Jaborandi

Leaves of Jaborandi, source of the alkaloid pilocarpine, a muscarinic cholinergic agonist that provokes profuse perspiration and salivation, miosis with spasm of accommodation, bronchial secretion, intestinal hurry, urinary frequency, and vagal slowing [Hughes], [Clarke]. Classical homeopathy used tincture of the fresh leaves; provings and abundant pharmacologic observations yield a picture dominated by gushing sweat/saliva, ocular miotic strain, tight chest with thin mucus, faintness, and atonic bladder/rectum in a secretory terrain [Allen], [Hering], [Clarke], [Boericke]. Early authors remark the antagonism to Atropine/Belladonna (dry, dilated) and the kinship yet contrast with Physostigma (less gush, more ciliary spasm with vagal dips) [Hughes], [Kent]. [Toxicology] [Proving] [Clinical]

Nineteenth-century provings and poisonings collated by T. F. Allen and Hering with clinical syntheses by Clarke and Boericke: miosis, blur from accommodation spasm, profuse sweat and saliva, nausea, thin bronchial mucus with tightness, urinary frequency, intestinal tenesmus, faintness with slow soft pulse, and chilly sinking after sweating [Allen], [Hering], [Clarke], [Boericke]. [Proving] [Toxicology] [Clinical]

Essence. Jab. typifies the wet cholinergic reaction: floods of sweat and saliva, pin-point pupils with ciliary strain, thin bronchial secretions with oppression, vagal faintness, and atony of bladder/rectum. The organism seeks cool fresh air, rest, loosened clothing, and small cool sips, and is overwhelmed by heat, warm close rooms, and exertion. This kingdom signature (plant; alkaloidal muscarinic action) produces rapid functional shifts—hence equally rapid relief when environment and effort are adjusted to the remedy: ventilate, cool, stop forcing, allow brief steam if spasm predominates, and avoid checking sweat abruptly [Hughes], [Clarke], [Boericke]. Differentiation hinges on quality of secretions and environmental polarity: pick Jab. over Mercurius when excretions are not offensive and gums are sound; over Physostigma when gush rather than pure strain rules; over Ipecac. when nausea is secondary to a wet chest; and over Ant-t. when the patient can raise thin mucus and is not profoundly somnolent/cyanotic [Allen], [Kent], [Clarke]. Expect improvement to show as drier skin, calmer mouth, easier air in cool rooms, fewer urgent trips, and longer intervals without oppressive waves when the modalities are enforced. [Clinical]

• Secretory glands (skin/salivary). Sudden, profuse perspiration and salivation with thirstlessness or desire for small sips, exhaustion after the gush; key clinical sphere [Hughes], [Clarke], [Boericke].
• Eye—ciliary body/iris. Miosis with spasm of accommodation; blur for distance after near work, brow-ache; contrasts with Atropine (mydriasis, dryness) [Allen], [Clarke].
• Respiratory mucosa. Thin, watery bronchial secretion, loose cough yet air hunger/tightness, tendency to bronchospasm in damp/cold [Clarke], [Boericke].
• Vagus–heart. Bradycardia, faintness, cool sweat, worse exertion/overheating; improves with quiet, fresh air [Hughes], [Clarke].
• Gastro-intestinal. Nausea with salivation, griping and tenesmus, loose stools after fruit/greens; relief by warmth/rest [Allen], [Hering].
• Urinary bladder. Frequency/urgency, smarting, small discharges, especially during/after sweating; atony pattern [Clarke], [Allen].
• Skin/thermoregulation. Copious sweat without lasting relief; chilliness after sweating; useful in hyperhidrosis patterns [Clarke], [Boericke].
• Female breast (functional). Reports of increased lacteal secretion in some constitutions during the secretory phase [Clarke].

