Teucrium Marum Verum – Teucrium Beyond Polyps, Mind and More – Part 1
Common Name – Cat thyme
Family – Labiatae
It was introduced and proved primarily by Stapf, with participation from von Gersdorff, Caspari, Bethmann, and Hartmann
Tincture is prepared from fresh whole plant
Dr. Murphy in his Lotus Materia Medica draws heavily from Boericke and Clarke to describe Teucrium.
The Germander group of the Labiatae to which Teucriums belong, had an important place in old herbal medicine, and Homoeopathy has placed Teucrium on a firm foundation.
Whether we use many remedies for polyps or a just a few Teucrium is indispensably one of them. The other uses of Teucrium – worms especially ascaris; ingrowing toe nails etc.
For most of us the use of Teucrium is confined to the above mentioned conditions whereas the fact is there is much more about Teucrium that needs to be mentioned and also the mind of Teucrium which is so less explored.
It is a neglected medicine for fibroma, injury, skin complaints etc.
I have tried to make a mini drug picture of Teucirum Marum Varum. But in this part 1 we shall only see the mind of Teucrium and some clinical tips.
Introduction
A must have remedy in every Homoeopath’s clinic – acts best in old people and children (Antim crud, Baryta carb, Opium, Lycopodium, Veratrum album)
Indicated after much drugging has been done and an irritable and over-sensitive state is produced; or when remedies don’t act which is best described by Dr. Phatak in his Materia Medica and repertory.
Excitable and over sensitiveness; from abuse of medicines and when remedies fail to act.
D – Drugs; abuse of – in general: (16) aloe ars. camph. Carb-v. cham. coloc. hep. Hydr. kali-i. nat-m. nit-ac. NUX-V. Puls. sec. Sulph. teucr.
M – Medicine – overacts without curing: (3) cupr. Ph-ac. Teucr.
The Synthesis TE 2009 mentions the following rubrics
GENERALS – MEDICINE – allopathic – abuse of: (1) teucr. + (35)
GENERALS – MEDICINE – allopathic – oversensitive to: (1) teucr. + (23)
GENERALS – REMEDIES – fail to act; well selected remedies – oversensitive state; when too much medicine has produced an: (1) TEUCR. + (2)
While in Clarke’s clinical repertory Teucrium is the only remedy for many few of such rubrics.
Temperaments – Insensitive to well-chosen remedies – after too much medicine: (1) teucr.
Temperaments – medicine, too much, over-sensitive condition produced by, and remedies fail to act: (1) teucr.
Temperaments – over-sensitive – condition which too much medicine has produced: (1) teucr.
Temperaments – remedies – fail to act, when, after too much medicine: (1) teucr.
Temperaments – sensitiveness – great – produced by too much medicine: (1) teucr.
Mind of Teucrium
Indolence, aversion to all physical and mental exertion.
Irritability increased after eating with pressure in the forehead
Great sensitiveness and excitability
Irresistible desire to sing
(The above mentioned symptoms are mentioned by Dr.Lippe)
While RadarOpus keynotes by VAN WOENSEL ERIK mentions the below given mentals
Oversensitive to noise of voices of people
MIND – ANGER – talk; when hearing other people: (1) teucr. + (7)
Excitement after hearing horrible things; during perspiration
Loquacity during heat
MIND – HORRIBLE THINGS, SAD STORIES AFFECT HER PROFOUNDLY: (1) Teucr. + (67)
MIND – IMPRESSIONABLE – children: (1) teucr. + (32)
MIND – IRRITABILITY – worm affections; in: (1) teucr. + (5)
MIND – IRRITABILITY – worm affections; in – threadworms: (1) teucr.
MIND – LOQUACITY – changing quickly from one subject to another: (1) teucr. + (31)
MIND – LOQUACITY – chill, during: (1) teucr. – (2)Podo. zinc.
MIND – LOQUACITY – excited: (1) teucr. + (4)
MIND – MIRTH air; in open: (1) teucr. – (2)phel. plb.
MIND – NARRATING HER SYMPTOMS agg.: (1) teucr. + (7)
MIND – SADNESS cold, from becoming: (1) teucr. – (2)cimic. Phos.
Clinical Tips
1) Ingrowing toe nails with ulceration which is better my motion – Dr.Pulford
(Another important remedy for ingrowing toe nail with ulceration is Silicea)
2) Dr.Nash – I have found this remedy one of the best for ascarides. Have cured many cases who had “tried everything” (so they said) without avail. I have noticed that people troubled with ascarides often have a great deal of tickling, tingling, etc., in the nose, with ascarides have this symptoms). And it is notable that Teucrium is one of the best remedies for polypus of the nose; will cure it, and that never to return.
3) Teucrium has a peculiar cough.
It is associated with a mouldy taste in the mouth while hawking up the mucus.
This may be considered a key-note symptom of the remedy.(Dr.N M Choudhari)
4) Teucrium is also reputed to have cured hard fibrous growths on the inner side of the eyelids which prevented them from properly closing.(Dr.N M Choudhari)
5) Useful in recurrent nasal polyps which are soft and obstructive (Dr.Rajneesh Kumar Sharma)
