Medorrhinum

Medorrhinum
Short name
Med.
Latin name
Medorrhinum
Common names
Gonorrhoeal Virus | Sycosis nosode | Gonorrhoeal poison | Medorrhinum nosode | Discharge of Gonorrhoea | Glinicum
Miasms
Primary: Sycotic
Secondary: Tubercular, Psoric
Kingdom
Nosodes
Family
Pathological discharge
Last updated
5 Dec 2025

Substance Background

Medorrhinum is a nosode prepared from the urethral/gonorrhoeal discharge of patients suffering from Neisserian infection; the material is sterilised and potentised according to homeopathic pharmaceutics (Swan introduced, later adopted by many schools). Toxicologically, the crude source is a pyogenic, mucosal-irritant exudate with a strong sycotic (wart-forming, infiltrative, catarrhal) signature corresponding to overgrowth, excess secretions, and tendency to recurrent infections; clinically, the potentised remedy has demonstrated a wide sphere across genito-urinary, mucocutaneous, respiratory, rheumatic, neuro-psychic, and developmental domains wherever the sycotic diathesis is active—overproduction (warts, thick green/yellow mucus, profuse leucorrhoea), infiltration/induration (prostate, cervix, ovaries), periodic asthma, neuralgias, early degenerative changes, and extremes of sensation. The remedy’s time-sensitivity (2–4 a.m.; evening aggravations), seaside amelioration, knee-chest sleep posture, burning hot feet that crave fanning/uncovering, and marked forgetfulness (especially of names/what was just said) stand out as bedside guides. [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Kent], [Boger], [Boericke], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Nash]

Proving Information

Early observations are largely [Clinical] (Swan, Burnett, Cooper), with provings and confirmations collated by Hering, Allen, Clarke, and elaborated by Kent and later writers. Hallmarks include: extremes of heat/cold, alternations (constipation ↔ diarrhoea; depression ↔ excitability), marked sexual sphere reactivity, profuse, green/yellow, fishy or acrid discharges, warts and mucous patches, asthma better at the seaside, rheumatism better at coast, sleep face-down or knee-chest, burning soles (must uncover, fan, or put them on something cool), sensation of someone behind / being followed, fear something dreadful will happen, memory lapses (names, appointments), and time dislocation (time moves too slowly/too fast). [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Kent], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Boger], [Boericke]

Remedy Essence

Medorrhinum is the surge of sycosis—a tide of excess and oscillation. On the surface, sycosis overgrows: warts, mucous patches, oily skin, thick green/yellow secretions, fish-odour discharges, profuse leucorrhoea; inside, it infiltrates tissues—the prostate thickens, the cervix indurates, the ovary cysts, peri-articular tissues swell. Functionally, the patient swings: constipation ↔ diarrhoea, insomnia ↔ night elation, apathy ↔ reckless vivacity, impotence ↔ satyriasis—the diathesis of too much and too little alternating. The nervous system shows hurry, impulsiveness, time distortion, aphasic forgetfulness of names/what was just said, and hypervigilance (“someone behind me”), which resonates with an evolutionary memory of pursuit; this spills into dream-life (pursuit, serpents, obscene scenes) and night attacks (2–4 a.m. asthma, palpitations, sweats). The body seeks positions that unload congestion—knee-chest, face-down, limbs flung out, feet uncovered/fanned—revealing the organ axes (chest, back, soles). Place modifies fate: seaside usually ameliorates lungs, joints, skin (salt, sun, steady breeze), while damp inland oppresses, spawning catarrh, rheumatism, and mental gloom. Time is nocturnal: night brings excitement, libido, fantasy, and also terrors; day is heavy, forgetful, irritable.

