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Ephedra Vulgaris
Q to 6XEpheEphedra Vulgaris · Ma Huang · "The Decongestant Stimulant Herb"
PlantRarePsoric✨ 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 sympathetic nervous system, causing spinal congestion and symptoms resembling exophthalmic goiter.
📖 Clarke writes:
E. vulgaris. N. O. Gnetaceae. Tincture of branches and flowers.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Acts on the ganglions of the sympathetic nerve
•Causes congestion of the spinal cord
•Suggested use in exophthalmic goître
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
•Extreme apathy
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Stiff-neck
•Backward pulling of whole body on turning the head
•Starting of the eyes from the orbits as if pushed out
Provings & Administration
•Proved in Russia by Dr. B. H. Mouravow
•Symptoms produced by twenty drops of a strong alcoholic extract taken five times a day
•Fifteen drops four times a day taken without apparent effect
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Extreme apathy and mental dullness.
Clarke
Eyes feel as if they are being pushed out of their orbits (exophthalmos).
Clarke
Stiffness of the neck with a backward pulling sensation of the body when turning the head.
Clarke
Strong heart-beat accompanied by a weakened or slowed pulse.
Clarke
Left-sided headache with numbness of the entire left arm.
Clarke
General weakness and profound fatigue starting in the early morning.
Clarke
Dull pain located in the region of the spleen.
Clarke
Retention of urine.
Clarke
Accelerated respiration.
Clarke
Constant longing for sleep.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Clarke Exclusive🧠Mind
Use for states of extreme apathy and mental listlessness.
Extreme apathy.
🔑 Modalities
✨ Clarke Exclusive↓Worse from
Turning the head
stiffness of neck
backward pulling of body
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Ferrum Metallicum →Iodium →Spongia Tosta →
📚 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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