====== COCCUS CACTI ======

^ Standard name | Coccus cacti |
^ Other names | |
^ Standard abbr. | Coc-c. |
^ Other abbr. | |
^ Scientific name | //Protortonia cacti// (Linnaeus, 1758) |
^ Other scientific names | //Coccus cacti// Linnaeus, 1758; //Llaveia cacti// Cockerell, 1902; //Monophlebus cacti// Cockerell, 1902; //Protortonia cacti// Morrison, 1928 |
^ Common names | Cochineal |
^ Substance description | The dried bodies of the female insects are used for making a tincture or trituration. |
^ Distinctness | DISTINCT |
^ Classification | Organism -- Animalia -- Arthropoda -- Insecta -- Hemiptera -- Margarodidae -- Protortonia |
===== Provings =====

===== Materia medica =====
[[en:mm:hering:coccus-cacti-r135|Hering, C: The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] \\

===== Notes =====
All standard homeopathic remedy names are listed in the [[en:rem:start|Official Remedy Name List]]. 
[[en:rem:extended|Extended Remedy Name List]] includes all known naming variations (homeopathic names only).
The [[en:rem:complete|Complete Remedy Name List]] includes all homeopathic names and all common names. This page is a part of ongoing [[en:homeorem|Project Remedies]].