Materia Medica de A a Z

MUREX PURPUREUS (murx)

"I do not propose to adopt the usual way by beginning with /Aconite/ and ending with /Zincum/, but to follow the bent of my inclinations, or, as it is sometimes expressed, the movings of the spirit; and may I not here invoke the aid of the spirits of the immortal Hahnemann, Boenninghausen and the galaxy of bright names that adorn the fair page of the history of Homoeopathy to help me."

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Is a remedy which, though not extensively proven, bids fair to become exceedingly useful so far as we know, it comes nearer to Sepia (Sep) than any other remedy and the characteristic deference between them is, that with Murex there is great, almost uncontrollable sexual desire, while with Sepia (Sep) there is a lack of or aversion to the same, especially with prolapsus.

Both remedies have "sinking, all gone" sensation in the stomach; also "bearing down" sensation, as if internal organs would be out, must sit and cross limbs to ameliorate the pressure, but the sexual irritation and desire of Murex is excited by the least contact of the parts (Orig, Zinc).

Again, Murex has a sore pain in uterus, something like Helonias, which is expressed as "conscious of a womb," feels it more when she moves, IT IS SO SORE AND TENDER [Lyssin. (Lyss)]. Two other remedies must be remembered in nymphomania, viz, Lilium (Lil-t) and Platina (Plat).