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Strophanthus Hispidus
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Strophanthus Hispidus Reference Specimen
Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification
🧬 Remedy Miasm: Tubercular Miasm
The Tubercular miasm is a combination of Psora and Syphilis. It manifests as a susceptibility to respiratory illnesses, rapid weight loss, and a constant desire for mental and physical change.
🧠General & Mental Health
▲GENERAL
Strophantus is an ornamental, evergreen and a climbing shrub, native of tropical Africa and
Asia.
The mother tinctureConcentrated liquid raw extractA mother tincture prepared by soaking botanical, animal, or mineral raw materials in alcohol and water. comes from the seeds of the plant.
It is used as an arrow-poison by natives of Africa.
Among the alkaloids is strophanthin.
Stroph occasions no gastric distress, di uretic.
It has no cumulative action, safe for corpulent, aged persons
with rigid arteries, as it does not affect the vaso -motors.
Restores tone to a weak tissue, especially of the
heart muscle and valves.
Stroph increases the contractile power of all striped muscles, especially the heart, increa sing the systolePhase of heart contractionThe stage of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries. and
diminishing the rapidity.
Acts on the heart increasing the systole and diminishes the rapidity.
Tones the
heart and run off dropsical effusions.
Especially useful in failing compensation dependent upon fatty heart.
After the long use o f stimulants.
Arteriosclerosis, rigid arteries of aged.
Precordial anxiety.
Retro sternal pain.
Functional disturbances of heart
from alcohol, tobacco, tea.
In small doses for weak heart, that feels enlarged.
In mitral regurgitationBackward flow of blood or fluidsThe casting up of undigested food from the stomach, or the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve., where edemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. and dropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. have
supervened (Dig.).
Severe prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness. from hemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse. after operations and acute diseases.
AnemiaLack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobinA condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. with palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. and loss of breath.
Faintness.
PneumoniaLung infection with inflamed air sacsInflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs (alveoli), usually caused by infection..
Rapid alternations of symptoms with slow
pulse.
Undulating sensation in whole body.
Throbbings.
Stitching pains.
Twitchings of the muscles.
Obesity.
Increased secretions.
Nausea with special disgust for alcohol.
Alcoholism, with drop doses of Stroph-
h tincture.
Hives.
Exophthalmia goiter.
COMMENTS-The homeopathic provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. was conducted by Templeton on five provers, us ing 2x, 3x, 6c, 12c,
30c and by O’ Hanlon on twelve provers, using 6c, 12c and 30c.
Piedvache proved the tincture, but only with reference to the pulse.
Gise vius proved Stroph -h tincture,
beginning with 5 drops increasing to 80 drops during the five days of his proving.
Matthes proved Stroph -h tincture in 10 drops doses.
Some well -marked symptoms were pro duced on two chemists from preparing the tincture.
Other effects
curative and pathogenetic have been observed on patients taking the drug.
Stroph -h disorders the digestion,
causes burning in the esophagus and stomach, nausea, vomiting and diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day..
A P.
Skworzow gave an infusion of Stroph to an alcoholic, 63, for weak heart and intermittent pulse, 7 drop
doses three times a day.
The first dose caused nausea and a repugnance to alcohol which proved to be
permanent.
The man entirely discontinued the habit.
On this hint, Stroph was given to two other alcoholics with the same result of abolishing the taste for alcohol.
It caused nausea and profuse sweating and the sudden withdrawal of alcohol was not attended with deliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations..
A case of Clarke’s illustrates the gastric and cardiac action of the remedy.
W.
G., 16, a delicate -looking boy,
was admitted to a hospital.
He had rheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. pains for three months and an attack of rheumatic fever two
years previously.
He had been laid up a month before admission and a week before was taken with cough,
shivering and occasional vomiting.
When admitted, he had a frequent, short, dry cough, worse lying down, had to be propped up in bed, had
edema of feet, especially left.
Tongue white, unable to retain any food for three d ays, no pain after food, but
much flatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind., belchings giving much relief.
Dullness at bases of both lungs, moist rales,
halfway up right lung.
Expectoration of bright blood for seven days.
Stroph tincture, one drop every four hours, was given.
Improvement in all the symptoms was immediate,
sickness, cough, hemoptysisCoughing up blood from lungsThe spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus originating from the respiratory tract. and dropsy all disappeared and the heart sounds had cleared up to a large extent
when the boy went home, less than three weeks after admission.
Hamer mentioned that Stroph cured “functional disturbance of the heart from alcohol tobacco and tea.” This
agrees with the relation of Stroph to alcoholism and symptoms of indigestion.
A writer gave his experience with Stroph.
: a woman had constant outbursts of urticarial rash dating from
exposure to an offensive effluvium from a dead whale cast on the sands.
The attacks would recur after drinking
a glass of table beer.
