Gaultheria
Wintergreen
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 298
Inflammatory rheumatism, pleurodynia, sciatica, and other neuralgias, come within, the spere of this remedy. Cystic and prostatic irritation, undue sexual excitement, and renal inflammation.
Head p. 299
Neuralgia of head and face.
Stomach p. 299
Acute gastritis, severe pain in epigastrium; prolonged vomiting. Uncontrollable appetite, notwithstanding irritable stomach. Gastralgia from nervous depression. (Give five drops of 1x of Oil.)
Skin p. 299
Smarting and burning. Intense erythema, worse, cold bathing; better, olive oil and cool air blowing on part.
Relationship p. 299
Compare: Spiræa. Gaultheria contains Arbutin. Salycyl. acid. Methylium salicylicum (an artificial Gaultheria oil for rheumatism, especially when the salicylates cannot be used. Pruritus and epididymitis, locally). After Cantharis in burns.
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