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Sempervivum Tectorum: Other Names: Made From

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SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM

Other names:

Made From
Sempervivum tectorum. Houseleek. N. O. Crassulaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves.

Clinical Symptoms
Climaxis. Menses, suppressed. Tongue, indurations of.
Author:William BOERICKE, M.D.

SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM
  Houseleek

Is recommended for herpes, zoster and cancerous tumors. Scirrhous


induration of tongue. Mammary carcinoma. Ring-worm. Hæmorrhoids.

Mouth

Malignant ulcers of mouth. Cancer of tongue (Galium). Tongue has


ulcers; bleed easily, especially at night; much soreness of tongue with
stabbing pains. Whole mouth very tender.
Skin

Erysipelatous affections. Warts and corns. Aphthæ. Flushed surface and


stinging pains.

Relationship

Compare: Sedum acre-small Houseleek--(scorbutic conditions; ulcers,


intermittent fever) (Galium; Kali cyanat). Oxalis acetosella-Wood sorrel--
(The inspissated juice used as a cautery to remove cancerous growths of
the lips). Cotyledon. Ficus Carica--(Fig)-The milky juice of the freshly
broken stalk applied to warts; causes their disappearance.

Dose

Tincture and 2 decimal, also fresh juice of plant. Locally for bites of
insect, stings of bees, and poisoned wounds, warts.
Author:John Henry CLARKE, M.D.

SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM.
Sempervivum tectorum. Houseleek. N. O. Crassulaceæ. Tincture of fresh
leaves.
Clinical

Climaxis. Menses, suppressed. Tongue, indurations of.

Characteristics

Kallenbach (H. R., x. 473) gives some experience with Semp. t. In


Hufeland's Journal, says Kallenbach, "the fresh juice is recommended in
chronic aphthæ in grown persons in causal relation to hæmorrhoids, as
well as in scirrhous indurations of the tongue." In many countries Semp.
has a popular reputation for indurations and sores on the tongue.
Reichel, of Staben, considers it curative in spasms of the uterus and in
menstrual disturbances of all kinds, as well as in cases of too exalted
vascular activity in the sexual sphere; also in aural troubles consequent
on hardened ear-wax and in inflammatory exudations of the ear.
Kallenbach was consulted─(1) By Mrs. S., 44, childless, of sickly looks,
for an affection of the tongue. For the previous six months menses had
appeared only every eight to ten weeks, and were accompanied with
pains darting from small of back to uterus and vulva. During the six
months she had stitching pain on right rim of tongue about 3/4 inch from
the point, at which place, after a few weeks, a swelling formed, the size
of a small bean, which bled at times, and at night caused a burning
sensation as of a small coal, disturbing sleep. Sour food = pain. The
swelling is not hard on the surface, but contains two hard nodules, of
size of lentils, one of which is denuded and bleeds on touch. Three
enlarged veins cross the swelling and enter the tongue muscle behind it.
After over a month of treatment with Aur., Ars., Carb. v., in vain,
Kallenbach moistened the swelling with the fresh juice of Semp. thrice a
day. Within three days it was smaller and folds appeared, the enlarged
veins were contracted, formed thin, tense vessels crossing the swelling
and seemingly tying it. During the next three days the patient applied the
juice too energetically, and Kallenbach found the surroundings in
inflammatory irritation and very sensitive. The application was stopped,
and Semp. 2x given internally. After a week's use the swelling had
shrivelled to one-third, and ten days later the menses, which had ceased
altogether, reappeared, and continued very profusely for five days. The
swelling shrivelled to the size of a small pea, was firmer, harder, devoid
of sensation, and gave no further trouble. The menses continued regular.
(2) Mrs. X., 27, mother of a six months' old healthy boy, formerly
frequently afflicted with swelling of the glands, very sensitive to
homœopathic remedies, complained of a pain under her tongue of ten
days' duration, interfering with eating and speaking. There was a bluish
red elevation on under side of tongue of size of split bean, hard, and
along both sides there were enlarged veins. On one side a denuded spot
exuded a whitish albuminous matter which could easily be wiped off:
Semp. 6, one powder every forty-eight hours. On the second day the
swelling was less sensitive, and in a week much smaller. Then the
menses reappeared (first time since confinement), and in three weeks
the whole swelling was gone, leaving only in its place a somewhat
engorged vein. Kallenbach, treated with applications of 1x a General v. B.
who had nodules on left rim of his tongue with swollen veins, the
nodules disappeared, and the sensitiveness was removed, and the patient
was so well that he refused to stay for the completion of the cure, and
failed to report. My own experience with Semp. was in domestic
practice. For some childish affection of the eyes in my own case, rags
moistened with "Houseleek and cream" (about equal parts of the juice
and fresh cream) were applied, and my recollection of it is that the
application was exceedingly pleasant.

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