The Jab. patient is restless from discomfort, not from anxiety as such; oppression, saliva running, and dripping sweat make him irritable and brief of speech, preferring fresh air and loose clothing, which tallies with the ameliorations (cool air, rest, loosening) already noted [Clarke]. Faintness with slow soft pulse arrives after exertion or in warm rooms and is relieved by lying quietly and air, a vagal pattern cross-linked to Heart and Generalities [Hughes], [Clarke]. Attention lapses when brow-ache from eye strain sets in; closing eyes in a darkened room brings ease, exactly echoing the Better for darkness under Eyes [Allen]. He becomes fastidious about air and temperature because they directly govern his secretory burden; heat quickly makes him worse, cool quickly improves—this environmental quick-reaction is a reliable bedside cue [Clarke]. Unlike Mercurius, whose mental state is suspicious and whose excretions are offensive, Jab. is non-offensive yet flooded, and the mood improves as the gush abates [Clarke], [Kent]. [Clinical]

Broken by sweats and salivation; pillow wet; fresh air and a cool room allow longer stretches; after the sweat, chilly sinking demands covering without heat to the face—nursing details that sustain the remedy action [Clarke]. Dreams are unremarkable unless shortness of breath alarms. [Clinical]

Dreams of oppression or being in a hot room; waking to open the window and spit; then sleep resumes—little diagnostic value, yet it mirrors the environment–secretion loop. [Clinical]

Jab. is the wet, cholinergic picture: gushing sweat and saliva, miosis with ciliary strain, thin bronchial mucus with tightness, vagal faintness, and urinary/GI tenesmus, all worse heat, warm close rooms, exertion/hurry, night, damp cold (for chest), fruit/greens, and talking, and better cool fresh air, rest, loosened clothing, small cool sips, brief steam, and dark rest for eyes [Allen], [Hering], [Hughes], [Clarke], [Boericke]. Differentiate from Mercurius (fetid, ulcerative, nightly sweats), Physostigma (eye-strain with vagal dips but less gush), Ipecac (constant nausea/spasm without the secretory flood), Ant-t. (rattling, cannot raise), and Belladonna/Atropine (antagonistic dryness, mydriasis) [Kent], [Clarke]. [Proving] [Clinical]

In febrile states, free perspiration alternates with chilliness; sweat may reduce temperature yet exhaust; room must be cool and aired, not draughty; large drinks aggravate nausea, small sips soothe—bedside integrations that fit Jab. [Clarke], [Boericke]. [Clinical]

Heat builds in close rooms, followed by copious sweat and then chilliness; cool air shortens the heat stage and steadies the after-chill; damp cold without prior heat brings tight chest rather than sweat—the dual weather sensitivity is instructive [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Headache follows the secretory rhythm: in warm rooms or with effort, sweat and saliva run, then frontal/brow pressure climbs with nausea; cool air, rest, and darkness relieve, faithfully repeating the modalities [Allen], [Clarke]. Checked perspiration (after getting chilled in a warm sweat) provokes weight and tightness, soon followed by tight chest or coryza, mapping Head to Chest and Nose [Clarke]. The scalp is clammy, sometimes chilly after the sweat; patients often push hair back to dry the forehead and ask for a window to be opened—tiny management details that confirm the remedy [Clarke], [Boericke]. Distinguish from Gelsemium (drowsy, heavy occiput) and Pic-ac. (burning occiput/spine, heat-worse but without gush); Jab. carries the wet signature with miotic strain [Kent], [Clarke]. [Proving] [Clinical]

Miosis and spasm of accommodation dominate: print blurs for distance after near work, brow-ache begins, and tears may mingle with saliva during the sweat; closing lids, rest in a darkened room, and cool air ameliorate—precise cross-links to Modalities [Allen], [Clarke]. Unlike Physostigma, which centres on strain with vagal sinking and less gush, Jab. adds abundant secretions and strong heat-worse [Clarke], [Hughes]. Pupils remain pin-point in light and do not dilate well under effort; reading aloud aggravates. [Proving] [Clinical]

