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Euphorbia Pilulifera
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PlantRare✨ 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 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 Dictionary↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM
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