Remedy
Epigea Repens epig.
2 books on the shelf carry Epigea Repens. Read them in the order a bedside reading goes: the short cards first, the long books after.
Homœopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition
Common name
Trailing Arbutus
General
Chronic cystitis, with dysuria; tenesmus after micturition; muco-pus and uric-acid deposit, gravel, renal calculi. Fine sand in urine of a brown color. Burning in neck of bladder whilst urinating and tenesmus afterward. Pyelitis, incontinence of urine. Croaking noise and rumbling in bowels.
Relationship
Compare: Uva, Chimaph, Lyc; Pareira. Epigea contains Arbutin, also Formic acid.
Dose
Tincture in 5-drop doses every three hours.
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization
General
Trailing Arbutus. N. O. Ericaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves.
Clinical
Calculi, urinary. Dysuria. Gravel. Strangury.
Characteristics
Hale mentions Epigea as having been a popular remedy in renal calculi throughout the United States ever since the settlement. "It has been successful in removing dysuria and strangury as well as urinary tenesmus." Hale once gave to a patient who had a bloody muco-purulent sediment in the urine with intense dysuria, ten drops of the tincture six times a day. A copious deposit of fine brown sand was observed and all symptoms were relieved.
Relations
Botan.: Arbutus, Uva ursi. Compare also: Mitchella, Chimaphila, Cannabis, Calc. ren., Urtica urens, Uric acid.