Convallaria majalis
Lily of the Valley
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 232
A heart remedy. Increases energy of hearts’ action, renders it more regular. Of use when the ventricles are overdistended and dilatation begins, and when there is an absence of compensatory hypertrophy, and when venous stasis is marked. Dyspnoea, dropsy, aneuric tendency. Anasarca.
Mind and Head p. 233
Dull intellect. Grieves easily. Dull headache; worse, ascending, hawking. Scalp sensitive. Irritability. Hysterical manifestations.
Face p. 233
Hydroa in nose and lips; raw and sore. Epistaxis. Sees imaginary gray spot about three inches square.
Mouth p. 233
Grating of teeth in the morning. Coppery taste. Tongue feels sore and scalded; broad and thick with heavy, dirty coating.
Throat p. 233
Raw feeling in back of throat when inspiring.
Abdomen p. 233
Sensitive. Clothes feel too tight. Gurgling and pain on taking deep breath. Movement in abdomen like fist of a child. Colicky pains.
Urinary Organs p. 233
Aching in bladder; feels distended. Frequent urination; offensive; scanty urine.
Female p. 233
Great soreness in uterine region, with sympathetic palpitation of heart. Pain in sacro-iliac joints, running down leg. Itching at urinary meatus and vaginal orifice.
Respiratory p. 233
Pulmonary congestion. Orthopnœa. Dyspnea while walking. Hot feeling in throat.
Heart p. 233
Feeling as if heart beat throughout the chest. Endocarditis, with extreme orthopnoea. Sensation as if heart ceased beating, then starting very suddenly. Palpitation from the least exertion. Tobacco heart, especially when due to cigarettes. Angina pectoris. Extremely rapid and irregular pulse.
Back and Extremities p. 233
Pain and aching in lumbar region; aching of legs; in big toe. Trembling of hands. Aching in wrists and ankles.
Fever p. 233
Chilly in back and down spine, followed by fever, little sweat. Thirst and headache during chill. Dyspnoea during fever.
Relationship p. 233
Compare: Digit.; Cratæg.; Lilium; Adonis (feeble heart action due only to functional disturbance).
Modalities p. 233
Better, in open air. Worse, in warm room.
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.