on Homoeopathy
including the best-selling Ritalin-Free Kids. She has been practicing since
1984 at the Northwest Center for Homeopathic Medicine in Edmonds,
Washington. US. Her website is www.healthyhomeopathy.com.

Laurie Dack
Laurie Dack enjoys a full time Homoeopathic practice in Vancouver,
Canada. Her study and practice of Homoeopathy have taken her to
Europe, India and the U.S. over the past 19 years. She now teaches in
Canada and the U.S.
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Linda Johnston, M.D.

Linda Johnston graduated from the University of Washington Medical
School in 1979, and began practicing medicine in Los Angeles in 1981.
Her Homoeopathic practice commenced five years later. Dr. Johnston is
the author of Everyday Miracles: Homeopathy in Action and numerous
other articles, in addition to giving lectures, interviews and case
presentations.

Mary Gillies, M.D.

Mary Gillies became interested in Homoeopathy in 1990, studying at the
Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, and now uses Homoeopathy extensively
in her NHS practice. She works as a General Physician Homoeopath in
rural Scotland. She has attended several seminars in Mumbai and finds
her practice of Homoeopathy continues to open and evolve in the light of
these new understandings.

Nandita Shah, L.C.E.H.

Practicing Homoeopathy at Quiet Healing Center in Auroville (near
Pondicherry, India). Nandita Shah has been actively involved in teaching
Homoeopathy in India (since 1983) and abroad (since 1991). Besides
pursuing Homoeopathy, she aspires to raise awareness about how each
one can take active responsibility for one’s own well-being through a
healthy diet and an ecologically sustainable lifestyle taking into account
the interconnectedness of all life forms on the planet.

Nancy Herrick, MA, PA

Nancy Herrick has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1975. Director of
the new Hahnemann Medical Clinic, she also teaches classical
homoeopathy to professional medical practitioners at Hahnemann College
of Homeopathy. She has also been lecturing throughout Europe, Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and the USA for twenty years. She is the author
of two books on proving: “Sacred Plants, Human Voices” and “Animal
Mind, Human Voices.” For more information, contact
jaffemarks@yahoo.com

Peter Stevens, M.D.

Peter Stevens is from Hamburg, Germany. He has been involved with
Homoeopathy since 1985, learning from Ananda Zaren, C.J. Müller, and
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the Bombay school. He has been teaching since 1999 and giving seminars
since 2002.

Rina Markovits, M.D.

Rina Markovits is an eminent Homoeopath from Israel. She heads a
school of Homeopathy there besides teaching regularly in Russia.

Roger Morrison, M.D.

Roger Morrison began the study of Homoeopathy in 1978 under the
direction of George Vithoulkas. In 1985 he was a co-founder of the
Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, California. His books
include: Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms,
Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology, Carbon: Organic Compounds
and Hydrocarbon Remedies in Homeopathy.

Richard Moskowitz, M. D.
Richard Moskowitz lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. He has
practiced classical Homoeopathy since 1974. Has given seminars in
California, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Ohio and has
lectured at annual conferences of LIGA and the Society of Homeopaths
(UK, Ireland). He is also, a member of NCH, AIH, LIGA. The books:
Resonance: The Homeopathic Point of View and Homeopathic Medicines
for Pregnancy and Childbirth are among Dr. Moskowitz’s publications.

Sunil Anand, L.C.E.H.

Sunil Anand is best known for his keen observation and unique approach
in the normally difficult area of pediatric cases. He has recently re-located
to the city of Pune where he practices, teaches at the D.S. Homoeopathic
Medical College and heads a clinic in Pediatrics in Homoeopathy.

Sudhir Baldota, B.H.M.S.

Sudhir Baldota is a teacher of international repute, best known for his
case taking process.

Sujit Chatterjee, D.H.M.S.

Sujit Chatterjee has been practicing Homoeopathy since 1983. He is one
of the core teachers of the Bombay School of Homoeopathy. He has also
used 50 millesimal potency brilliantly in his practice and conducted
provings of remedies like Uranium nitrate, Ficus religiosa, Ficus indica,
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and Chocolate. Dr. Chatterjee has given several international seminars in

countries including the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Germany,
and the UK.

Sonja Macough
Sonja Macough graduated from the School of Classical Homoeopathy in
Hamburg, Germany, in the spring of 2002. She has been practicing for
almost four years.

Urvi Chauhan, B.H.M.S.

Combination approach of Homoeopathy along with Yoga has been her
asset. Her contributions so far include the present book where she has
transformed Dr. Sankaran’s ideas into this book form, conducts various
courses and seminars in homoeopathy for national and international
students under the banner of HRC and otherwise along with her
husband. Her website is www.homeohome.com
 INTRODUCTION

The discovery of the sensation level, which is deeper than the delusion
level, came because that was the only way in which the plant families
could be understood. The discovery of the seven levels completely
revolutionized the whole process of taking cases and opened up new
horizons in practice. This has been elucidated in the book The Sensation
in Homoeopathy.

The earlier two volumes of An Insight Into Plants described twenty-one

families with how to come to the common sensation of each family and
how each remedy in a family could be classified into a specific miasm,
thus making a kind of grid of the families and miasms enabling
practitioners to choose a remedy. Consequent to the publication of these
volumes, several colleagues from different parts of the world have applied
these remedies using this method in their practice with very encouraging
results. They have been sharing their cases with me and these cases along
with my own have not only helped to confirm the ideas in the earlier
volumes but they have also made the understanding of these families
clearer and more comprehensive. We also could add some more remedies
into the tables thus filling some of the gaps.

I felt it would be really worthwhile to bring out these cases along with
the more updated understanding in a book form. Meanwhile, the
understanding of some other families has been developing and getting
confirmed in practice. And there was a demand that a third volume of
Insight be brought out with the newer families.

