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Cornus Florida · American Flowering Dogwood · "The Quinine-Substitute Dogwood"
PlantUncommonPsoric
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🎯 Acts primarily on the digestive and nervous systems, particularly in cases of chronic intermittent fevers and dyspepsia.
📖 Clarke writes:
Dogwood. N. O. Cornaceae. Tincture of fresh bark.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Obstinate intermittents where quinine has been abused
Old cases of dyspepsia where the chief symptom is acid pyrosis
Pneumonia
Remarkable neuralgic pains in arms, chest, and trunk
Sensation as if broken in two
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
Sluggish flow of ideas
Stupor
Confusion of intellect
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Sleepiness for days before chill
Dull, heavy headache
Paroxysms attended with nausea
Vomiting
Watery or bilious diarrhoea
Cold, clammy skin during chill
Violent headache during fever with throbbing
Acid pyrosis
Stitches in the chest
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Obstinate intermittent fevers where quinine has been abused.
Clarke
Sensation as if the body or waist were broken in two.
Clarke
Acid pyrosis (heartburn) and slow, painful digestion.
Clarke
Stitches in the chest, particularly near the left clavicle, worsened by deep breathing.
Clarke
Chilliness with cold, clammy skin followed by heat, thirst, and sweat.
Clarke
Constant tendency to sleep and sluggish flow of ideas.
Clarke
Violent neuralgic pains in the trunk and arms that feel like they are twisting.
Clarke
Desire for sour things, pickles, and sweets.
Clarke
Drinks little and often during fever.
Clarke
Difficult urination in the morning, especially in elderly men.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Dull, heavy, or throbbing headaches often accompanied by gastric disturbance and stupor.
Constant dizziness.
Severe headache and quick pulse and violent pains in bowels.
Fulness and pains in head with gastric disturbance
constant tendency to sleep.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Taking deep breath
stitches in region of left clavicle
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Kalium CarbonicumEupatorium PerfoliatumNux Vomica
📚 Sources & References
Kent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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