In a clinic narrative, Medorrhinum often appears behind multi-system churn in patients or families with gonorrhoeal history or sycotic traits: warts, recurrent otorrhoea, adenoids, glue ear, asthma, eczema, enuresis, precocious sexuality, left ovarian pains, post-gonorrhoeal prostate/urethra. The modalities are vivid: seaside >, damp <, 2–4 a.m. <, heat of bed (feet) <, lying prone and knee-chest >; the cravings (ice-cold drinks, oranges, salt/sour) and thermal paradox (hot feet, cold hands) knot together with memory lapses and night exhilaration to forge a composite that is hard to miss once seen. Where Thuja is inward, controlled, brittle, chilly and suspicious, Medorrhinum is outward, reckless, hot-footed, night-thrilled, and seaside-seeking; where Sulphur philosophises amidst ragged heat, Medorrhinum hurries amidst sticky excess.

Therapeutically, Medorrhinum does not merely “antagonise gonorrhoea”; it regulates the sycotic field, reopening suppressed outlets (skin, mucus) and quieting nocturnal overdrive. In chronics, intercurrent use can untie knots before organ-specific remedies (e.g., Sep., Kali-s., Sars.) take hold. Attend to environment (dehumidify inland homes, encourage coastal air/sea-bathing when appropriate), sleep posture (permit prone/knee-chest), and foot cooling (cotton sheets, fan the feet)—small measures that echo the remedy’s language and accelerate cure. [Hering], [Kent], [Clarke], [Allen], [Boger], [Boericke], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Nash], [Farrington], [Lippe], [Dunham]

Affinity

  • Mucosa—genito-urinary. Urethra, prostate, cervix, vagina with profuse, acrid, green/yellow discharge, burning and tenesmus; nocturnal enuresis in deep sleepers; prostatitis with lingering gonorrhoeal history; cervical induration/erosion with fishy leucorrhoea. See Urinary/Male/Female/Rectum. [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Boericke]
  • Skin & appendages (sycotic overgrowth). Warts—flat or pedunculated, condylomata, mucous patches, hangnails, brittle nails, acne/greasy seborrhoea; itching worse night, better salt water. See Skin. [Clarke], [Kent], [Phatak]
  • Respiratory tract (seaside axis). Asthma with suffocative attacks around 2–4 a.m., better at the seaside, worse damp inland, thick green tenacious expectoration, raw larynx, aphonia after excitement. See Chest/Respiration. [Hering], [Boger], [Tyler]
  • Nervous system & mind. Extreme forgetfulness, word/name aphasia, hurry, impulsiveness, sense of being followed, fear something terrible will happen, better lying on abdomen, craves excitement at night. See Mind/Head/Sleep. [Kent], [Tyler], [Allen]
  • Rheumatism & fibrositis. Gonorrhoeal rheumatism, stitching, wandering pains, peri-articular swelling, sacro-iliac soreness, better dry seaside, worse damp nights; restless feet. See Back/Extremities. [Boger], [Clarke]
  • Pelvic organs (female). Left ovarian pains, cysts, pruritus vulvae, early, clotted menses, bearing-down, must cross limbs to prevent prolapse sensation; profuse offensive leucorrhoea (fish-brine). See Female/Abdomen. [Clarke], [Kent], [Allen]
  • Thermoregulatory extremities. Burning soles, must uncover feet, seeks cool floor/fanning, alternating hot head–cold limbs. See Generalities/Sleep/Extremities. [Boericke], [Phatak]
  • Developmental & paediatric. Large-headed, precocious yet forgetful children, eczema, asthma, enuresis, insatiable craving for oranges/ice, sleep knee-chest. See Mind/Sleep/Urinary/Skin. [Tyler], [Phatak]

Better For

  • Seaside / salt air, dry marine breeze (asthma, rheumatism, skin soothed). [Clarke], [Boger]
  • Lying on the abdomen (headache, abdominal colic, anxiety settles). [Kent], [Tyler]
  • Knee-chest sleep posture, hips elevated, or prone (breathing, backache). [Allen]
  • Uncovering / fanning the feet; cool surfaces under soles (burning feet). [Phatak], [Boericke]
  • Night air and excitement (mental gloom lifts; becomes lively). [Kent], [Tyler]
  • Open air (except damp inland); riding in a carriage (soothing to irritability). [Clarke]
  • Warmth locally for cramps but coolth for the soles/head congestion—a polarity. [Allen], [Clarke]
  • Rapid movement / occupation (hurry suits the nervous system). [Kent]
  • Sea-bathing; salt water applications to warts/eruptions. [Clarke]
  • After profuse discharges are freely expressed (pressure lessens). [Hering]
  • Stretching the limbs, hanging them out of bed (restless legs). [Phatak]
  • Short naps in the forenoon (brief refreshment). [Tyler]

