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Secale Cornutum
From the homeopathic pharmacopoeia(Double click section-headings below to reveal/hide data)
 About the Preparation -
Preparation name
Secale Cornutum
Preparation category
Homoeopathic remedy
Latin Name
Claviceps purpurea
General description
A black horn-like spur, into which the grains of rye are changed by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Rye and other cereals such as grasses, are apt to be affected with ergot disease when grown on damp, ill-drained paddocks, which are waterlogged
Effect on Plants -
Named Issues
Ergot, in all grains and grasses (3)
Flowers
Flowers and fruits small or absent. Flowers and fruits disturbed, small or absent grains. (3)
Notes and Academic Papers
Because ergot affects all grains as well as grasses, Secale will cover all ergot species generically, given the fact that the properties of all grasses and grains in the materia medica do not differ very much, except in concomitants and modalities (compare Boericke's Materia Medica - alfalfa (Medicago sativa), stargrass (Aletris farinosa), sweet vernal grass (Anoxanthum), oats (Avena sativa), buckwheat (Fagopyrum), goose grass (Galium aparine), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare), and corn (Stigmata maydis). The first sign of infection is during flowering when yellowish droplets of sugary slime are produced. (3)
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