Ringing and fullness appear during sweat spells; close rooms aggravate; fresh air and rest lessen the noise. Ear pain is not characteristic; when otalgia or neuralgia dominate, look elsewhere (Cham., Bell.). [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Watery coryza with sneezing in damp cold and close rooms; discharge is usually non-irritating and accompanies dripping sweat. Post-nasal trickle teases the larynx, bringing thin cough, improved by air or steam for a short period, echoing the respiratory ameliorations [Allen], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Face alternates flushed in heat and pale with cool sweat after the gush; saliva gathers about the lips, yet odour is not notably fetid (contrast Mercurius). Relaxing the collar during a wave helps, a small but authentic modality [Clarke], [Boericke]. [Clinical]

Profuse salivation is keynote: the mouth fills rapidly, patient must spit often; nausea is frequent, and small cool sips comfort. Tongue is moist, taste flat; speech becomes blurred from watery mouth; lying left may increase throat tickle and urge to cough, linking Mouth, Throat, and Chest [Allen], [Clarke]. This differs from Mercurius (saliva offensive, gums tender, nightly sweats) and from Kreosotum (cadaveric odour) [Clarke], [Kent]. [Proving] [Clinical]

No distinctive pains; jaw tired from frequent spitting; dentition periods with dribbling may suit the remedy when sweat/coryza co-occur and cool air helps. Compare Mercurius if gums are swollen/bleeding with offensive odour [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Thin mucus with tickle leads to frequent clearing, worse talking/reading, better cool air or brief steam; saliva runs constantly. Warm rooms increase the throat’s wet tickle and are poorly borne, repeating the environmental polarity [Allen], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Oppression with thin, frothy mucus; loose cough but air hunger as if secretions exceed the power; damp cold and warm rooms each aggravate (the former by spasm, the latter by load), while fresh moving air and brief steam assist expectoration—precise cross-links to Modalities [Clarke], [Boericke]. Palpitation joins during exertion; relief follows sitting quietly near open air. Distinguish from Ant-t. (rales with inability to raise) and Ipec. (spasmodic cough with constant nausea but less sweat gush) [Clarke], [Kent]. [Clinical]

Slow, soft pulse with faintness during sweats; palpitation on hurry or heat; recovery in rest and cool air, matching Heart to Generalities [Hughes], [Clarke]. Not a structural heart remedy; it re-tunes tone by reducing the secretory and vagal burden. [Clinical]

Short breath in close rooms; sighing after a wave; talking prolongs tightness; cool air and quiet give space to breathe; damp draughts invite bronchial spasm, showing the fine-grained weather polarity already listed [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Nausea accompanies salivation; retching may follow coughing fits; warmth to the epigastrium eases griping from greens/fruit, while exertion or heat renews nausea—exactly mirroring the modalities [Allen], [Hering], [Clarke]. Appetite is feeble during sweats; small, cool drinks are preferred; large draughts aggravate distension and retching. [Clinical]

Borborygmi with colicky griping and tenesmus track the secretory storm; stools become looser after fruit/greens or in damp cold; warmth and rest relieve, and cool air moderates nausea though it may chill if the sweat is excessive [Allen], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Tenesmus with small loose stools and smarting, worse damp/cold and after eating fruits; urge may be felt with vesical urge together (pelvic floor spasm). Rest and warmth reduce the cycle, repeating the GI modalities [Allen], [Hering], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

During sweats, urine scanty and high-coloured; after the storm, frequency/urgency with smarting and small emissions; cool air and lying quietly reduce the urging—an atonic bladder reflection of the vagal–secretory state [Clarke], [Allen]. Distinguish from Cantharis (burning, tenesmus with pain and blood) and Mercurius (offensive urine with night sweats). [Clinical]

