Eupatorium perfoliatum
(Eupatorium perfoliatum · Boneset (thoroughwort))
The remedy of aching bones. In the materia medica, Eupatorium is associated with flu-like states where the bones ache as if broken, with sore eyeballs, chills and a thirst that announces the chill.
Source
Boneset, a white-flowered North American wetland plant
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Eup-per.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Deep aching in the bones, as if broken, especially in the back and wrists
Sore eyeballs and a heavy, pressing headache
Thirst before the chill; knows a chill is coming because they can’t drink enough
Hoarse cough with a sore chest that needs to be held
Tends to feel better
Sweating (except the headache)
Conversation
Getting on hands and knees
Tends to feel worse
At regular intervals
Early morning, around 7 to 9 a.m.
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Eupatorium perfoliatum)
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Bryonia
(Bryonia alba)
Bryonia’s flu aches are worse for the slightest movement; Eupatorium aches deep in the bones and is restless with it.
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Arnica
(Arnica montana)
Arnica’s bruised soreness follows injury or overexertion; Eupatorium’s comes with a feverish, flu-like illness.
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Gelsemium
(Gelsemium sempervirens)
Gelsemium’s flu is heavy, drowsy and thirstless; Eupatorium’s is achy and thirsty.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Perspiration relieves all symptoms except headache. Chill between 7 and 9 am, preceded by thirst with great soreness and aching of bones.”
“Bruised feeling, as if broken, all over the body (Arn., Bellis, Pyr.). Bone pains affecting back, head, chest, limbs, especially the wrists, as if dislocated.”
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