Worse For

  • Damp inland weather, marsh air, rank cellars (asthma/skin/rheumatism). [Clarke], [Boger]
  • Night after midnight (2–4 a.m.)asthma, palpitations, anxiety, sweats. [Kent], [Allen]
  • Daytime, especially morningmemory worse, bloating, lassitude. [Tyler]
  • Heat of bed (itching, burning feet; must uncover). [Phatak], [Boericke]
  • Suppression of discharges/eruptions (internal congestion, neuralgias). [Hering]
  • Before/during menses, coitus, sexual excess, after seminal losses. [Clarke], [Allen]
  • Sugar, beer, fruit, oranges in some (flatulence/diarrhoea), though others crave oranges—idiosyncrasy. [Allen]
  • Long standing, tight clothing at waist, pressure over ovaries/prostate. [Kent], [Clarke]
  • Thunderstorms, sudden weather change (neuralgias, palpitations). [Tyler]
  • Light touch (skin ticklishness), yet pressure may soothe deep pains. [Hering]
  • Exertion in the sun (headache), stuffy rooms (asthma). [Allen], [Clarke]
  • Emotion / anticipation (insomnia, diarrhoea, aphonia). [Kent], [Tyler]

Symptomatology

Mind

Medorrhinum exhibits extremes: apathy ↔ intense excitement, timidity ↔ audacity, forgetfulness ↔ sharp flashes of wit. The patient is hurried, impulsive, reckless, yet forgetful of names, recent speech, and appointments, often asking the same question again; short-term memory fails even as long-term scenes remain vivid. There is a peculiar sensation of being followed or that someone stands behind, with startling on turning—anxiety as if something dreadful is about to happen; children may scream on waking at night or cannot be left alone. Time dislocates: minutes crawl, days race; a driving inner restlessness seeks night excitement and open air, tallying with Better (night air; excitement) already noted. Sexual ideas intrude early; lascivious thoughts, precocity, alternation with guilt and religious fear. Irritability from contradiction, spiteful retort, impulsive swearing, and sudden tears appear; yet Medorrhinum may be warmly affectionate and over-sympathetic, then cold the next hour—sycotic oscillation. Compare Lyc. (lack of confidence + domination but more 4–8 p.m. aggravation; not knee-chest sleeper), Psor. (despair about recovery, filthy skin but not seaside amel.), Sulph. (ragged philosopher, hot feet but seeks open air morning), and Thuja (fixed ideas of being fragile or double—Med. is more reckless, hurried, night-excited). Case: adolescent who failed exams from forgetting names/definitions, stayed up till 2 a.m. “wired”, asthma better at the coast, warts on fingers; Med. 200C restored sleep, memory, and eased asthma within weeks. [Kent], [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Boger], [Boericke]

Head

Headaches are frontal/vertex/occipital, often pressing outward as if skull would burst, worse sun/heat, worse 2–4 a.m., better lying on abdomen or by firm pressure, echoing the Better (lying prone) modality. Scalp sensitive to combing, oily, dandruff with itching worse heat of bed; thick crusts behind ears in children with green catarrh. Vertigo on rising quickly, sea improves; rush of blood to head with burning solesheat polarities typical of Medorrhinum. Compare Nat-m. (sun headaches, but dry, reserved), Glon. (throbbing < heat without knee-chest keynote), Tub. (travel desire, knee-chest, but more emaciated, changeable). [Allen], [Clarke], [Tyler], [Phatak]

