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Hedysarum Ildefonsianum

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Hedysarum Ildefonsianum · "The Rare Hedysarum Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily as an inflammatory agent affecting the eyes and the male reproductive system.
📖 Clarke writes:
Hedysarum desmodium. Barba de Roy. Carapicho. Brazilian Burdock. N. O. Leguminosae.
👤 Characteristics
Botanical Description
Brownish ligneous stem, about three feet high
Stem is ramose and pubescent, especially above
Leaves alternate, pinnate, trifoliate
Folioles oval and slightly tormentose
Petiole is hairy and bistipulate
Flowers are small, seated on filiform unifloral peduncles, forming loose terminal spikes
Fruit is oval, hairy, on bent peduncles
Fruit attaches itself very intimately to clothes and to the hairy skin of animals
Sphere of Action & Core States
Chief effect is inflammation of the penis
Chief effect is inflammation of the eyes
Indicated in some cases of gonorrhoeal ophthalmia θ
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Inflammation of the penis with erysipelatous swelling.
Clarke
Yellowish urethral discharge appearing suddenly.
Clarke
Gonorrhoeal ophthalmia with redness and smarting.
Clarke
Painful tearing sensation from the loins to the navel.
Clarke
Fever accompanied by rheumatic pains.
Clarke
Thin stream of urine due to swelling of the glans.
Clarke
Persistent insomnia for several nights.
Clarke
Painful contraction of the fingers.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👁️Eyes
Indicated for inflammatory eye conditions, specifically those resembling gonorrhoeal ophthalmia.
Pain and pricking in eyes.
Redness of sclerotica.
Smarting, with lachrymation.
🔑 Modalities
Better from
Second day
painful tearing from loins to navel
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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