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Aristolochia Serpentaria

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Aristolochia Serpentaria · Virginia Snakeroot · "The Snakeroot Gastro-Urinary Remedy"
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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.

🎯 It primarily acts as an irritant to the gastrointestinal tract and the urinary system.
📖 Clarke writes:
Serpentary. Virginia Snake-root. N. O. Aristolochiaceae. Trituration of dried roots.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Chief effects noticed in the gastro-enteric organs
Irritation of the urinary organs
Irritation of the genital organs
Gastro-Enteric Symptoms
Nausea
Vomiting
Abdominal distension
Flatulence
Urging to stool
Increased appetite (initially)
Loss of appetite (subsequently)
Urinary & Genital Symptoms
Frequent desire to micturate
General & Systemic Symptoms
Disturbed rest
Heat of the head
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Heaviness in the stomach relieved by the emission of much flatus.
Clarke
Distension of the abdomen with rumbling and cutting pains.
Clarke
Nausea and vomiting that continues until the stomach is entirely empty.
Clarke
Frequent desire to urinate with an increase in quantity or passage of brownish urine.
Clarke
Increased appetite followed by a rapid loss of appetite.
Clarke
Copious salivation with frequent spitting.
Clarke
Sticking pain in the forehead extending to the base of the brain.
Clarke
Distressing itching about the anus.
Clarke
Peevish mood and disinclination for work.
Clarke
Pressive pain in the nape of the neck.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
🧠Mind
Consider for irritability, peevishness, and a general lack of motivation or desire to work.
Peevish mood.
Disinclination for work.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Better from
Emission of flatus
heaviness in stomach
abdominal colic
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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