The volume that is presently in your hands includes the more updated
understanding of the earlier families along with some illustrative cases,
especially of rare remedies, from myself and my colleagues as well as new
families with their sensations, miasms and illustrative cases. I have
included my own comments for many of these cases. I have also included
“Alert words” / “Source words” for all families including the families from
the previous volumes. These words are very useful in practice.
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At the end of the book, I have included a table of all the families with
their Sensation, Active reactions, Passive reactions, and Compensation;
there is also a Miasms and Remedies table.
A new reader is strongly advised to read the books The Sensation in
Homoeopathy and An Insight Into Plants Volumes I and II before
embarking on this volume in order to have a sound foundation in this new
methodology.
I have noticed that many beginners and even some experienced
practitioners tend to read only the tables and not the text. I must strictly
warn that this is very risky. Understanding of an experience cannot come
by merely reading some discrete words. The words are very useful but
cannot by themselves convey the whole experience—its context and how
it can manifest in people. That can only happen when you read the actual
text, the derivation, the quotations from materia medica and cases. It is
then that you know clearly what the experience is and you are able
to identify it in your patients and also differentiate it from similar
sensations.
Without this groundwork, merely looking at the tables and prescribing is
often a recipe for failure. It is for this reason that volumes I and II and
now volume III have been written.
Only after reading these and absorbing them, can the tables be very
useful and effective.
 A QUERY AND ITS CLARIFICATION
In 2005 Homoeopathic Links published an article by Julia Schiller
entitled, “An Insight Into Taxonomy: A Companion to Sankaran’s ‘An
Insight Into Plants’.
I thought this book is the best platform to address the queries put
forward since I feel this topic is of interest to all the readers of the Insight
series. Hence I begin by reprinting Julia’s article from Homoeopathic
Links, Volume 18 (4/05), which is then followed by my comments.
Interestingly, while I was in the process of addressing Julia’s queries,
I sent her a draft of my comments to which she again responded.
I personally thank Julia for all her suggestions so far and also print what
Julia had to say in response to my comments.

AN INSIGHT INTO TAXONOMY

A Companion to Sankaran’s ‘An Insight into Plants’
Julia Schiller, New Zealand

Summary
This article provides an overview of plant taxonomy with other analysis
and commentary to enable readers to make better use of the
information in Rajan Sankaran’s ‘Insight into Plants’, published in
2002. Sankaran has made a convincing case that the taxon called the
family is relevant from the homeopathic perspective since patients
needing plant remedies from the same family share common
sensations. Most of Sankaran’s groupings are supported by
contemporary botanical classification, but five of the groupings are
problematic from the taxonomic viewpoint, probably because he has
relied on outdated sources to draw them together. His Conifers,
Violales, Hamamelidae, Magnolianae, and Liliiflorae groupings, which
are composed of plants sharing higher taxa in common than the
botanical family, are shown to have overlap, potentially premature
generalization and/or other problems. Continued work is encouraged to
address these shortcomings.
KEYWORDS: Plant taxonomy, Sankaran’s Insight, Vital sensation.
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Introduction
‘An Insight Into Plants’, published by Rajan Sankaran in 2002, is already
proving a useful and exciting work that enables homeopaths to prescribe
a wider range of plant remedies and to prescribe plant remedies with
more accuracy.
Sankaran convincingly demonstrates that the botanical classifications of
plants do have relevance for homeopaths. Specifically, patients needing
remedies from plants sharing the same family taxon are likely to
experience similar physical and mental sensations, for example
constriction on the part of the Cactaceae or vexation on the part of the
Ranunculaceae.
Some of the remedy plants have been grouped together at a higher taxon
than the family. For several different reasons, including the plant
taxonomy on which the work relies, five of these groupings are
problematic. Because the work lacks an overview of taxonomy in general
and proper disclaimers regarding some of these specific groupings, it can
be difficult for an uninformed reader to judge which family pictures must
be considered more tentative at this stage. There are also smaller
mistakes and omissions that need to be brought to light.
It is important, and I am sure Sankaran would agree, to regard ‘An
Insight Into Plants’ as a work in progress and not as received wisdom. My
aim in writing this article is to help fellow homeopaths to better wield
and refine this important new tool.

An Overview of Plant Taxonomy and Evolution

Scientists allot all known living things a unique two-part name made up
of the genus followed by the species, for example: Ginkgo biloba. This
scientific name, in Latin or Latinized words, allows international
researchers a common and accurate point of reference. Traditionally, in
addition to the binomial name, a species must be slotted into five other
taxa. In order of increasing exclusivity, they are the kingdom, division or
phylum, class, order and family. To make finer distinctions when
classifying, botanists can use intermediate taxa such as the suborder
or tribe.
Taxonomy changes over time to better reflect the evolutionary
relatedness of species. For example, two plant species which only share
membership in the plant kingdom have a much more distant common
ancestor than two which are classed in the same order. Molecular and
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genetic analysis now allows scientists to judge relatedness much more

reliably than in the past, when morphology and distribution, which have
often proven misleading, were the main tools of the taxonomic trade.

The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature governs the way

plants are given their scientific names. According to the code, the official
start of modern plant taxonomy occurred in 1753 with the publication of
‘Species Plantarum’ by Carolus Linnaeus. The International Association
for Plant Taxonomy maintains the code and holds periodic congresses to
adopt revisions. The most recent version of the code, the ‘St Louis code’,
was adopted in 1999.

In the classical naming scheme, the endings of plant taxa are inconsistent.
There is now a push for botanists worldwide to adopt the modern naming
scheme, which always uses the suffixes listed in Table 1.

