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Echinacea Purpurea
Q to 6XEchi-pEchinacea Purpurea · Purple Coneflower · "The Blood-Poisoning Coneflower"
PlantUncommonPsoric✨ 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 as a potent remedy for low-grade fevers and septic conditions, often indicated by a characteristic black tongue.
📖 Clarke writes:
Echinacea purpurea. Black Sampson. (Eastern States of America.) N. O. Compositae. Tincture of fresh root.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Popular remedy in the Eastern States
•Used in place of Echinacea angustifolia
•Probably has a very similar action to Echinacea angustifolia
•Root causes a pungent sensation on lips and tongue, similar to the tincture of Echinacea angustifolia
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Black root used as a 'signature' of the remedy
•Indicated in cases of low fevers where a black tongue was observed θ
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Pungent sensation on the lips and tongue upon administration.
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Indicated in cases of low fevers.
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Characteristic black tongue observed in patients.
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Used as a substitute for Echinacea angustifolia.
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Action based on the signature of the black root.
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Known as Black Sampson.
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Popular remedy in the Eastern States.
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Requires further formal proving to fully establish its profile.
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📋 Clinical Indications
Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.
DiphtheriaPutrid fevers
Open in Clarke ↗📚 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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