Colubrina - sorry about the headache!!!

[Jasbir Kaur Villaschi]

Hi Rochelle, Sheila and all

Basically it is Bryonia dioica which is used interchangely by some with alba type, although as Clarke states it is not proven unlike B. Alba but is assumed to have similar properties to bryonia alba. his advice?? is to stick to Alba.

Prisma describes differences as alba being black berried and having both male and female flowers on same plant whereas B. dioica is red berried and has seperate sexes on seperate plants ...

' In a family typically consisting of dioecious plants, monoecism is the exception and hence to be considered a peculiar of Bryonia alba. this botanical peculiarity is reflected in the mental symptoms of Bryonia alba connected with home and change. Bryonia alba therefore, homoeopathically, can not be substituted by Bryonia dioica.'

Prisma , Frans Vermeulen pp 270/1

however later on he mentions an Austrian proving 1844 of bryonia which included results from B dioica !!

so possibly could explain usage in Brasil , if pioneering homoepaths thought was proven too....

Jas

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