Table 1: Modern Taxonomic Suffixes for Plants

Taxon Suffix Intermediate Suffix

Taxon

Division –ophyta Subdivision –ophytina

Class –opsida Subclass –idea
Superorder –anae
Order –ales Suborder –ineae
Family –aceae Subfamily –oideae
Tribe –eae

A contemporary botanical taxonomic system involves seven divisions of

living plants: Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Psilotophyta,
Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta and Magnoliophyta. Very few homeopathic
remedies come from the first five divisions, possibly because it is the
latter three that make up the dominant vegetation on Earth today. In
fact, the flowering plants (Magnoliophyta) alone make up 80% of all living
plants. With the exception of the Conifers chapter, all of the groups
depicted in ‘Insight’ are flowering plants.
The Magnoliophyta are the familiar plants most often cultivated by
humans for food, fibre, wood products and flowers. In the past, the first
step in classifying this group had sometimes been to consider whether a
given species was monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous (possessing one or
 Note to the Reader

(1) The placement of remedies within their respective families and their
higher taxonomical classifications have come from:
• Wichmann and Bolte’s Natural Relationship of Remedies (which
follows Arthur Cronquist’s taxonomical classification system)
• Mac Repertory

(2) Chapters for the newer families follow the following pattern of
presentation:
• Introduction to the family
• Derivation of vital sensation
• Derivation of miasm and vital sensation of each remedy along
with illustrative cases
• Summary of sensation and miasm
• Notes on differentiation from other families
• Source words/alert words for the family

(3) We have made additions to the miasm versus remedies charts in some
of the chapters. When the presence of a certain drug is doubtful, owing
perhaps to limited cured cases, we have indicated this uncertainty
with a ‘?’ in front of the drug’s name. For example, see Carduus
marianus in the Compositae chapter as well as in the ‘Table of miasm
and remedies’ at the end of the book.

(4) Abbreviations used in case interviews:

D: Doctor/Homoeopath
P: Patient
Mo: Mother
Fa: Father
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(5) Italics in the chapters are used to highlight pertinent phrases.

(6) Cases where the homoeopath’s name is not mentioned come from my
own practice.

(7) To convey my thought processes to the reader, some of the cases

have a “Comment” at the end.

(8) All dates mentioned in the case interviews are in the format:
dd.mm.yy.
 Anacardiaceae

PART I

FAMILIES FROM VOL. I & II

(Summary, Additions, Illustrative Cases)

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 Anacardiaceae

Also known as the cashew family, the Anacardiaceae

includes the genera Rhus (sumac), Anacardium, and
Mangifera. Plants such as poison ivy, poison sumac,
and poison oak which cause contact allergies from their milky
irritating juice are all in this family, but oddly enough so are the
plants from which we get some delicious foods. Economically
important species includes Anacardium occidentalis (Cashew
Nut), Mangifera indica (Mango) and Pistacia Vera (Pistachio
Nut). This family also gives us the garden ornamental plant
Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree).

Summary Anacardiaceae:
Sensation
Caught, Stiff, Tight, Tension, Stuck, Cramps, Pressing, Not
allowed to move, Restricted.

Passive reactions
Paralyzed, Immobile.

Active reactions
Stuck, wants to move constantly, Motion ameliorates,
Aggravation from sitting, Sedentary aggravates, Aggravation in
the house, Pain on beginning to move, Restlessness.

Compensation
Always on the move.

MIASMS
Acute

Typhoid Rhus toxicodendron

Malaria Rhus radicans

Ringworm Rhus venenata

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Sycotic Mangifera indica

Tubercular
Cancer Anacardium orientale
Leprosy Comocladia dentata,
Rhus glabra
Syphilitic

Source Words of Anacardiaceae:

Caught, catch, grasp, grab, hold, hold of, wedged, trap, get trapped in,
clasped in a vice, seize, snare, ensnare, capture, stuck, get stuck, blocked,
stuck fast, lodged, clutch, entrapped, anchored, clung, stiff, stiffness,
rigid, tight, tightness, tension, taut, inelastic, jammed, like a starch,
confining, ironclad, firm, inflexible, unbending, unbendable, unyielding,
stretched, firm, constricted, pact, compact, stretching tightly, limitation,
strain, sprain, freezes, cramp, cramped, pressure, restrict, limit, constrict,
immobile, unmoving, paralyze, motionless, cannot move, lack of
movement, stationary, at a halt, at a standstill, inactive, unfeeling, inert,
static, breezeless, stock-still, still, stunned, as if dead, free, motion
ameliorates, movable, freed, unchained, untied, liberated, unbound,
boundless, release, limitless, uncontrolled, uninhibited, flowing, loose.

CASES:
RHUS RADICANS CASE
Italics are used to highlight the pertinent phrases of the case.

CASE OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS

A forty-one year old woman first consulted me on 3/07/2002 for autoimmune
hepatitis for which a liver transplant had been advised.
I asked her to tell me what her complaints were.
“I am feeling weak, giddy. I used to vomit when I had jaundice and stomach ache.
I don’t feel like eating.”

D: What effect does this problem have on you?

P: Tension because of the liver transplant. I am worried because everyone says
that the liver is damaged. I am worried about the family.

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 Berberidaceae

Berberidaceae, also known as the barberry family,

includes Podophyllum, Caulophyllum, and Berberis
vulgaris as commonly used homoeopathic remedies.
Certain plants like Berberis repens bear edible fruits that are
consumed raw or cooked and are also used to make jams, jellies
and refreshing lemonade-like beverages. When combined with
sugar, the juice of these fruits makes a flavor similar to grape
juice. Berberidaceae grow in shrub or herb form.

Summary of Berberidaceae:
Sensation

Sudden, intense, rapid changeability at the mental as well as the

physical level.

Passive reactions
Confusion; Dullness; Prostration of mind; Confusion of identity;
Confusion from interruption.

Active reactions
Rapid change of location and character.

Compensation
Easily adaptable to changing situation; Able to change quickly
according to the situation.

MIASMS
Acute
Typhoid Podophyllum peltatum
Malaria Berberis vulgaris
Ringworm
Sycotic Caulophyllum
thalictroides

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Tubercular
Cancer
Leprosy

Syphilitic Berberis aquifolium

Source words of Berberidaceae:

Sudden change, intense change, rapid change, shift, sudden
transformation, sudden alteration, sudden revolution, sudden
modification, sudden variation, unpredictable, erratic, budge, uncertainty,
modification, variation, conversion, adjustment, unsettled, unreliable,
unstable, unfixed, swing, undependable, fluctuate, oscillate, ebb and flow,
inconsistent, irregular, vacillate, capriciousness, fickleness, difference,
certainty, sureness, surely, for sure, absolute, constant, persistent, steady,
stable, certitude.

