Minutus

I have it in mind for a case that has the mania for washing sx, amongst
others - really bad psoriasis + allergies being the presenting
complaints. I don't use any computer software so Zea italica isn't in
that rubric in my books, neither in the suicide by drowning (the water
connection) although secale is.

I tend to make chains of thoughts, connections, and I went from Secale
(which I knew was not the rx needed) to Arundo and Anantherum (because
of the allergies and skin) and realised I was into the Gramineae family
so I continued to trawl the MM's and came across Zea italica. I haven't
prescribed yet.

I am a book worm and just love those moments of discovery and with
wonderful serendipity I was admiring someone's corn tassles the other
day. For some reason I can't grow corn, it just doesn't ripen.

The Gramineae are cereals, reeds, grasses, sugar cane + some maples?
What about lemon grass has that been proved?

To add to Robyn's excellent list I was also wondering about Juncus
effusus which is a rush and has some sx connections such as the
affinity to kidney diseases but not classified as being in the
gramineae family.

I will put some information together soon. Best wishes, Joy
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For those of you that have the hard copy (books)
Clarke's 3 volume Dictionary of Practical MM page 1582 covers Zea
He mentions Zea stigmata (pistils) and Zea shucks (husks)

for some reason neither EH or Referenceworks includes it in their
electronic version of the book.

Peace,
Lynn
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At 10:15 AM 8/26/2005, Joy Lucas wrote:
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Thanks for the list, Robyn -- very helpful. I'm wondering, though, if it actually makes sense in terms of family themes to list the grasses with the fungi that colonize them? It seems the fungi, although perhaps properly considered parasites, may have their own set of themes as a separate family.... Just asking. Rosemary

Etymologically, it probably makes sense in this discussion to remember that "corn" was earlier in English a generic term for grains in general, and did not refer specifically to Maize. This provides a historical linguistic framework within which the husks of one grain might become confused with those of a different one. I would agree that the plant names that reference "mays" probably refer to what we today call "corn" (Maize).

Rosemary

Dear Lynn, maybe EH and RefW cross refer it to Stigmata maydis?? In
other words the opposite of what appears in Clarke. Best wishes, Joy
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R osemary wrote:

Thanks for the list, Robyn -- very helpful. I'm wondering, though, if it
actually makes sense in terms of family themes to list the grasses with the
fungi that colonize them? It seems the fungi, although perhaps properly
considered parasites, may have their own set of themes as a separate
family.... Just asking. Rosemary

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Rosemary,
What a brilliant question!!!! You may not realise how important that
particular question is to me at the moment to do with my research, and when
i have had some time to work on an aspect of it I may share why it is so
important to me. Thankyou so much for noticing this

In the meantime, it has also prompted me to look a little further and came
across something about Zea italica that I would like to check out a little
further before mentioning ------

Here also, is a comment and list from Vermeulen's Prisma (a very
interesting book) from EH

"HOMOEOPATHY Homoeopathy uses 22 species of the grass family: Agropyron
repens [Couch grass], Agrostis capillaris [Bent], Anatherum [Cuscus grass],
Anthoxanthum odoratum [Sweet Vernal grass], Arundo mauritanica [Reed], Avena
sativa [Oats], Bambusa, Bromus [Brome grass; two species], Cymbopogon [Lemon
grass; two species], Cynodon dactylon [Bermuda grass], Hordeum [Barley],
Lolium temulentum [Bearded Darnel], Oryza [Rice], Phleum pratense [Timothy],
Saccharum officinale [Sugar cane], Secale cereale [Rye], Triticum [Wheat;
two species], Zea [Corn; two species]. "

Re Lynn not finding Zea in Clarke in EH --- it is there Lynn, as Joy
mentioned, under Stigmata.

Best

Robyn

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