Bovista – The Homeopathic Remedy for Skin Eruptions & Effects of Cosmetics

Basic Information:

• Common Name: Puff-ball fungus “The Overgrown Puffball”
• Source: Fungi kingdom
• Miasm: Psoric – sycotic
• Preparation: Trituration of dried fungus
• Sphere of Action: Skin, female genital system, blood, nervous system

Keynote Symptoms:

• Everything is too tight! Can’t bear tight clothing — even gloves, rings, shoes
• Tendency to hemorrhage – especially between periods, or after minor injuries
• Profuse perspiration, with offensive odor
• Ecchymosis or bleeding easily – after tooth extraction or injuries
• Urticaria before menses

Clinical Indications:

Female Complaints:

• Menses too early and too profuse
• Metrorrhagia, especially between periods
• Leucorrhoea with itching, worse at night
• Diarrhea before and during menses
• Urticaria before menses
• Sensation as if parts are swollen, vulva feels puffed

Skin Conditions:

• Urticaria (especially before menses)
• Eczema, moist, offensive
• Itching of skin, worse from warmth
• Skin sensitive to touch, even tight clothes cause irritation

Circulatory/Blood:

• Tendency to hemorrhage, especially in anaemic or bruised patients
• Epistaxis, menorrhagia, bleeding after dental procedures

Mental State:

• Absent-minded, makes mistakes in speaking, writing
• Forgets words while speaking
• Indifferent, sluggish

Modalities:

Worse From	Better From
Warmth, tight clothing	Cold applications
Before menses	Discharge starts
Touch, friction	Rest, loose clothing

Potency & Dosage:

• 30C, 200C in skin and menstrual disorders
• Useful in repeated doses in urticaria and metrorrhagia
• Apply according to susceptibility and pathology

Compare With:

Remedy	Key Differences
Lachesis	Tight clothing intolerance, but hot patient
Sepia	Leucorrhoea and bearing down, but sad and indifferent
Sulphur	Itching skin, worse from heat and washing
Bovista	Menstrual urticaria, tight clothing agg., puffiness

Mnemonic – "BOVISTA = Bleeding Often, Very Irritated Skin That Aches"

• B – Bleeding tendency
• O – Over-sensitive to pressure (tight clothes)
• V – Vulva puffed, swollen
• I – Itching worse before menses
• S – Skin eruptions with offensive sweat
• T – Tendency to hemorrhage
• A – Absent-minded

One-Line Summary:

"Bovista suits nervous women with sensitive skin, intolerance to tight clothes, and menstrual urticaria or hemorrhage."