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Iris Florentina

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Iris Florentina · Orris Root · "The Orris Root Iris"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system, causing profound disturbances such as paralysis and convulsions.
📖 Clarke writes:
White flag. Orris-root. N. O. Iridaceae. Tincture of fresh rhizome.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Violent symptoms produced in young girls by application of powdered orris-root to the hair
Complete paralysis of right side
Convulsions
Delirium
Headache on waking in the morning
Giddiness on waking in the morning
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Odour of violets to the breath
Communicates to vinegar a flavour of raspberries
Used in the manufacture of Raspberry Vinegar
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Complete paralysis of the right side.
Clarke
Violent convulsions and delirium lasting for months.
Clarke
Violent headache and giddiness upon waking in the morning.
Clarke
Throat pain and heat resembling the effects of cantharides.
Clarke
Breath carries a distinct odour of violets.
Clarke
Disposition to vomit.
Clarke
Diarrhoea.
Clarke
Difficult urination.
Clarke
Redness of the neck.
Clarke
Uneasy sleep and a general state of sleepiness.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Consider for cases involving severe delirium or prolonged convulsive states.
Delirium and convulsions (lasting three months).
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Waking in the morning
headache
giddiness
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Veratrum AlbumSabadilla
📚 Sources & References
Kent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM

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