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Aristolochia Serpentaria
6XSerpAristolochia Serpentaria · Virginia Snakeroot · "The Snakeroot Gastro-Urinary Remedy"
PlantRarePsoric✨ 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.
🎯 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 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.