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Euphorbia Pilulifera

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Euphorbia Pilulifera · Pill-Bearing Spurge (Asthma Weed) · "The Asthma Weed"
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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 respiratory system, the heart, and the genitourinary tract.
📖 Clarke writes:
E. pilulifera. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Powerful action on the heart: first an alarmingly quick pulse, followed by a sudden chill
Used for syphilis
Used for venomous bites
Used in asthma, hay asthma, and bronchitis
Used in acrid leucorrhoea
Used in gonorrhoea with intense pains at each micturition
Used for haemorrhages caused by sunstroke or traumatism
Temperament & Physical Profile
Pale, delicate, and sensitive women (Jacaranda)
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Acrid leucorrhoea, aggravated by the least motion
Gonorrhoea: burning pains at each micturition which oblige the patient to sit down or to keep quiet
Violent desire to pass water (Cannabis, Cantharis)
Humid asthma with prostration and restlessness
None of the irritant effects common to most Euphorbias produced (in experiments with aqueous extract on guinea-pigs)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Acrid leucorrhea aggravated by the least motion.
Clarke
Intense burning pain during urination in gonorrhea.
Clarke
Violent desire to pass water.
Clarke
Humid asthma accompanied by prostration and restlessness.
Clarke
Hemorrhages caused by sunstroke or traumatism.
Clarke
Burning pains during micturition that force the patient to sit down.
Clarke
Powerful action on the heart causing an alarmingly quick pulse.
Clarke
Sudden chill following cardiac acceleration.
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications

Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.

AsthmaGonorrhoeaLeucorrhoeaSunstrokeTraumatism
Open in Clarke
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Motion
acrid leucorrhea
📚 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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