Hyoscyamus niger HENBANE. Is classed along with Belladonna among the narcotics, or among the cerebro-stimulants. It resembles Belladonna in some respects, ...

Mercurius solubilis A metal known to the ancients. It was used medicinally by the Arabs, from whom the Europeans derived a knowledge of it through the Moors of ...

Hepar sulphuris calcareum LIVER OF SULPHUR. IMPURE CALCIC SULPHIDE.   The "liver of sulphur" of the shops and of the British and United States ...

Helleborus niger BLACK HELLEBORE — CHRISTMAS ROSE   Before passing from this group, I desire to say a few words upon this drug, of which we know but ...

Graphites This remedy belongs exclusively to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. It was classed by Hahnemann among the "Antipsoric Remedies," as being more ...

Euphrasia officinalis EYEBRIGHT. Euphrasia officinalis, or "Eyebright," is an annual, belonging to the family SCROPHULARIACEAE. It is common in northern Europe ...

Eupatorium perfoliatum This drug, which has hardly as yet an established place in the pharmacopoeia, although it is a much used and highly prized "domestic" ...

Dulcamara GENERAL ANALYSIS. VITAL POWER, A. Sensorium. Depressing; signs of anaemia; vertigo on rising, with debility and general trembling. B. SPECIAL ...

Cyclamen SOW-BREAD. The student of materia medica should, at the very outset of his career, begin to guard against a danger which often besets the physician ...

Colocynthis cucumis SQUIRTING CUCUMBER : BITTER APPLE. We use in medicine the pulp of the fruit, an exceedingly bitter and nauseous production. It was known ...

Conium maculatum SPOTTED HEMLOCK. Umbelliferae. It is a native of Europe, but is naturalized in the United States. The active principle is conia, a yellowish ...

Colchicum Having now studied the properties and uses of Bryonia, Aconite and Rhus, remedies which, in addition to their applicability in fevers and various ...