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 Cactaceae

The cactus plant family includes the prominent

homoeopathic remedies Cactus grandiflorus, Cereus
bonplandii, and Anhalonium that have often proved
remarkable in the face of heart ailments. These plants are well
known for their succulent stems, spines (which are actually
reduced leaves) and colourful flowers.

Summary of Cactaceae:
Sensation
Constricted, Made smaller, Shrunken. Contracted, Bound,
Trapped, Pressed, Downtrodden, Oppressed, Weighed down,
Clutched.

Passive reaction
Shrunken.

Active reactions
Expansion, Becoming bigger, boundless and released.

Compensation
Not affected by contraction and oppression.

MIASMS
Acute Cactina
Typhoid Carnegia gigantea
Malaria Cactus grandiflorus
Ringworm Opuntia vulgaris
Sycotic
Tubercular Cereus bonplandii
Cancer Anhalonium lewinii
Leprosy Cereus serpentinus
Syphilitic

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Source Words of Cactaceae:

Constricted, constrict, contracted, made smaller, shrunken, shrink,
trapped, pressed, clutched, clutch, weighed down, oppressed, press,
pressure, downtrodden, bound, cram, pack, tight, pack together, grasp,
clasp, grab, grip, compact, tighten, force down, compress, squeeze,
constrain, condense, get smaller, grow smaller, trapped, entrapped,
caught, entangled, snared, ensnared, webbed, clamping, stranded, shrivel,
bracing, confined, expansion, expand, boundless, released, unlimited,
endless, limitless, infinite, ceaseless, never ending, illimitable, vast,
without end, spreading out, get bigger, make bigger, becoming bigger,
growing big, huge.

CASES:
CACTINA CASE 1
By Jeff Baker
Italics are mine.

The following case is one that some will find controversial since, to my
knowledge, there is virtually no information about the remedy that was employed
in the case in the existing Homeopathic literature. Some so-called purists find it
very disturbing to hear that remedies are being given despite their not being
proven.
In Aphorism 3 of The Organon of Medicine, Dr. Hahnemann states “if the
physician clearly perceives what is curative in medicines, that is to say, in each
individual medicine (knowledge of medicinal powers), and if he knows how to
adapt according to clearly defined principles what is curative in medicines to what
he has discovered to be undoubtedly morbid in the patient, so that the recovery
must ensue... then he understands how to treat judiciously and rationally, and he
is a true practitioner of the healing art .”
Hahnemann did not specifically state that we are limited to the use of substances
that have been proven. His requirement (see the highlighted words) is that the
practitioner knows how to adapt to the individual medicine according to the
clearly defined principles. And that is exactly what was done in the case I am
about to describe. Using the known characteristic sensation of a particular plant
family and the depth of the pathology (miasm) as was indicated in this particular
case, a remedy was judiciously chosen. Therefore, I was adapting the use of the
remedy according to clearly defined principles.

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Violales is an order (taxonomic rank) that includes

various families under its domain such as
Cucurbitaceae, the squash and melon family (Bryonia,
Colocynth, Luffa operculata, etc.); Violaceae, the pansy and
violet family (Viola tricolor); Cistaceae, the rockrose family
(Cistus canadensis); Passifloraceae (Passiflora incarnata); and
Caricaceae (Carica papaya).

Delicious cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), squashes, pumpkins,

gourds, and gigantic fruits like watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
and muskmelon (Cucumis melo) are a part of Cucurbitaceae.
Tasty Papayas that belong to Caricaceae are also a part of
Violales.

Violaceae are well known in the world of ornamental flowers

because of the pansy (Viola tricolor) and the violet (Viola sp).

Summary of Violales:
Sensation

Aversion to being disturbed. At physical level – cutting, stitching,

sharp, lancinating, pinching. At mental level – vexation, chagrin,
disturbed feeling.

Passive reactions
Prostration, Morose, Avoidance of people, Averse to being disturbed,
Wants total rest.

Active reactions
Irritable when questioned, Violence, Malicious, Rage, Restlessness.

Compensation
Quietness; Calmness; Stillness.

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MIASMS:
Acute Elaterium
(Ecballium elaterium)
Typhoid Bryonia alba
Malaria Colocynthis
(Cucumis colocynthis)
Ringworm Viola tricolor
Sycotic Luffa operculata
Tubercular Cistus canadensis
Cancer Viola odorata
Leprosy
Syphilitic Passiflora incarnata

Source words of Violales:

Cutting, stabbing, lancinating, sharp, knife-like, piercing, disturb, interrupt,
disrupt, get in the way, interfere, upset, worry, bother, concern, perturb,
agitate, spoil, mess up, change, alteration, changeable, shift, undependable,
alter, swing, modify, transformation, conversion, adjustment, trouble,
fluctuating, variation, unsettled, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable,
unfixed, irregular, erratic, unsettle, bumpy, up and down, inconsistent,
undisturbed, quiet, leave me alone, stable, steady, permanent, constant,
invariable, unvarying, even, unchanging, sure, unwavering, definite,
smooth, firm, established, secure, lasting, durable, enduring, fast, fixed,
balanced, endless, relentless, unremitting, persistent, unbroken,
unceasing, unquestionable, undisputable, guaranteed, assured, conclusive,
certainly, for certain, positively, absolutely, dependable, reliable,
trustworthy, loyal, resolute, regular, irritability, displeasure, annoyance,
exasperation, rage, annoyed, vexation, violence, restless, malicious,
revenge, cruel, unkind, aggression, fight, hostility, brutality, spiteful,
quietness, calmness, stillness, calm, still, tranquility, composed, peaceful,
unruffled, up tight, worked up, frustrated.

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CASE:
VIOLA TRICOLOR CASE
By Dr. Julie Geraghty
Italics are mine.

A teenage girl born in 1989, presented in October 2003 with post-viral fatigue
syndrome.

“I had glandular fever in January this year.” Her mother interjects, “Well, you
need to start in November of the year before, when you were off school for a week
with a sore throat. Then, when we were in America at Christmas, you were
feeling tired and ill and you couldn’t sleep.”

