Sempervivum Tectorum
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General
SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM Houseleek
Is recommended for herpes, zoster and cancerous tumors. Scirrhous induration of tongue. Mammary carcinoma. Ring-worm. Haemorrhoids.
Mouth
Malignant ulcers of mouth.
Cancer of tongue (Galium).
Tongue has ulcers; bleed easily, especially at night; much soreness of tongue with stabbing pains.
Whole mouth very tender.
Skin
Erysipelatous affections.
Warts and corns.
Aphthae.
Flushed surface and stinging pains.
Relationship
Compare: Sedum acre-small Houseleek--(scorbutic conditions; ulcers, intermittent fever) (Galium; Kali cyanat). Oxalis acetosella-Wood sorrel--(The inspissated juice used as a cautery to remove cancerous growths of the lips). Cotyledon. Ficus Carica--(Fig)-The milky juice of the freshly broken stalk applied to warts; causes their disappearance.
Dose
Tincture and 2 decimal, also fresh juice of plant. Locally for bites of insect, stings of bees, and poisoned wounds, warts.