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Euphorbia Peplus

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Euphorbia Peplus · Petty Spurge · "The Most Active Spurge"

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🎯 It acts as a powerful irritant causing intense, burning inflammation, pustular eruptions, and swelling of the skin and mucous membranes.

📖 Clarke writes:

Petty Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Effect of juice and local application of leaves.

👤 Characteristics

Sphere of Action & Core States

•Application of juice and leaves sets up intense and painful inflammation

•Erysipelatous inflammation

•Phlegmonous inflammation

•Pustular inflammation

•Intense burning pain

Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms

•Sore throat produced by chewing the herb

•Sore throat with swelling

•Painful swallowing

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Intense, burning, painful inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes.

Clarke

Erysipelatous and phlegmonous swelling of the face.

Clarke

Crop of small, burning pustules on the lips and forehead.

Clarke

Severe sore throat with painful swallowing and swelling.

Clarke

Inflammation of the mouth so severe it mimics mercurial poisoning.

Clarke

Pustules that develop into hard, slow-healing boils.

Clarke

Intolerable pain causing agitation and inability to sleep or drink.

Clarke

Shiny, red, and swollen appearance of the nose.

Clarke

🩺 Systems & Indications

😶Face

Use for facial erysipelas, pustular eruptions on the nose and lips, and intense burning inflammation of the face.

After a week, phlegmonous erysipelas under l. eye, spreading downwards and forwards.

Five or six pustules are on forehead, one on each ala nasi, one on root of nose, one on l. elbow, burning pain in all.

Lower half of nose red, swollen, inflamed, shiny.

Lips parched, slightly swollen, covered with a crop of small pustules

another large pustule appears on upper lip midway between mouth and nose.

📚 Sources & References

✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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