Orchitinum

      Testicular Extract. Spermin. A Sarcode. Trituration.

Clinical

Climacteric, sufferings of. Debility. Sexual weakness. Senility.

Characteristics

The use of a testicular extract in cases of senile decay and nervous breakdown was first proposed by Brown-Sequard, and formed one of the examples by which he illustrated his doctrine of “inner secretions.” He maintained that the various glands of the organism had, in addition to their obvious secretion or excretion, an additional secretion which was not obvious, but which materially contributed to the welfare of the organism. The doctrine is now generally accepted, and the use of the Sarcodes in general medicine is based upon it. Homoeopathy can use these remedies in both ways. *Orch. has been used with success, in the triturations, in climacteric sufferings, and in old-school practice in the sequelae of ovariotomy, in cases of debility, sexual weakness, and premature senile decay.

Relation

*Compare: Oophorin.

John Henry Clarke

John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica