Saponaria officinalis
Saponaria vulgaris
Names: Lychnis officinalis, Lychnis saponaria, Silene saponaria, Bootia nervosa, Bootia vulgaris
English: Soap Root, Soapwort, Bruise Wort, Bouncing Bet, Fuller's Herb
Dutch: zeepkruid
Saponaria officinalis, Linn.
Botany: leaves opposite, entire, smooth, elliptical till lanceolate, longitudinal nerves curved towards the apex of the leaf, greyish green when dried; flowers (June and July) pinkish; taste bitter, acrid; odour none.
Chemistry: saponins, Saporubrin and Saporubrinic acid.
Uses: soap, foam on beer.
Part: leaves, root.
Source: Boericke
Mind
Indifferent, apathetic, depressive.
General
Sleep: sleepless.
Body
Headache; above the eyes, left; throbbing, stabbing, congestive, < motion, < evening.
Neck weary.
Eye: pain, prickling, ciliary neuralgia, photophobia, glaucoma.
Nose: acute colds, coryza, scrofula.
Throat: pain, swallowing difficult; tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis.
Heart: palpitations, slow pulse
Stomach: fullness = eructations; nausea, heartburn.
Skin diseases.
DD: Sarsaparilla.