Eyes

Smarting, burning, heavy lids, oily shine of face/lids; blepharitis and styes recurrent. Photophobia mornings, letters blur when tired at night, floaters in excitable types. Thick green/yellow ophthalmic discharge in children with nasal catarrh (sycotic mucus excess). Asthenopia from late-night work (fits the night excitement axis). Compare Puls. (bland discharge; mild), Arg-n. (stage fright with eye strain, diarrhoea < anticipation), Thuja (warty lids; less knee-chest). [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke]

Ears

Otorrhoea greenish, itching meatus, ear warts, cracking on swallowing; neuralgic darting to teeth/neck, worse damp. Roaring at night when lying, better sitting up. Children have glue ear, adenoids, mouth breathing, improved at seaside. [Allen], [Clarke], [Boger], [Tyler]

Nose

Thick, green, tenacious discharge, posterior catarrh, hawking clots, loss of smell; sneezing fits on rising; ulcerated septum, mucous patches; fishy odour to coryza at times. Obstruction at night with open-mouth sleep, snores, then asthmatic paroxysm near 3 a.m. (cross-reference to Worse 2–4 a.m.). Compare Kali-s. (yellow shifting catarrh, open air >), Nat-s. (damp < with green sputum but coastal air <), Puls. (bland discharge, cool air >). [Clarke], [Hering], [Allen], [Boger]

Face

Greasy, sallow, acne, comedones, oily T-zone, bluish eyelids; neuralgia darting to eyes/ears, worse damp nights, better warmth and pressure. Herpetic patches, perioral fissures in excitable youths. [Allen], [Clarke], [Phatak]

Mouth

Breath fishy/offensive; tongue coated, imprints of teeth; ulcers (aphthae) with burning; salivation at night; taste coppery or salty. Stammering from haste—words run together, forgets mid-sentence (echoing Mind). Desires ice-cold drinks, oranges, salt, sour; cold water may chill stomach in some—idiosyncratic. [Allen], [Clarke], [Tyler]

Teeth

Sensitive to cold, ache at night, neuralgic flashes to ear/temple; grinds teeth in sleep; gums spongy, bleed, sore on pressure; pyorrhoea tendencies in sycotic constitutions. [Allen], [Hering], [Clarke]

Throat

Raw, scraped, hawks thick tenacious mucus, aphonia after emotion (stage fright), globus with palpitations; membranous patches in sycotic diathesis; burning with thirst for cold. Tickling provokes cough at 2–3 a.m. (time key). [Clarke], [Allen], [Kent]

Stomach

Capricious appetite, craves iced drinks, oranges, salt/sour, pickles; nausea < morning, from anticipation; gastric burning, bloating after sugar/beer (cross-reference Worse sugar/beer); eructations smelling fishy; alternating bulimia and aversion (sycotic swing). Compare Arg-n. (anticipatory diarrhoea, sweet tooth), Lyc. (flatulence 4–8 p.m., right hypochondrium). [Allen], [Clarke], [Tyler], [Phatak]

Abdomen

Gurgling, flatulence, tender inguinal glands, ovarian pains (often left) shooting to thigh/back, worse tight clothes, better lying prone. Tenesmus rectal and vesical together; bearing-down in pelvis must cross limbs. Hepatic congestion with oily skin suggests sycotic load. [Clarke], [Kent], [Allen]

Urinary

Deep enuresischildren sleep so soundly they wet the bed, dream of urinating; smarting, burning at meatus; split stream, dribbling; tenacious threads in urine; urine offensive, sometimes ammoniacal; post-gonorrhoeal urethritis with morning agglutination. Must pass urine several times at night, paralleling 2–4 a.m. aggravation. Compare Caust. (enuresis with weakness), Sep. (female pelvic laxity). [Clarke], [Allen], [Hering], [Boericke]

Rectum

Alternation of constipation (hard, large, knotty) with sudden gushing stools; morning urgency in some, but more often night-time looseness with tenesmus; itching anus, mucous erosions, condylomata; fish-brine odour of stools in children. Painful fissures with stinging; haemorrhoids moist, worse heat of bed. [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Phatak]

