Bovista
Remedy for skin affections and hemorrhagic conditions. Eczema on backs of hands. Menses flow only at night or lying down. Clumsiness — drops things. Stuttering. Awkward, clumsy.
Source
Trituration of the spores of Bovista lycoperdon or Bovista gigantea (Lycoperdaceae), the puffball mushroom.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Awkwardness, drops things, misses grasp. Eczema on backs of hands. Menses flow only at night or when lying down. Urticaria on excitement or bathing. Blunt instruments produce deep impressions on skin. Stammering. Clumsiness, misses what grasps for. Hemorrhages — vicarious menstruation.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Absent-minded. Uses wrong words. Stuttering. Oversensitive. Awkward in speech and action. Easily offended.
General Symptoms
Clumsiness is a strong characteristic. Skin bleeds easily. Blunt objects leave deep impressions. Menses peculiar — flow only at night. Urticaria from bathing or emotional excitement. Hemorrhagic tendency. Deep impression from blunt objects on the skin.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation as if head were too large. Headache with stitching pains. Dull confused feeling early in morning.
Face
Acne worse in summer. Scurfy eruptions.
Female Genitalia
Menses flow only at night or when lying down — cease on rising and walking about. Vicarious menstruation (nosebleed instead of menses). Intermenstrual bleeding. Leucorrhea thick, tough, greenish, after menses.
Extremities
Clumsy — drops things, stumbles. Deep impressions in skin from pressure. Weakness of joints.
Skin
Eczema on back of hands, moist, forming thick crusts. Urticaria on excitement or from bathing. Blunt instruments leave deep impressions. Herpes. Pimples at edges of hair.
Modalities
Better From
Hot food. Eating. Bending double.
Worse From
Morning. Full moon. Cold. Bathing. Coffee. Wine. Pregnancy.
Constitutional Type
Clumsy, awkward individuals who drop things and stammer. Often stout. Women with peculiar menstrual patterns. Persons with hemorrhagic tendency and easily bruised skin.
Clinical Indications
Eczema of hands. Urticaria. Abnormal menses. Vicarious menstruation. Stammering. Clumsiness. Intermenstrual hemorrhage. Skin conditions with deep impressions.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Apis (urticaria but with stinging, burning), Trillium (hemorrhages with faintness), Cyclamen (menses flow only at night). Bovista is distinguished by its clumsiness, peculiar menstrual timing, and deep impressions on skin from blunt objects.
Safety Information
Camphor.
Bovista spores are generally non-toxic. Young puffball mushrooms are edible. The spores have been used traditionally as a styptic to stop bleeding. Mother tincture is well tolerated.
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