Desires cool water in small sips; fruit/greens worse (nausea, looseness); alcohol and hot drinks increase flushing and sweat; light diet suits until secretory storm abates [Allen], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Sexual sphere is not central; exhaustion and sweat may blunt desire temporarily; urinary frequency after exertion appears; choose Jab. here only when the secretory and environmental modalities dominate the case [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Some observers note increased lacteal secretion in those with a secretory constitution; profuse axillary sweating in climacteric or nursing women may respond when the cool air amelioration is pronounced [Clarke]. Pelvic symptoms otherwise follow the bladder–rectum pattern (tenesmus, small emissions). [Clinical]

Inter-scapular tiredness with sweat down the spine; loosening garments and cool air help; if burning spine with overwork dominates without gush, think Pic-ac. rather than Jab. [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Weak trembling during or after sweats; cold, moist hands/feet with air hunger; exertion quickly renews palpitation and sweat, so short rests and ventilation are essential—practical echoes of the modalities [Clarke], [Boericke]. [Clinical]

Profuse perspiration is the mark—sometimes localised (palms, scalp, axillae), sometimes general; sweat is non-offensive, clammy, and followed by chilliness; fresh air dries and soothes. Hyperhidrosis cases with heat-worse and cool-air-better repeatedly answered in classical notes [Clarke], [Boericke]. [Clinical]

Secretory gush (sweat/saliva)

• Mercurius — Offensive saliva/sweat, mouth soreness, nightly aggravation; Jab.: non-offensive, heat/room worse, cool air better [Clarke], [Kent].
• Jaborandi vs Physostigma — Both miotic; Physost.: ciliary spasm with vagal faintness, less gush; Jab.: gushing sweat/saliva, secretory terrain [Hughes], [Clarke].

• Jaborandi vs Bell./Atrop. — Physiologic antagonists: Bell./Atrop. dry, hot, mydriatic; Jab. wet, cool, miotic [Hughes].

Bronchial tightness with thin mucus

• Ipecac. — Constant nausea, spasmodic cough; Jab.: sweat/saliva flood, heat worse, cool air better [Clarke].
• Antimonium tart. — Rales, inability to raise, cyanosis; Jab.: thin secretions, some power to raise, gush predominates [Boericke].
• Senega — Old people’s chest soreness; Jab.: younger secretory types with heat-worse sweats [Clarke].

Eye—miotic/brow-ache

• Physostigma — Effort-spasm, > darkness, vagal dips; Jab.: adds secretory flood [Allen], [Clarke].
• Ruta — Eye-strain without miotic state; Jab.: pupil pin-point, secretions copious [Kent].

GI/urinary tenesmus (cholinergic)

• Nux-v. — Tenesmus with irritability, not gush; Jab.: wet, heat worse, cool better [Clarke].
• Cantharis — Painful burning urine; Jab.: painless frequency, small emissions, secretory field [Allen], [Clarke].

• Antidotes (physiologic): Atropinum, Belladonna. Reverse miotic–secretory effects; useful in over-action or poisoning [Hughes], [Clarke].
• Complementary: Gelsemium. When drowsy occipital phase follows after secretory storm subsides [Clarke].
• Complementary: Kali-sulph. If catarrh turns yellow, shifting after Jab. drains the thin wet stage [Boger], [Boericke].
• Compare: Physostigma. Shared miotic sphere; choose by gush (Jab.) vs strain (Physost.) [Clarke], [Hughes].
• Follows well: Ant-t. After heavy rales loosen, to manage residual thin wet and sweat tendency [Boericke].
• Precedes well: Mercurius (if secretion becomes fetid, ulcerative) [Clarke].
• Practical adjuncts: Cool, moving air, loose garments, small cool sips, brief steam—nursing mirroring modalities [Clarke].

