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Amphisbaena

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Amphisbaena Vermicularis · Legless Lizard (Worm Lizard) · "The Jaw Bone Remedy"

AnimalRarePsoric✨ Clarke only

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Exclusively Documented in Clarke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 Acts primarily on the bones and jaws, with a strong affinity for the right side of the body.

📖 Clarke writes:

Amphisbaena vermicularis. N. O. Lacertilia. The jaw containing the poison is removed and triturated.

👤 Characteristics

Sphere of Action & Core States

•Acts on bone, similar to Silicea

•Acts most markedly on the jaws

•Causes swelling and pain in the jaws

•Right-sided medicine

•General aggravation from motion

Physical Profile & Key Characteristics

•Swelling and pain, especially in the right jaw

•Aggravation of jaw pain by air and dampness

•Severe headaches of many kinds

•Headache with a sensation 'as if the feet were in the head'

•Lancinating pains are frequent

•Eruptions of vesicles and pimples

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Right-sided jaw pain with swelling, worse from air and dampness.

Clarke

Violent pain throughout the entire vertebral column.

Clarke

Severe headache with a sensation as if the feet were in the brain.

Clarke

Worse when turning round.

Clarke

Toothache worse in the afternoon and evening.

Clarke

Lancinating, stiletto-like pains in the abdomen.

Clarke

Protrusion or suppuration of hernias.

Clarke

Vertigo with a tendency to fall to either side.

Clarke

🩺 Systems & Indications

✨ Clarke Exclusive

🧠Mind

Consider for states of ennui, impatience, and morning sadness.

Ennui.

Sadness and lassitude in the morning.

Impatience.

🔑 Modalities

✨ Clarke Exclusive

↓Worse from

Air

right jaw pain

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Silica →Heloderma →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

Compiled from classical homeopathic texts in the public domain. Click any active source badge to open the original text. For educational and reference purposes only. Always consult a qualified homeopath for treatment.