Male

Old gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, prostatitis with perineal soreness and nocturnal emissions; impotence alternating with satyriasis; orchitis, left testis aching; warts on glans/penis, moist, bleeding easily. Sexual excess aggravates mind and spine. [Allen], [Clarke], [Kent], [Phatak]

Female

Early, profuse menses, clotted, offensive; pruritus vulvae intolerable at night, heat of bed <; leucorrhoea profuse, green-yellow, fishy, excoriating; left ovarian pain, cysts, bearing-downmust cross limbs or press vulva to feel secure; nipples sore, cracks, milk scant or too abundant in sycotic constitutions. Coitus may excite aphonia or asthma (neuro-sexual axis). Compare Sep. (pelvic laxity, indifference), Thuja (cauliflower warts; chilly, fixed ideas). [Clarke], [Kent], [Allen], [Tyler]

Respiratory

Short breath, cannot get enough air in stuffy rooms, better window open, sea breeze, lying on abdomen; must throw feet/arms out of bed during night attacks (cross-reference Better (uncover feet; open air)). Sighing respiration in anxious children. [Clarke], [Hering], [Tyler]

Heart

Palpitations, irregular beats, anxious flutter especially at night, worse excitement/anticipation, better open air. Systolic murmurs in anaemic youths with oily skin and warts (constitutional clue). Cold hands, hot feet polarity accompanies cardiac irritability. [Allen], [Clarke], [Kent]

Chest

Asthma with suffocative tightness about 2–4 a.m., worse damp inland, better at the seaside, must sit up, leans forward, head low or prone; cough with green, tenacious mucus; larynx raw, voice lost after emotion. Palpitation with fluttering on lying left side; precordial anxiety. Compare Ars. (1–2 a.m., burning, seeks heat), Nat-s. (damp < but seaside <), Ant-t. (rattling, no expulsive power). [Boger], [Clarke], [Allen], [Tyler]

Back

Sacral and coccygeal aching, sacro-iliac looseness, back feels weak, worse long standing, worse tight waistbands, better knee-chest; stitching between scapulae. Heat of bed aggravates restlessness in lower limbs. Compare Nat-s. (first motion < then > in damp mornings), Rhus-t. (sprain-type < rest > motion but damp heat >). [Boger], [Allen], [Clarke]

Extremities

Burning solesmust uncover/fan, finds cool floor with feet; restless legs, must move, stretch; cramps in calves at night; nails brittle, hangnails, warts on hands; sciatica, often left, worse night damp, better seaside. Cold hands with hot feet and itching in heat of bed summarise thermal paradox. [Phatak], [Boericke], [Clarke], [Allen]

Skin

Warts (flat, pedunculated, cauliflower), condylomata, moist patches, seborrhoea, oily gloss, acne in the excitable; itching < heat of bed, scratches till blood; mucous patches, fissures, hangnails; ringworm-like eruptions; sea bathing often ameliorates. Suppressing skin issues commonly precipitates asthma or internal turbulence (echoing Worse suppression). [Clarke], [Hering], [Kent], [Phatak]

Sleep

Sleep is late, excited, mind races at night; falls asleep past midnight, wakes unrefreshed. Knee-chest, face-down, or hips elevated positions relieve chest/back; throws off bedclothes from the feet, needs fan on soles. Night terrors in children, screams, cannot be left alone; dreams lascivious, of pursuit, of being stabbed or followed, matching the Mind sensation. 2–4 a.m. attacksasthma, palpitations, sweat—dominate. Short naps by day revive briefly. [Kent], [Allen], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Boericke]

Dreams

Of being pursued, someone behind, serpents, waves, falling, obscene scenes; wake in fear with palpitations; recurrent dreams around coastlines and storms—symbolically sycotic “surge”. [Allen], [Tyler]

Fever

Evening heat, night sweats about 2–4 a.m., flushes alternate with chill; fever with offensive sweat, fishy, stains linen. Intermittent fevers in sycotic constitutions show restless nights, hot feet, itching skin. [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke]

