GRANATUM


Homeopathy medicine Granatum from William Boericke’s Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906…


Pomegranate

As a vermifuge for the expulsion of tapeworm, and homeopathically for the following symptomatic indications. Salivation, with nausea, and vertigo. Spasm of the glottis.

Head.–Feels empty. Sunken eyes; pupils dilated; weak sight. Vertigo very persistent.

Stomach.–Constant hunger. Poor digestion. Loses flesh. Vomiting at night.

Abdomen.–Pain in stomach and abdomen; worse about umbilicus (Cocc; Nux m; Plumb); ineffectual urging. Itching at anus. Dragging in vaginal region, as if hernia would protrude. Swelling resembling umbilical hernia.

Chest.–Oppressed, with sighing. Pain between shoulders; even clothing is oppressive.

Skin.–Itching in palms. Sensation as if pimples would break out. Jaundiced complexion.

Extremities.–Pain around shoulders, as if heavy load had been carried. Pain in all finger-joints. Tearing in knee-joint. Convulsive movements.

Relationship.–Compare: Pelletierine (one of its constituents -an anthelminitic, especially for tapeworm); Cina; Kousso.

Dose.–First to third potency.

William Boericke
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.