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Helleborus Foetidus

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Helleborus Foetidus · Bear's Foot / Stinking Hellebore · "The Bear's Foot Worm Remedy"
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🎯 It acts as a powerful, acrid irritant affecting the digestive tract, nervous system, and skin integrity.
📖 Clarke writes:
Bear's foot. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of the root.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Violent narcotico-acrid poison
Fatal poisoning cases result in death via convulsions
Choleraic symptoms
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
Anxiety is relieved after vomiting
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Vision is disordered
Skin, hair, and nails exfoliate
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Violent anxiety relieved after vomiting
Clarke
Skin, hair, and nails exfoliate or fall out
Clarke
Violent purging and vomiting with stomach pain
Clarke
Taste of manure in the mouth
Clarke
Fatal convulsions and swooning
Clarke
Difficulty reading due to flickering vision
Clarke
Thumping pain behind the left ear
Clarke
Tightness of chest with difficulty breathing
Clarke
Numbness and stiffness in neck muscles
Clarke
Restless sleep with frequent stirring
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Use for states of extreme, overwhelming anxiety.
BETTER after vomiting.
Dreadful anxiety
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Evening
difficulty reading
Better from
Vomiting
anxiety
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Colchicum Autumnale
📚 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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