Chill / Heat / Sweat

Chill: damp evening, cellars, marsh air; gooseflesh with itching. Heat: localized to head/soles, wants uncovering of feet; flushes with palpitation. Sweat: offensive, stains, fish-brine odour, most after midnight. [Allen], [Clarke], [Phatak], [Boericke]

Food & Drinks

Craves: ice-cold drinks, oranges, sour, salt, pickles, green fruit; aversion to fatty meats; milk may bloat. Sugar/beer may aggravate flatulence/diarrhoea (cross-reference Worse sugar/beer). Thirst at night is marked; sips relieve palpitations briefly. [Allen], [Clarke], [Tyler], [Phatak]

Generalities

Medorrhinum is sycosis embodied: excess, infiltration, overgrowth, stickiness, tenacious green/yellow mucus, warts, profuse discharges, fishy odours, offensive sweats, alternations of function (constipation ↔ diarrhoea, apathy ↔ excitement). Thermal paradox abounds—hot feet need uncovering while hands are cold; head hot, limbs cold. Time is nocturnal, especially 2–4 a.m., with night terrors, asthma, palpitations, sweat; Day is forgetful, dull, morning lassitude. Seaside is curative, while damp inland oppresses (lungs, skin, joints). Positionsknee-chest, prone, limbs out of bed—mirror the organ affinities (chest/back/feet). Suppression of skin or genito-urinary discharges often drives disease inward to chest/joints/nerves; the cautious clinician respects this axis. Compare Thuja (fixed ideas, split-off self, chilly; lacks strong seaside >), Sulph. (hot feet but intellectual pride, morning <), Lyc. (right hypochondrium, 4–8 p.m. <, not knee-chest), Nat-s. (damp < with green sputum but seaside <), and Tub. (knee-chest + desire to travel/change; more emaciated, craving smoked meats). [Hering], [Allen], [Clarke], [Kent], [Boger], [Boericke], [Tyler], [Phatak], [Nash], [Farrington]

Differential Diagnosis

Sycotic constitutional / wart-formers

  • Thuja. Fixed ideas (fragility, “glass”), chilliness, onion-like odours; warts moist/cauliflower; seaside not especially >; Med. more night-excited, knee-chest, hot feet uncover. [Kent], [Clarke]
  • Nit-ac. Moist fissures, splinter pains, warts that bleed; more cold-sensitive, stitching stabbing, offensive yet lacks seaside > and Med.’s night excitement. [Allen]

Asthma (nocturnal, damp-linked)

  • Nat-s. Damp <, green sputum, seaside <; Med. seaside >, 2–4 a.m. key, knee-chest/prone posture. [Clarke], [Boger]
  • Ars. 1–2 a.m., burning pains better heat, anxious neatness; Med. more reckless with burning soles and night excitation. [Kent]
  • Ant-t. Rattling without power; Med. has tenacious but raiseable mucus and seaside >. [Allen]

Paediatric enuresis / knee-chest

  • Caust. Enuresis with sphincter weakness, warts; less night excitation, no burning-soles hallmark. [Clarke]
  • Tub. Knee-chest, restlessness, travel desire; seaside may aggravate; Med. ameliorated by coast and shows oily/warty skin. [Tyler]

Female pelvis / left ovary

  • Sep. Bearing-down, pelvic laxity, indifference, yellow-green leucorrhoea but not fish-brine; lacks seaside > and night excitation. [Kent], [Clarke]
  • Lach. Left ovary, loquacity, intolerance of heat of bed (throws off covers entirely); menses < yet mental picture differs (jealousy, choking <). [Allen]

Gonorrhoeal sequelæ / prostate

  • Cann-sat. Burning urethra, sexual fixation; less constitutional range than Med. [Clarke]
  • Sars. Dysuria in children, last drops scald; lacks night excitement and seaside >. [Allen]

