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Conchiolinum
6XConchConchiolinum · Mother of Pearl (Conchiolin, organic matrix of pearl) · "The Mother-of-Pearl Osteitis 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.
🎯 It acts primarily on the skeletal system, specifically targeting inflammation and swelling at the growing ends of bones in young individuals.
📖 Clarke writes:
Mother-of-Pearl. Trituration.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Inhalation of mother-of-pearl dust produces catarrh of the respiratory organs
•Inflammation of the ends of bones
•Pathology begins in the diaphyses, but may spread to the epiphyses
•Wide range of action in affections of bones, especially when the growing ends are affected
•Suppuration may occur
Temperament & Physical Profile
•Always attacks young subjects
•Delicate constitution
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Pain in the bone: comes suddenly; at first continuous, later intermittent
•Fever
•Thirst
•Loss of appetite
•Sleeplessness
•Dark-coloured urine with sediment
•Swelling always develops on one or the other end of a diaphysis, never in the middle of it nor in the epiphysis
•Swelling has a clear, sharp margin
•Swelling is extremely painful to the slightest touch
•Swelling at first soft, elastic and slightly fluctuating, may become as hard as a bone
•Affected bones: lower jaw, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula, tarsal, and metatarsal bones
Clinical Analogues
•Calc. Phos. and Calc. c. are its nearest analogues
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Inflammation of the ends of bones, specifically the diaphyses.
Clarke
Swelling with a clear, sharp margin, extremely painful to the slightest touch.
Clarke
Sudden onset of intense bone pain, initially continuous then intermittent.
Clarke
Swelling is initially soft and elastic, potentially becoming as hard as bone.
Clarke
Respiratory catarrh resulting from the inhalation of mother-of-pearl dust.
Clarke
Fever accompanied by thirst, loss of appetite, and sleeplessness.
Clarke
Dark-coloured urine with sediment.
Clarke
Affects lower jaw, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula, tarsal, and metatarsal bones.
Clarke
Nearest analogues are Calcarea phosphorica and Calcarea carbonica.
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications
Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.
OsteitisPyaemia
Open in Clarke ↗🔑 Modalities
✨ Clarke Exclusive↓Worse from
Touch
swelling pain
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM
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