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China Boliviana

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China Boliviana · Bolivian Cinchona Bark · "The Bolivian Cinchona"
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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 acts primarily on the digestive, respiratory, and nervous systems, mirroring the properties of Cinchona officinalis while presenting unique localized inflammatory and neuralgic symptoms.
📖 Clarke writes:
Cinchona Boliviana (a variety of Cinchona calisaya growing further north). N. O. Rubiaceae. Tincture of bark.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Presents the main features of China officinalis
Some peculiar features distinct from China officinalis
Sensitiveness to touch
Physical Profile & Key Characteristics
Ulceration of commissures of mouth
Cough with dagger-like pains in base of right lung
Rigidity of nape of neck
Hands red
Hands hot
Hands cold and sticky
Sticky sweat about anus
Flatulence
Disturbed and dreamful sleep
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Cough with sharp, dagger-like pains in the base of the right lung.
Clarke
Ulceration of the commissures (corners) of the mouth.
Clarke
Rigidity of the nape of the neck, making it difficult to turn the head.
Clarke
Sticky, viscous sweat localized around the anus.
Clarke
Hands that are either intensely hot or cold and sticky.
Clarke
Vertigo resembling the sensation of a drunken fit.
Clarke
Loud detonation sounds in the right ear, like a cannon.
Clarke
Sneezing upon waking accompanied by the smell of fresh pus.
Clarke
Dreams involving water, swimming, bathing, or vomiting worms.
Clarke
Exceedingly weakening nocturnal pollutions in men.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
🧠Mind
Consider for emotional instability characterized by cowardice, fits of rage, and rapid mood swings.
Cowardice.
Gloom alternating with serenity.
Alternation of bad and good humour.
Fits of rage, blasphemes.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Morning
headache
pain in hypochondria
sneezing
Better from
Sleep
headache
📚 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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