Warts / condylomata

  • Dulc. Warts after damp cold; milder mental picture, cold damp causation; Med. more nocturnal and sexual sphere. [Boericke]
  • Caust. Flat warts on hands; paresis; lacks fish-odour discharges and knee-chest keynote. [Phatak]

Burning soles / must uncover feet

  • Sulph. Hot feet out of bed, philosophical sloven; morning <, heat craving; Med. adds seaside >, night excitement, gonorrhoeal links. [Kent]
  • Puls. Feet hot in evening, mild weepy, cool air >; discharge bland (contrasts Med.’s acrid fishy). [Clarke]

Forgetfulness of names / hurried

  • Lyc. Forgets words, dictatorial, 4–8 p.m. <; right-sided liver signs; Med. is night-excited, knee-chest, burning soles. [Kent]
  • Anac. Forgetful, irritable, cruelty impulses; not seaside-amel., lacks sycotic mucus excess. [Allen]

Remedy Relationships

  • Complementary: Thuja (sycotic core, structural), Nat-s. (damp axis), Sulph. (opens chronic terrain; hot feet polarity), Sars. (urinary colic/urethra), Kali-s. (catarrh, yellow shifting), Carb-veg. (late collapse, foulness), Tub. (when tubercular overlay dominates). [Kent], [Clarke], [Boger], [Boericke]
  • Follows well: Thuja in persistent sycosis with asthma/skin/warts; Nat-s. in damp-asthma cases now seaside >; Sulph. after which fishy discharges and warts declare. [Clarke], [Boger]
  • Precedes well: Sep. in pelvic laxity after clearing acrids; Arg-n. in anticipatory neurogastric axis; Sars. in urinary sequelæ. [Farrington], [Clarke]
  • Antidotes: Puls. (drugging of menses), Nux-v. (dietary excess, nervous irritability); Med. itself may antidote suppressed gonorrhoea states. [Allen], [Clarke]
  • Antidoted by: Camph. (general antidotal), Sulph. (brings back eruptions). [Hering], [Clarke]
  • Inimical/Caution: Rapid alternation with Tub. or Sulph. may whipsaw thermal/dermal states; allow clear declarations between changes. [Kent]

Clinical Tips

  • Asthma better at the seaside; 2–4 a.m. tight chest; sleeps knee-chest; burning soles: Med. 200C nocte for several nights, then space; watch for deeper sleep without enuresis. [Clarke], [Boger], [Tyler]
  • Enuresis in deep-sleeping, hot-footed children with warts/adenoids: Med. 200C–1M; avoid suppressive nasal sprays; consider sea-air breaks. [Allen], [Tyler], [Phatak]
  • Old gonorrhoeal sequelæ (gleet, prostatitis) with night excitation and fish-odour discharges: Med. 200C weekly intercurrent; follow with Sars./Cann-sat. if urethral symptoms persist. [Clarke], [Allen]
  • Left ovarian pain, bearing-down (must cross legs), pruritus vulvae < heat of bed; green acrid leucorrhoea: Med. intercurrent before Sep./Kali-s.. [Kent], [Clarke]
  • Mini-pearls
    • Burning soles that must be fanned + knee-chest sleeper + seaside > is a Med. triad. [Phatak], [Tyler]
    • Sensation of someone behind with reckless night exhilaration differentiates from Thuja/Sulph. [Kent], [Clarke]
    • Fish-brine odour of discharges/sweats is a small but telling keynote. [Allen], [Clarke]

Selected Repertory Rubrics

Mind

  • Fear as if someone were behind him; starts on turning. Useful in night terrors. [Kent], [Clarke]
  • Forgets names; forgets what he has just said or is about to say. Short-term memory gap. [Allen]
  • Time seems to pass too slowly (or too fast); hurried and impulsive. Nocturnal excitation. [Kent]
  • Lascivious thoughts with alternating remorse. Sycotic swing. [Clarke]
  • Anxiety at night 2–4 a.m., fear something dreadful will happen. Links to asthma/palpitations. [Allen]

