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Celtis

Celtis Occidentalis
Celt.PlantRarePsoric✨ Allen only
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Exclusively Documented in Allen

This remedy is documented exclusively in Allen's Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 Celtis acts primarily on the vascular and integumentary systems, producing symptoms of inflammation, swelling, and needle-like sensations.
About: Celtis is a remedy derived from the bark of the Hackberry tree. It is indicated for conditions involving rapid swelling, skin sensitivity, and generalized aches. Its clinical profile is characterized by a sensation of needle-like pricking and vascular congestion.
👤 Constitution
•Individuals who experience rapid, generalized swelling and extreme sensitivity of the flesh to pressure.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Generalized swelling of the face and body.
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Thrilling sensation on the skin as if pricked by needles.
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Flesh sore to pressure, making it difficult to sit on hard surfaces.
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Cold and hot creeping sensations all over the body.
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Pulse quick and full with visible puffing of blood vessels.
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Sharp, sticking pains through the lungs.
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Sticking pain over the right eye.
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Sleep disturbed by constant dreams of business.
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Morning weakness and headache after a restless night.
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Swelling shifts from the face and body to the feet and ankles.
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🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Allen Exclusive
⚙️Generals
Use for acute inflammatory states, generalized swelling, and systemic sensitivity to pressure.
CELTIS. - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Main THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Presented by Médi-T CELTIS. Celtis occidentalis, L. Natural order , Urticaceae. Common name , Hackberry tree, Nettle tree. Preparation , Tincture of bark. Authorities. 1 , J. S. Wright, U. S. Med. Invest., New Series, 9, 1879, p. 339, proving with tincture made from bark
  • •took 1/4 ounce at 11 A.M. and 2 P.M., symptoms after second dose ;
  • •2 , ibid., a girl, whose ears were sore and swelled from piercing and wearing cheap rings in them, took 2 ounces in one day. One hour after, cold and hot creeping all over the body ;
  • •pulse quick and full ;
  • •bones ache ;
  • •flesh sore to pressure on chair-back, cannot sit on hard bench. Stretching of limbs ;
  • •skin red and puffed ;
  • •bloodvessels puffed ;
  • •thrilling sensation on the skin all over the body, as if pricked with the points of needles. Sharp pains through the lungs, sticking pain over the right eye. Sleep full of dreams of business ;
  • •next morning tired and weak, with headache ;
  • •throat sore, [1] ..
Her face and body swelled. I gave Urtica capitata
  • •the next day the swelling had left the face and body, but her feet and ankles were swollen so that she could not wear shoes, [2] ..
🔑 Modalities
✨ Allen Exclusive
↓Worse from
Pressure
soreness of flesh
📚 Sources & References
✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryPhatak's Concise MM

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