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Cornus Alternifolia

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Cornus Alternifolia · Alternate-Leaved Dogwood · "The Milder Dogwood Fever Bark"
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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.

🎯 Acts primarily on the skin, digestive system, and nervous system, producing symptoms of fever, restlessness, and localized eruptions.
📖 Clarke writes:
Swamp Walnut. Alternate-leaved Cornel. N. O. Cornaceae. Decoction or tincture of leaves.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Fever
Restlessness
Sleeplessness
Skin eruptions
Emaciation
Cold feeling in chest as if full of ice
Modalities
Symptoms BETTER after walking in open air
Symptoms BETTER after supper
Clinical Applications
Eczema (cured with a decoction of the leaves of this tree)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Cold feeling in the chest as if it were filled with ice.
Clarke
Eczema with skin cracking in folds and exuding a sticky, watery fluid.
Clarke
Headache with a sensation that everything would come out upon stooping or motion.
Clarke
Sleep is broken and restless, with an active mind and sensitivity to every little noise.
Clarke
Fever cycle characterized by chills, vomiting, and subsequent heat.
Clarke
Dull pain in the right side of the liver region.
Clarke
Raw, lodged sensation in the throat requiring frequent clearing.
Clarke
Small pustular eruptions on the face and neck.
Clarke
General feeling of emaciation and loss of weight.
Clarke
Awful, uneasy feeling that something terrible is going to happen.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
🧠Mind
Use when there is a lack of ambition and a persistent, uneasy feeling of impending doom.
No ambition to do anything.
Awful, uneasy feeling, that something terrible is going to happen.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Motion
headache
sensation that everything would come out
Better from
Open air
general symptoms
📚 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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