- Source: Derived from the fresh leaves and flowers of Sambucus nigra, commonly known as elder🌿 ElderMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. or black🌿 BlackMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. elder, a deciduous shrub in the Adoxaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through triturationGrinding raw substance into powderThe process of grinding an insoluble dry substance with milk sugar (lactose) in a mortar to prepare the base of a remedy. and serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity. to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards.
- Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for respiratory, febrileFeverish or marked by feverRelating to or characterized by an elevated body temperature or fever symptoms., and psychological disorders, particularly those involving suffocative dyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions., fever, and anxiety.
- It is noted for symptoms such as nasal obstruction, dry cough, and aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy. from lying down, often worsened by night, dry heat, or rest, and ameliorated by motion, sitting up, or cool air.
- Modern Context : Indicated for respiratory conditions (e.g., asthma🩺 AsthmaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., croup🩺 CroupClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., acute respiratory distress), febrile conditions (e.g., influenza🩺 InfluenzaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., fever with chills), and psychological conditions (e.g.,.
- Generalized anxiety disorder🩺 Generalized Anxiety DisorderClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., panic disorder🩺 Panic DisorderClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options.).
- It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by suffocative dyspnea, nasal obstruction, dry cough, fever with chills, anxiety, or night aggravation, typically exacerbated by lying down, dry heat, night, or stress, and often seen in individuals with sensitive, nervous constitutions.
- The remedy is particularly relevant for those with respiratory or febrile conditions, often presenting with symptoms like sudden breathlessness or profuse sweating, commonly observed in patients with asthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity., croupChildhood throat infection with barking coughInflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, associated with infection and causing a barking cough., or influenzaViral infection of the respiratory tract (flu)A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh. triggered by lying down, dry heat, or emotional stress.
- COMMENTS-The leaves of Sambucus nigra have an unpleasant odor when b ruised, which is supposed to be offensive to most insects.
- A decoction of the leaves is some times used by gardeners to keep caterpillars off delicate plants.
- Green🌿 GreenMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. noted that sheep that have the rot can be cured by letting them eat the bark and young leaves of Samb.
- Herbalists use the inner bark, as well as the leaves, to make an ointment.
- The flowers serve for fomentations or are made into a medicinal tea.🌿 Tea.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.
- According to the Treasury of Botany, the berries are the principal ingredient in elderberry🌿 ElderberryMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. wine.
- Millspaugh said that the bark contains viburnic acid, which is identical with valerianic acid.
- This no doubt accounts for the odor and suggests a relationship in action between sambucus, valerian🌿 ValerianMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. and the viburnum🌿 ViburnumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines..
- Nash once relieved with Samb.
- 200c a very bad case of asthma in an old woman, who had suffocative attacks.
- The relief was accompanied by a profuse flow of urine, which carried off a large amount of dropsical effusionFluid accumulation in a body cavityThe escape of fluid from blood vessels or lymphatics into a surrounding body cavity (e.g., pleural effusion). in her legs and abdomen.
- Severe croup, whooping cough, bronchitisInflammation of the bronchial tubesInflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes, typically causing bronchospasm and coughing., and asthma.
- Infants with chronic snuffles (Thuj.🌿 Thuj.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., after vaccinations).
- Suffocating at tacks (Ip.).
- Tendency for attacks to recur.
- Croupy attack “passes off but is again repeated.” Spasms in the throat.
- Severe coughing with mucus.
- Thick, white🌿 WhiteMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., upper respiratory mucus that suffocates and gags the person (Ant-t.) Patient can wake up in the middle of the night, grab at their throat, face turns blue.🌿 Blue.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.
- Waking with a spasm where the oxygen gets cut off (Cup.🌿 Cup.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Worse about midnight or after midnight, worse 2:00 to 3:00 in the mor ning.
- Worse dry, cold air.
- Temperature-Shuddering with shivering.
- Icy coldness of hands and feet.
- Pricking, tingling in skin.
- Intermittent fever.
- Dry, burning fever while asleep, copious sweating on waking.
- Fever with excessive perspiration, especially at night.
- Debilitating night sweats (Salv., Acet-ac.').Dreads uncovering.
- Dry, deep cough precedes the fever paroxysm.
- Sweats with cough.
- Thirst without relishing the drinks.
- Head-Headache as from intoxication.
- Motion of head causes tension and dizziness.
- Pressure and expansion in head.
- Sudden shocks in the brain.
- Digging pain in vertex.
- Scurf on head with intolerable itching