• Hyperhidrosis (palms/scalp/axillae) with heat-worse, cool-air-better constitution: Jab. 6C–30C in short courses; ventilate, avoid hot rooms [Clarke], [Boericke].
• Wet bronchial colds (thin mucus, oppression, sweat/saliva): Jab. 30C; adjunct brief steam and fresh moving air [Allen], [Clarke].
• Miotic eye state with brow-ache and secretory flood (post-exertion, warm room): Jab. 6C–30C; dark rest, cooling between tasks [Allen], [Clarke].
• Vagal faintness during sweats in overheated rooms: dose once, then rest flat, air the room, small cool sips; avoid abrupt checking of perspiration [Hughes], [Clarke]. [Clinical]

Mind

• MIND – Irritability – from physical discomfort – during perspiration. Secretory tide colours mood [Clarke].
• MIND – Restlessness – warm room aggravates – open air ameliorates. Environmental polarity [Clarke].
• MIND – Concentration difficult – during salivation. Effort hindered by gush [Allen].

Head/Eyes

• HEAD – Pain – forehead – heat aggravates – cool air ameliorates. Heat–cool axis [Clarke].
• HEAD – Perspiration of scalp – copious – with headache. Wet signature [Boericke].
• EYES – Miosis – marked. Miotic keynote [Allen], [Hughes].
• EYES – Spasm of accommodation – reading aggravates – darkness ameliorates. Ciliary strain [Allen].
• VISION – Blurred – distance – after near work. Functional myopia phase [Clarke].

Nose/Throat/Chest

• NOSE – Coryza – watery – warm room aggravates – open air ameliorates. Secretory environment link [Clarke].
• THROAT – Tickle – thin mucus – talking aggravates. Laryngeal tease [Allen].
• CHEST – Oppression – warm, close room aggravates – cool air ameliorates. Central chest rubric [Clarke].
• COUGH – Loose – thin mucus – exertion aggravates – open air ameliorates. Effort–air polarity [Clarke].
• RESPIRATION – Shortness of breath – damp cold aggravates. Spasm weather [Clarke].

Mouth/GI/Urinary

• MOUTH – Salivation – profuse – heat aggravates. Signature gush [Allen], [Clarke].
• STOMACH – Nausea – with salivation – small cold drinks ameliorate. Coupled signs [Allen].
• RECTUM – Tenesmus – small stools – fruit aggravates – warmth ameliorates. Cholinergic bowel [Hering].
• BLADDER – Urging – frequent – small quantities – during perspiration. Atony during sweat [Clarke].
• URINE – Scanty – during perspiration. Fluid shift rubric [Clarke].

Heart/Generalities/Skin

• HEART – Pulse – slow, soft – during perspiration. Vagal phase [Hughes].
• GENERALS – Heat – warm room aggravates; open air ameliorates. Master environment rubric [Clarke].
• GENERALS – Exertion aggravates; rest ameliorates. Energy economy [Clarke].
• PERSPIRATION – Profuse – general – night – non-offensive. Keynote sweat [Boericke].
• SKIN – Perspiration – followed by chilliness. After-effect rubric [Clarke].

Allen, T. F. — Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–79): provings (salivation, perspiration, ocular miotics), GI/urinary notes, modalities.
Hering, C. — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica (1879): clinical confirmations (gush states, tenesmus, chest oppression).
Hughes, R. — A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy (1870): toxicology of pilocarpine; muscarinic profile (miosis, bradycardia, secretions).
Clarke, J. H. — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica (1900): general picture; environment polarity; relationships (Atropine/Physostigma).
Boericke, W. — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica (1901): keynotes (sweat, saliva, heat-worse, cool-air-better), chest/skin notes.
Boger, C. M. — Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica (1915): modality synthesis (heat/air), relations for catarrhal chest.
Kent, J. T. — Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica (1905): contrasts (Merc., Ant-t., Ipec., Physost.), kingdom antagonisms.
Nash, E. B. — Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics (1899): management hints for secretory states and environment control.
Dewey, W. A. — Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics (1901): diaphoretic remedies; bedside regime (air, sips, rest).
Tyler, M. L. — Homoeopathic Drug Pictures (1942): descriptive colour for wet, heat-worse constitutions; nursing details.
Phatak, S. R. — Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Medicines (1941): condensed keynotes corroborating secretory and ocular spheres.