“Well, I didn’t feel that well and I was really tired at the end of the Christmas
holidays. On the first day of school, I felt really ill and my throat was sore. I got
worse and worse and my general physician did some blood tests, which confirmed
glandular fever. My glands hurt under my arm and in my throat. My throat was
really sore and I kept on being hot and cold. Drinking things hurt my throat even
more. I slept a lot; it was all that I wanted to do. My throat felt swollen, it was
really sore to swallow. I had loads of catarrh and I still feel as if I have got a cold
now”.

Her mother says, “She does have quite a lot of coughing up of catarrh. She had
antibiotics for a week while we were waiting for the results of the glandular fever
test. Her throat was extremely sore, more than usual, and she has suffered a lot
from tonsillitis in the past. She has been getting tonsillitis since she was six years
old. She had it three winters in a row with white spots on her tonsils. She was
also worse at 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the afternoon. She would get a temperature and
go downhill. She would be very hot and even more lethargic around that time.
The next day she would be OK, she would still have a sore throat but wouldn’t be
so hot in the mornings. She always used to say that swallowing really hurt her
and she also felt sick with it.”

“Sometimes I would vomit, wouldn’t I?”

I ask her to tell me more about the pattern of her symptoms at present.

“I was feeling worse at the end of the school day after 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon
and I often fell asleep on the bus. Then I get sleepy again after supper. Now I am
sleeping very late in the morning, until 9:30 or 10:00 am. I spend the whole of
Saturday resting and on Sundays I go to the village for half an hour. Until last
month I have only been doing two lessons a day at school. I was going in at
lunchtime for the last two lessons. But I haven’t been at school at all for the last
three weeks.”

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Rutaceae is also known as the rue or citrus family.

This family includes fruits of great economic

importance such as sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis),
lemons (Citrus limonum), Mexican lime (Citrus aurantifolia),
sweet lime (Citrus limettioides Tan.), grapefruit (Citrus
decumana), tangerines (Citrus reticulata), Bengal quince or Bael
fruit (Aegle marmelos), Casimiroa or white sapote (Casimiroa
edulis) and Wampee (Clausena lansium), etc.

Citrus aromatic oils (Ruta, Galipea, Toddalia) are also used

medicinally.

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES:
Botanical name Common name
Aegle (A. marmelos, A. folia) Bengal quince / Bael tree
Angustura vera Angostura
Atista radix Ban Nimbu
Barosma crenulata Buchu
Citrus decumana Grapefruit
Citrus limonum Lemon
Citrus aurantium amara (C. vulgaris) Bitter Seville orange
Dictamnus albus / D. fraxinella Burning bush
Diosma lincaris Buku
Pilocarpus pinnatus / P. jaborandi Jaborandi
Micromelum pubescens Cemamar
Murraya koenigii Daun kari
Ptelea trifoliata Hop tree
Ruta graveolens Garden rue
Xanthoxylum americanum Prickly Ash / Toothache Tree

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(The remedy Aegle folia is prepared from the leaves of the plant Aegle
marmelos; whereas Aegle marmelos is prepared from the unripe/half ripe
fruit of the plant Aegle marmelos.)

COMMON REMEDIES
Aegle (A.marmelos, A folia)
Angustura vera
Pilocarpus pinnatus (Jaborandi)
Ptelea triofoliata L.
Ruta graveolens
Xanthoxylum americanum

DERIVATION
A MacRepertory search for the rubrics common to the members of the
Rutaceae containing not more than twenty-five drugs developed a list.
Those rubrics containing at least two remedies of this family are as
follows:
EXTREMITY PAIN; SORE, bruised; Foot; standing (1) (Ruta, Ang.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; THRUSTING; Elbow (2) (Ang. Ruta)
EXTREMITY PAIN; STITCHING; Foot; extending; upward (3)
(Ruta, Xan.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; CRAMP, like; Knee (6) (Ang, Xan.)
EXTREMITY PAIN; PRESSING; Thigh; bend of (11) (Ang, Ruta)
EXTREMITY PAIN; PRESSING; Thigh; outer side of (18) (Ang,
Ruta)
ABDOMEN; PAIN; cramping, griping; iliac region (22) (Ptel, Xan.)
The result we get in the above search is too general and it does not point
towards any specific clue for the vital sensation of Rutaceae. Hence, we
started studying various members of Rutaceae individually in order to get
its vital sensation.

In Ruta, we find:
Pain: choking, glands. (Complete)
Pain: strangling: glands. (Complete)

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APPENDICES
 Common Sensations

DIFFERENTIATION

Differentiation among Anacardiaceae, Cactaceae,

Cruciferae, Euphorbiaceae and Primulaceae
Common Sensations: Tight, Stiff, Unable to move

Anacardiaceae Cactaceae Cruciferae Euphorbiaceae Primulaceae

Caught locally Tight is like Block and Bound and Feeling of

and unable to being obstruction of unbound. lameness and
move, >change constricted, a smooth flow. Bound means paralysis is
of position. clutched and Unable to move ‘‘to fasten or from inside and
The feeling of shrunk by an and go forward. wrap by thus there is an
being caught is iron hand and Want to get encircling, as inability to
from the then released. over the block with a belt or a move, as if the
outside. Alternate or find ribbon; to muscles are
contraction and diversions. bandage; to lame and
Example:
expansion. Desire to walk hold or restrain paralyzed;
Rhus tox:
for long with or as if Unlike the
‘‘Desire to Example:
distance. with bands.’’ feeling of being
move’’ and Anhalonium:
Feeling like a in a prison or
‘‘amel, change ‘‘Everything is Example:
straight jacket of being
of position.’’ getting narrow Thlaspi:
that restricts, caught.
and shrinking ‘‘Impulse to
hinders and
and I have to walk far’’ and Example:
confines.
expand or I will ‘‘restlessness, Cyclamen:
Binding
disappear.’’ driving him ‘‘If I am not
completely.
This is the from place to able to go out
Like a prisoner
feeling of a place.’’ then I am
who is bound
spiritual seeker. prepared
from all sides.
‘‘As an to stay inside
individual ego Example: for a long
I am smaller Croton-tig: time.’’
and smaller ‘‘Sensation as
and there is no if hidebound
‘me’ left; and (tight). Tight,
out of that there sort of like a
is a spiritual mask.’’
expansion and
I am
everything.’’