Stroph-h cured.
Any accompanying cardiac weakness would be an addi tional indication.
The same writer considered Stroph of great service in the anemia of young girls when palpitation and breathlessness are marked features.
An accidental proving on a girl of five was made through the mother giving twenty drops of the tinc ture by
mistake.
Some half an hour later her face was flushed, lips scarlet, eyes brilliant, temperature raised, skin dry,
tongue normal.
Pupils quivering, dilating and contracting every few seconds.
Intellect clear, precociously loquacious during the five
hours the poison ous symptoms lasted.
An ipecac emetic was administered.
No urine passed for ten hours
after the dose.
Temperature - Coldness of limbs.
Temperature raised, skin dry.
Profuse sweat.
Abdomen distended, painful, especially in the umbilical and inguinal regions.
Rumbling and
pinching at navel.
Shooting pains in right hypochondrium.
Stitches in region of sigmoid flexure.
Acute entero-colitisInflammation of the colon (large intestine)Inflammation of the inner lining of the colon, causing abdominal pain, cramping, or bloody diarrhea..
ColicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
Craving for alcohol, tea, coffee, stimulants.
Loss of appetite.
Loathing of food, followed by choking and vomiting after eating
VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. with swimming vision.
Violent, pulsating
headache, aggravated by movement.
▲EYES
Pupils quivering, dilating and contracting alternately.
Eyes brilliant.
Glimmering in vision.
Impaired sight
of left eye with nausea and faintness.
Double vision
▲FACE
Flushed, red spots.
Lips scarlet
🫁Respiratory & Throat
▲MOUTH
Dryness of tongue and fauces
▲THROAT
Seems dry, constricted.
Burning in throat and esophagus to stomach, compel ling empty swallowing
▲CHEST
Pressive pain in middle of right third rib on anterior half, worse by pressure.
Thoracic pain on left side.
Constrictive, cramping pain behind the sternum, crushed, gnawing, needle-like sensation.
Weak heart with aching or anguish.
Heart’s action weak, rapid, irregular, due to muscular debility and
insufficiency.
Cardiac pain and dyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions..
Chronic, ner vous palpitations and arrest of breathing.
Violent
palpitations, worse by emotion and exercise.
Sense of lively action.
Mitral regurgitation.
Stitches and twitches
at apex beat.
Pulse, rapid, alternating with slow, weak, small irregular
🥗Digestive & Genitourinary
▲ABDOMEN
Bulky feeling in the stomach.
Twitching in stomach.
Burning in esopha gus and stomach with loss
of appetite and extreme gastric distress.
Cramping, acrid stomachache with belching and nausea.
Er uctation
and hiccough.
Nausea with special disgust for alcohol
▲GENITALS ETC
Kidneys become hyperemic.
CystitisInflammation of the urinary bladderInflammation of the urinary bladder, typically caused by a bacterial urinary tract infection, causing painful urination..
Urinary tract infections.
No urine passed for hours.
Frequent
urination.
Urine increased secretion or scanty albuminousContaining albumin proteinReferring to substances or body secretions (like urine) containing the protein albumin..
Urine strong, odor is fruity or like horse urine, pale.
Edema of lungs.
Bronchial and cardiac 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..
Breathing deep, dif ficult, thirsty for air , feeling of
dryness in the mucus membranes, aggravated by movement.
Cough worse by lying down.
Expectoration of
bright red blood.
Uterine hemorrhage.
Uterus heavily congested
🦴Musculoskeletal & Skin
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Swollen, dropsical.
AnasarcaSevere generalized body swellingA medical condition characterized by widespread swelling of the skin due to severe fluid retention in tissues..
Swelling of legs.
Itching and stitching in both feet.
Dorsum of foot painful
and tense.
Muscular and joint pains wit h stiffness and coldness of the limbs.
The pains are aggravated by
movement.
Heaviness and
pain in forearms and the fingers.
Liver - Pressure in liver region
▲BACK AND NECK
Joint and muscular pains in the limbs, back and lumbar region with stiffness, muscular weakness,
coldness at the limbs.
Causations - Alcohol, tea, tobacco
▲SKIN
Hives, chronic, receding.
UrticariaHives or itchy raised skin weltsA skin outbreak of red, itchy, swollen bumps triggered by allergic reactions, friction, or stress., especially more chronic forms
📋 Remedy Stats
🏷️ Category🩺 Homeopathic
🧬 MiasmTubercular Miasm
🌡️ TemperamentNeutral
🕒 AggravationNeutral/Anytime
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📚Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
🩺Medical Verification & Disclaimer:
This clinical profile has been prepared, peer-reviewed, and verified by the Herbalhomeo expert homeopathic team in accordance with authoritative medical references.
⚠️ Important: This information is for educational and informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician or a professional homeopathic practitioner before starting any treatment.
