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Lobelia Erinus

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Lobelia Erinus · Edging Lobelia · "The Edging Lobelia"
PlantRareSyphiliticClarke only

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.

🎯 A remedy with a profound affinity for malignant diseases, particularly those involving indurated or cancerous growths in the breast.
📖 Clarke writes:
Lobelia erinus. N. O. Lobeliaceae. Tincture of fresh plant.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Possesses remarkable curative powers despite being a common and insignificant-looking plant
Chief power is manifested in malignant diseases
Influences interstitial keratitis in hereditary syphilis
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Scirrhous base of inflamed spots
Retraction of nipple below the surface
Axillary tenderness
Large soft swellings
Induration of breast tissue
Discharging breast lesions
Scattered nodules of induration over adjacent tissues
Pains: burning and stinging
Edema of the arm associated with axillary involvement
Excessive pain resistant to other remedies
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Malignant diseases and scirrhous growths of the breast.
Clarke
Burning and stinging pains in indurated tissues.
Clarke
Great depression following heat and perspiration.
Clarke
Persistent bearing down sensation, worse during the menstrual period.
Clarke
Interstitial keratitis associated with hereditary syphilis.
Clarke
Deafness with a history of otorrhea or tonsil excision.
Clarke
Tightness across the occiput with a sensation of the brain rolling over.
Clarke
Persistent high temperature in tuberculous children with diarrhea.
Clarke
Laryngeal phthisis with rapid weight increase.
Clarke
Fearful earache associated with cancer of the nose and throat.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
🧠Mind
Use for low spirits accompanied by dyspnea and flatulence.
Low spirits, dyspnoea, and flatulence (m. 64
full-blooded healthy except for cataract
1st day).
Great depression following heat and perspiration.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Period
bearing down sensation
📚 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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