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Differentiation among Cactaceae, Euphorbiaceae,

Hamamelididae and Rosaceae

Common Sensations: Compressed, Pressed, Expanding

Cactaceae Euphorbiaceae Hamamelididae Rosaceae

Pressure is like Here pressure or Pressure is like Pressure here is a

being constricted, compression means heaviness, a load sudden inward
clutched and bound. Bound means with dragging and pressure, pinched,
shrunk by an iron ‘‘to fasten or wrap being confined and suddenly squeezed
hand and then by encircling, as shut in. And the leading to
released. There is with a belt or a opposite is light, suffocation.
alternate ribbon; to bandage; free, flying and Pressure from
contraction and to hold or restrain floating. In within outward
expansion. In with or as if with Cannabis the and the effect from
Anhalonium bands.’’ Feeling like sensation is within outward.
everything is a straight jacket opening and Sudden choking.
getting narrow that restricts, shutting. The Pressure from
and shrinking hinders and question is not outward within.
and I have to confines. Tight so whether ‘‘I am Opposite of
expand or I will that not allowed to bigger or smaller.’’ suddenly pressed
disappear. This is move. Not allowed At the core of inwards is an
the feeling of a any expansion. Cannabis we do outshoot and not
spiritual seeker. Binding completely. not see the theme ‘expansion’.
‘‘As an individual Like a prisoner who of shrinking and
ego I am smaller is bound from all expanding.
and smaller and sides and hence the
there is no ‘me’ opposite is breaking
left; and out of free of boundaries.
that there is a
spiritual expansion
and I am
everything.’’

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INDEX

Abelmoschus hibiscus 1359 Alchemilla vulgaris 1741

Abies nigra 1147, 1148 Aloe socotrina 1290
Abroma augusta 1359 Amelanchier spicata 1741
Abrotanum 1118 Amygdalus (Prunus) persica 1742,
Acalypha indica 1194 1743, 1744, 1746, 1757, 1813
Aconitic acid 1392 Amygdalus communis 1742, 1743,
Aconitinum 1392 1757, 1813
Aconitum napellus 1392, 1394 Anacardium occidentalis 1045
Actaea spicata 1392, 1411, 1418, Anacardium orientale 1046
1419, 1420 Anagallis arvensis 1384
Aegle (A. marmelos, A. folia) 1815, Anethum graveolens 1461
1823, 1842 Angustura vera 1815, 1816, 1818,
Aethusa cynapium 1462 1820, 1822, 1824, 1842
Agaricinum 1663 Anhalonium lewinii 1065, 1102, 1113,
Agaricus bisporus 1663 1114
Agaricus campanulatus 1663 Anisum stellatum 1319
Agaricus campestris 1663 Annona reticulata L. 1319
Agaricus citrinellus 1663 Apium graveolens 1461
Agaricus emeticus 1663 Apomorphinum hydrochloricum
Agaricus muscarius 1660, 1663, 1664, 1368
1679, 1700 Argemone mexicana 1368
Agaricus pantherinus 1663 Aristolochia clematitis 1320, 1353,
Agaricus phalloides (A. Bulbosa) 1663 1356, 1357
Agaricus procerus 1663 Armillaria mellea 1662, 1663
Agaricus semiglobatus 1663 Arnica montana 1118
Agaricus stercorarius 1663 Asa foetida 1461, 1462, 1465, 1466,
Agathis australis 1147 1476, 1483, 1484, 1485
Agnus castus 1248 Asarum europaeum 1320
Agraphis nutans 1290 Ashbya gossypii 1662
Agrimonia eupatoria 1741, 1746 Asimina triloba 1319, 1320, 1323
Agrimonia gryposepala 1741 Atista Radix 1815, 1825, 1842
Alchemilla arvensis 1741 Atropinum purum 1446
Note: Remedies included under the ‘‘Appendices section’’, are not listed in
Index.

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Balsamum peruvianum 1266, 1284, Cascarilla 1194

1286, 1287 Casimiroa edulis 1815
Baptisia tinctoria 1265, 1266, 1277 Castanea vesca 1218
Barosma crenulata 1815 Caulophyllum thalictroides 1063
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) 1445 Cephalotus follicularis 1538, 1566
Bellis perennis 1118 Cereus bonplandii 1065
Berberis aquifolium 1064 Cereus serpentinus 1065
Berberis repens 1063 Cetraria islandica 1661, 1663
Berberis vulgaris 1063 Chamomilla 1118
Boletus edulis 1663 Cheiranthus cheiri 1507
Boletus laricis (Polyporus officinale) Chelidonium majus 1368
1663, 1664, 1672, 1676 Chelone glabra 1438
Boletus luridas 1663 Chichorium intybus 1117
Boletus satanas 1663 China boliviana 1434
Bovista (Lycoperdon bovista) 1663, China officinalis 1434
1664, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1670, Chininum arsenicosum 1434
1678, 1700 Chininum muriaticum 1434
Brassica napus 1507, 1509 Chininum salicylicum 1434
Brassica oleracea 1507 Chininum sulphuricum 1434
Brayera anthelmintica 1742 Chocolate 1359, 1360, 1364, 1365
Bromeliads 1538, 1566 Chrysanthemum sp. 1117
Brucea antidysenterica 1309 Chrysarobinum 1265
Bryonia alba 1496 Cicuta virosa 1462, 1474
Bunias orientalis 1507 Cimicifuga racemosa 1392
Butterworts (Pinguicula) 1539 Cina 1118
Byblis 1539 Cinnamomum ceylanicum 1319,
Cactina 1065, 1066, 1074, 1075, 1078, 1320, 1328, 1340, 1347, 1351,
1080, 1088 1352, 1353
Cactus grandiflorus 1065, 1074, 1075 Cistus canadensis 1495, 1496
Caesalpinia bonducella 1266 Citrullus lanatus 1495
Calendula 1118 Citrus aurantium amara (C. vulgaris)
Camphora officinalis 1320 1815, 1819, 1821, 1822, 1827,
Candida albicans (Monilia albicans) 1842
1661, 1663, 1666, 1669 Citrus decumana 1815
Candida parapsilosis 1661 Citrus limettioides Tan. 1815
Cannabis indica 1218, 1233, 1240, Citrus limonum 1815, 1826, 1842
1242 Citrus reticulata 1815
Cannabis sativa 1217, 1218 Citrus sinensis 1815
Capsicum annuum 1445, 1446 Cladonia pyxidata 1661, 1663
Cardamine pratensis 1507, 1512 Clausena lansium 1815
Carduus marianus 1118, 1119, 1123, Clematis erecta 1392
1124, 1125, 1126 Cochlearia armoracia 1507, 1509,
Carnegia gigantea 1065 1510, 1527, 1529, 1535
Carthamus 1117 Cochlearia officinalis 1507, 1510