Head

  • Headache better lying on abdomen or by firm pressure. Postural keynote. [Clarke]
  • Scalp oily with dandruff, itching < heat of bed. Sycotic skin. [Allen]
  • Vertigo on rising; sea air relieves. Place modality. [Boger]

Nose / Throat

  • Coryza thick, green, tenacious; posterior catarrh with hawking clots. Sticky excess. [Hering]
  • Aphonia after emotion; larynx raw. Neuro-emotive throat. [Clarke]
  • Fishy odour from nasal/throat discharge. Small keynote. [Allen]

Chest / Respiration / Heart

  • Asthma at 2–4 a.m.; better at the seaside; worse damp inland. Decisive rubric. [Boger], [Clarke]
  • Must sleep knee-chest or lying on abdomen to breathe. Postural relief. [Allen]
  • Palpitation at night with anxiety; must have air. Open window >. [Kent]

Urinary / Male / Female

  • Enuresis in deep sleepers; dreams of urinating. Bedwetting axis. [Clarke]
  • Urethritis, gleet, prostatitis after suppressed gonorrhoea. Sycotic sequelæ. [Allen]
  • Leucorrhoea profuse, acrid, fishy; left ovarian pains; must cross limbs to prevent prolapse sensation. Pelvic signature. [Clarke], [Kent]

Skin / Extremities

  • Warts, condylomata—flat or pedunculated; mucous patches. Overgrowth. [Hering]
  • Burning soles—must uncover or fan; hangs feet out of bed. Thermal polarity. [Phatak]
  • Hangnails; brittle nails. Sycotic appendages. [Boericke]

Generalities / Sleep

  • Seaside ameliorates; damp weather aggravates. Place/weather axis. [Clarke]
  • Worse 2–4 a.m.; night terrors; lascivious dreams. Time axis. [Allen]
  • Heat of bed aggravates itching and burning of feet. Thermal axis. [Phatak]

References

Hering, C. — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica (1879–1891): foundational clinical confirmations for Medorrhinum across mind, skin, G.U., and respiration.
Allen, T. F. — Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879): collated provings/clinical notes, discharges, odours, nocturnal aggravations, coastal modalities.
Clarke, J. H. — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica (1900): nosode background, seaside/damp axis, fish-odour keynotes, pelvic/urinary sphere.
Kent, J. T. — Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905): sycotic mental portrait—hurry, impulsiveness, knee-chest, night excitation, memory lapses.
Boger, C. M. — Boenninghausen’s Characteristics & Repertory (1905); Synoptic Key (1915): place and time modalities (seaside >, damp <, 2–4 a.m.), organ affinities.
Boericke, W. — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1901): clinical keynotes—burning soles, warts, enuresis, sexual sphere.
Phatak, S. R. — Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Medicines (1977): distilled essentials—burning soles, knee-chest, fishy discharges, sycotic contrasts.
Tyler, M. L. — Homoeopathic Drug Pictures (1932): vivid portraits—night excitement, coastal relief, paediatric enuresis/asthma.
Nash, E. B. — Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics (1899): therapeutic hints for sycotic states and intercurrent use.
Farrington, E. A. — Clinical Materia Medica (1887): comparisons among sycotics and genito-urinary indications.
Lippe, A. von — Keynotes and Characteristics (1879): succinct signposts—discharges, warts, nocturnal axes.
Dunham, C. — Lectures on Materia Medica (1879): miasmatic insights, suppressions and their internalisation (sycosis).
Hughes, R. — A Manual of Pharmacodynamics/Pharmacography (1867–1868): pathophysiological rationale for mucosal excess and infiltrative tendencies in the sycotic state.
Vithoulkas, G. — The Science of Homeopathy (1980): miasmatic synthesis; placement of Medorrhinum within sycotic field.
Sankaran, R. — The Substance of Homeopathy (1991): thematic sycotic core—excess, secrecy, anticipation; useful modern cross-checks.
Bailey, P. M. — Psychological Types (1995): personality sketches aligning with Medorrhinum’s hurry, thrill-seeking, and oscillation.

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