Myrtus Communis myrt.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Myrtle

General

The leaves contain Myrtol, an active antiseptic. Chest pains, as found often in consumptives, call for this remedy. Incipient phthisis. Nerve sedative and stimulant to mucous membranes, bronchitis, cystitis and pyelitis.

Chest

Stitching pain in left breast, running through to shoulder-blade (Illic; Therid; Pix). Dry, hollow cough, with tickling in chest. Worse in the morning. Sensation of burning in left chest.

Relationship

Compare: Myrtus Chekan (Chronic bronchitis with dense, yellowish sputum, difficult to detach. Copious expectoration keeps patient distressed and coughing).

Dose

Third potency.

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

Myrtle. (Closely allied to Granatum, the Pomegranate-tree.) N. O. Myrtaceæ. Tincture of fresh shoots and leaves. Tincture of fresh flowering shoots and leaves.

Clinical

Catarrhal fevers. Chest, stitches in. Coryza. Cough. Tuberculosis.

Characteristics

Myrt. com . is an unproved remedy, the symptoms of the Schema being entirely clinical. Hering gives an account of it. It has a very powerful action on the left lung, especially the upper part. It is to the upper left lung what Oxal. ac . is to the lower. This is the keynote: Pain in upper left lung going right through from the front to the left scapula. Cases of phthisis, hæmoptysis, hepatisation, lung syphilis having this symptom present have been cured with Myrt . The pain is mostly stitching, but may be throbbing, aching, or burning. It is < in morning, > evening, < by breathing, yawning, coughing. The cough is dry, hollow; excited by a tickling in upper anterior lobes. Hering has cured catarrhal fever with tickling cough < morning and > evening; with great lassitude in afternoon. This last symptom is important. So is evening > of cough and of tickling in lungs. < From change of atmosphere. Every atmospheric change = cough, coryza, and catarrhal fever.

Relations

Compare: Pains through left chest to scapula, Therid., Illic., Pix., Sul. (Pain through lower lobe of left lung, Oxal. ac.) Compare also: Phos., Bry.

Nose

Coryza with cough.

Throat

Dryness in throat; pains in throat and chest, with expectoration of blood.

Respiratory Organs

Dry, hollow cough, from tickling in upper anterior lobes of lungs; < morning; > evening; great lassitude in afternoon. ─ Cough, coryza, and catarrhal fever setting in with every atmospheric change.

Chest

Pain in chest; acute; pressing; cough with tightness. ─ Pain in upper part of l. chest through to shoulder, < taking a deep breath and making a strong motion. ─ Stitching in l. apex straight through to scapula, < breathing, yawning, coughing. ─ Burning in l. chest with throbbing, aching, tickling. ─ Hepatisation of l. lung. ─ Hæmoptysis. ─ Phthisis, esp. from maltreated syphilis.

Fever

Catarrhal fevers with pain in elbow and knee-joints, with dry, hollow cough, caused by tickling in upper and front part of lungs, esp. in morning, > evening, accompanied by lassitude in afternoon.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Myrtle. Myrtaceæ.
A cultivated shrub or small tree native to countries bordering on the Mediterranean. It is mentioned by Hippocrates, Galen, Dioscorides, the Arabians and other ancient writers (see article by Hering, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 62, 1871).
No provings.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Cough and coryza , Wahle, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 842 ; Pain in left chest , Landesmann, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 110 ; Stitches in chest , Wahle, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 842 ; Use in tuberculosis , Payne, W. E. Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 355 ; Catarrhal fevers , Hering, N. A. J. H., vol. 1, p. 74.

Palate and throat

Dryness in throat ; pains in throat and chest, with expectoration of blood.

Cough

Dry, hollow cough, from tickling in upper anterior lobes of lungs ; < in morning, > in evening ; great lassitude in afternoon.
Cough with tickling in chest.
Cough, coryza and catarrhal fever, setting in with every atmospheric change.
Catarrhal fevers, with pain in elbow and knee joints, with dry, hollow cough, caused by a tickling in upper and front part of lungs, especially in morning, > in evening, accompanied by lassitude in afternoon.

Inner chest and lungs

Pain in chest ; cough, with tightness on breast.
Acute pain in chest ; pressing pain in chest.
Pain in upper part of left chest through to shoulder, < taking a deep breath and making a strong motion.
Stitching pain in left chest ; from upper portion straight through to left shoulder blade, < from breathing, yawning and coughing. θ Tuberculosis.
Burning pain in left chest, with throbbing, aching, tickling.
Throbbing ache and stitching pain in left infraclavicular region, extending thence through to left shoulder blade, < on deep inspiration ; sensation of burning in left breast. θ Tuberculosis.
Hæmoptysis in tuberculous subjects ; acute pains in superior portions of left chest, radiating backwards to point of scapula of sound side.
Hepatization of left lung.
Useful in phthisis, particularly if caused by maltreated syphilis.

Time

Morning : cough < ; tickling in upper part of lung.
Afternoon : great lassitude.
Evening : cough > ; tickling in lung >.

Temperature and weather

Every atmospheric change ; cough, coryza and catarrhal fevers.

Locality and direction

Left : stitching pain in chest through to shoulder blade ; burning pain in chest ; pain in infraclavicular region ; burning in breast, acute pains in superior portion of chest ; hepatization of lung.

Sensations

Pain : in throat and chest ; in elbow and knee joint ; in upper part of left chest to shoulder.
Acute pain : in chest ; in superior portion of left chest.
Stitching pain : in left chest ; in left infraclavicular region.
Pressing pain : in chest.
Burning pain : in left chest.
Tickling : in upper anterior lobes of lungs ; in chest.
Dryness : in throat.
Tightness : on breast.

Stage of life, constitution

Young man, tuberculous ; coryza, cough, etc.
A nun who had been homeopathically cured of phthisis brought on by long continued use of Quinine for ague, from which she had suffered for five years ; pain in left chest.

Relations

Compare : Bryon., Phosphor., Pix, Therid . and Sulphur in stitches through upper left chest.