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Codeinum 1368 Dulcamara (Solanum dulcamarum)

Coffea cruda 1434 1446
Coffeinum 1434
Echinacea augustifolia 1118
Colchicum autumnale 1290
Elaterium (Ecballium elaterium)
Collinsonia canadensis 1248
1496
Colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis)
Elm (Ulmus procera) 1218
1496
Ergotinum 1663
Comocladia dentata 1046
Eupatorium perfoliatum 1118
Conium maculatum 1462
Euphorbia pulcherrima 1193
Copaiva officinalis 1265
Euphorbium 1194
Cordyceps sp. 1663
Euphrasia officinalis 1437
Coriandrum sativum 1461, 1462
Corydalis formosa 1368 Fabiana imbricata 1446
Cotinus coggygria 1045 Fagus sylvatica 1218, 1219, 1220,
Crataegus oxyacantha 1742, 1743, 1221, 1226, 1227, 1232
1744, 1811, 1813 Ficus elastica 1217
Crataegus succulenta 1742 Ficus indicus 1217, 1218
Crocus sativus 1289, 1290 Ficus religiosa 1217
Croton tiglium 1194 Foeniculum vulgare 1461
Cubeba officinalis (Piper cubeba) Fragaria vesca 1742, 1743, 1748
1701, 1703, 1705, 1735, 1737 Franciscea uniflora 1446
Cucumis melo 1495 Fumaria officinalis 1368
Cucumis sativus 1495 Fungus japonicus 1663
Cuminum cyminum 1461
Curare 1309, 1310 Galium aparine 1434
Cyclamen europaeum 1384 Galium odoratum 1433
Gelsemium sempervirens 1310
Darlingtonia californica 1538, 1566
Daucus carotis 1461 Geum rivale 1742
Dematium petraeum 1659, 1663 Geum urbanum 1742
Dentaria diphylla 1507 Gossypium herbaceum 1359
Dictamnus albus/D. fraxinella 1815 Gratiola officinalis 1438
Digitalinum 1437 Guatteria 1319
Digitalis purpurea 1438, 1442, 1443 Hamamelis virginiana 1218, 1243,
Dionaea muscipula 1538, 1540, 1245, 1246
1564 Heliamphora spp. 1538
Dioscorea villosa 1637, 1648, 1649, Helianthus annuus 1117
1653, 1654, 1655, 1656 Helleborus niger 1392
Diosgenin 1637 Helonias dioica 1290
Diosma lincaris 1815 Hevea brasiliensis 1193
Drosera rotundifolia 1539, 1540, Hoang nan 1310
1542, 1591, 1618, 1619, 1620, Humulus lupulus 1217
1624, 1625, 1626, 1631, 1632, Hura brasiliensis 1194
1635 Hydrastis canadensis 1392

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Hydrocotyle asiatica 1462
Hydrocyanicum acidum 1742
Hyoscyamus niger 1445
Iberis amara 1507, 1509, 1510, 1519,
1522, 1523, 1525, 1526, 1535
Ignatia amara 1310
Indigofera tinctoria 1265
Inula helenium 1118, 1136, 1140,
1144
Ipecacuanha 1433, 1434, 1436
Jatropha curcas 1193
Juglans cinerea 1218, 1232
Juglans regia 1217, 1218
Lactuca sativa 1117
Lactuca virosa 1118
Lamium album 1248
Lappa arctium 1118
Lathyrus sativus 1266
Laurocerasus officinalis 1742, 1744,
1747, 1788, 1789, 1797, 1798,
1799, 1809, 1813
Lavandula officinalis 1247
Lentinula edodes 1663
Lepidium bonariense 1507, 1511,
1512, 1535
Lepidium virigicum 1507
Lepista nuda 1663
Leptandra virginica 1438
Lilium tigrinum 1290, 1300, 1305,
1306, 1307
Liriodendron tulipifera 1319
Luffa operculata 1495, 1496
Lycopersicum esculentum 1445
Lycopus virginicus 1248, 1250, 1251
Lysimachia nummularia 1383, 1384,
1386, 1388, 1389, 1390
Magnolia grandiflora 1319, 1320
Malus domestica 1742
Malus sylvestris (crb-a-B) 1742
Mancinella 1194
Mandragora officinalis 1446
Mangifera indica 1045, 1046, 1059,
1061
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Manihot esculenta 1193
Matico (Piper angustifolium) 1701,
1703, 1708, 1737
Matthiola graeca 1507
Melilotus officinalis 1265
Mentha viridis 1247
Mentholum 1247, 1248
Mercurialis perennis 1194
Micromelum pubescens 1815
Morphinum purum 1368
Morphinum sulphuricum 1368
Murraya koenigii 1815
Muscarinum 1664, 1672, 1700
Myrica cerifera 1218
Myristica sebifera 1319, 1320
Nasturtium aquaticum 1508
Nasturtium officinale 1508
Nepenthes distillatoria 1540, 1543,
1633, 1635
Nicotiana tabacum 1445, 1446
Nicotinum 1445
Nux moschata 1319, 1320, 1322
Nux vomica 1309
Ocimum sanctum 1247, 1248
Oenanthe crocata 1462
Opium (Papaver somniferum) 1367,
1368
Opuntia vulgaris 1065, 1089, 1098
Origanum majorana 1248
Origanum vulgare, Linn. 1247
Ornithogalum umbellatum 1290
Paris quadrifolia 1289
Passiflora incarnata 1495, 1496
Pastinaca sativa 1461
Penicillinum 1662, 1664
Penicillium glaucum 1664
Peperomia pellucida 1702
Persea americana 1319
Petroselinum sativum/Apium
petroselinum 1461
Phallus impudicus 1664
Phellandrium aquaticum 1462

Physostigma venenosum 1266
Pilocarpus pinnatus (Jaborandi)
1815, 1816, 1821, 1841, 1842
Pimpinella anisum 1461
Pinus sylvestris 1147
Piper betel L 1701
Piper methysticum 1701, 1702, 1704,
1705, 1714, 1731, 1734, 1735,
1737
Piper nigrum 1701, 1702, 1704, 1706,
1709, 1713, 1714, 1737
Piper sarmentosum 1702
Piper umbellatum 1702
Pistacia Vera 1045
Pix liquida 1147, 1148
Podophyllum peltatum 1063
Polyporus nigricans 1664
Polyporus pinicola (Boletus pinicola)
1664
Potentilla anserina 1742
Potentilla canadensis 1742
Potentilla norvegica 1742
Potentilla palustris 1742
Potentilla recta 1742
Potentilla tormentilla 1742
Prunus cerasifera 1742, 1778, 1788,
1813
Prunus padus 1742, 1745, 1747
Prunus spinosa 1742, 1743, 1744,
1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1758,
1759, 1760, 1761, 1813
Prunus virginiana 1742
Pseudotsuga menziesii 1147, 1148,
1152
Psilocybe mexicana 1664
Ptelea trifoliata 1815, 1816, 1825,
1842
Pulsatilla pratensis (Pulsatilla
nigricans) 1392, 1420, 1424, 1425
Pyrus americanus 1742, 1743, 1745,
1746, 1747, 1756, 1813
Quercus robur 1217
Quillaya saponaria 1742
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Index
Rajania subsamarata 1637, 1655,
1656
Ranunculus bulbosus 1392, 1395,
1410
Raphanus sativus 1507, 1508, 1509,
1511, 1533, 1535
Rhus glabra 1046
Rhus radicans 1045, 1046, 1050,
1053, 1055
Rhus toxicodendron 1045
Rhus venenata 1045
Ricinus communis 1193
Robinia pseudacacia 1265
Rosa californica 1742
Rosa canina 1742
Rosa damascena 1743, 1761, 1768,
1813
Rosa gallica 1743
Rosa palustris 1743
Rosa St. Francis 1743
Russula foetens 1664
Ruta graveolens 1815, 1816, 1817,
1819, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1842
Sabadilla 1290
Sabina 1147, 1148, 1174, 1176, 1178,
1186, 1188, 1190
Sanguinaria canadensis 1368, 1369,
1372, 1373, 1374, 1376, 1377
Sanguinarinum nitricum 1368
Sanguisorba officinalis 1743
Sarracenia purpurea 1540, 1541,
1544, 1545, 1566, 1568, 1575,
1581, 1582, 1635
Sarsaparilla officinalis 1290
Scrophularia nodosa 1438
Secale cornutum (Claviceps purpurea)
1664, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669,
1697, 1698, 1699, 1700
Senecio aureus 1118, 1127, 1132, 1133
Sequoia sempervirens 1147
Sinapis alba 1508, 1510, 1513, 1514,
1518, 1535
Sinapis arvensis 1508
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Sinapis nigra/Brassica nigra 1508, Thiosinaminum 1508, 1510, 1511,

1510, 1511, 1513, 1535 1512, 1530, 1532, 1533, 1535
Sisymbrium officinale 1508 Thlaspi bursa-pastoris,(Capsella
Solanum melongena 1445 bursa pastoris) 1508, 1510, 1529,
Solanum tuberosum aegrotans 1530, 1535
(Peronospora infestans) 1662, Thuja occidentalis 1147, 1148, 1153,
1664, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1691, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1169,
1692, 1695, 1700 1170, 1172
Solidago 1117 Thymus vulgaris, Linn. 1247
Sorbus aucuparia 1743 Tilia europaea 1359
Spigelia anthelmia 1310 Torula cerevisiae (Saccharomyces
Spiraea ulmaria 1743, 1745 cerevisiae) 1661, 1664
Staphisagria 1392, 1417, 1427, 1429, Upas tieute 1310
1431, 1432 Urtica urens 1217
Sterculia acuminata (Kola nut) 1360 Usnea barbata 1661, 1664
Sticta pulmonaria 1661 Ustilago maydis 1660, 1664, 1666,
Stillingia sylvatica 1194 1669, 1690, 1700
Stramonium (Datura Utricularia gibba 1540
Stramonium) 1445, 1446, 1459
Strychninum purum 1309 Veratrum album 1289
Succinicum acidum 1368 Veratrum viride 1289
Sumbulus moschatus 1462 Verbascum densiflorum (thapsiforme)
1438
Tabacum (Nicotiana tabacum) 1446, Veronica americana 1437
1424 Veronica officinalis 1438
Tamarindus indica 1265 Vesicaria communis 1508
Tamus communis 1637 Viola odorata 1496
Taraxacum 1117, 1118, 1119, 1123 Viola tricolor 1495, 1496, 1497, 1501
Taxus baccata 1147
Terebinthina 1147 Xanthoxylum americanum 1815,
Teucrium marum verum 1248, 1252, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1828,
1261, 1263, 1264 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1842
Teucrium scorodonia 1248 Yohimbinum 1434

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