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Magnolia Glauca

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Magnolia Glauca · Sweet Magnolia (Swamp Magnolia) · "The Swamp Magnolia Fever-Rheumatism Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the respiratory system and inflammatory conditions, particularly gout.
📖 Clarke writes:
Sweet Magnolia. Sweet Bay. N. O. Magnoliaceae. Tincture of the flowers.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Sense of great oppression about the chest
Strong tendency to fainting
Inability to expand the lungs
Sensation as if food had been swallowed without chewing, causing distress in the stomach
Increased pain of inflammatory gout
Increased paroxysm of pain occurring every afternoon
Botanical & Historical Context
Low-growing, deciduous tree
Known as Swamp Sassafras in America due to its locality
Resemblance in properties to Laurus sassafras
Known as Beaver-tree because the root is eaten by beavers
Wood used by beavers in constructing their nests
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Great sense of oppression about the chest.
Clarke
Strong tendency to fainting.
Clarke
Inability to fully expand the lungs.
Clarke
Sensation as if food was swallowed without chewing.
Clarke
Distress in the stomach associated with chest oppression.
Clarke
Aggravation of inflammatory gout pain.
Clarke
Paroxysmal pain occurring every afternoon.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
⚙️Generals
Useful for acute chest oppression, fainting, and the aggravation of inflammatory conditions or afternoon fevers.
(Increased the pain of inflammatory gout) , [1] .
MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Main THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Presented by Médi-T MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. Magnolia glauca, L. Natural order , Magnoliaceae. Common names , Sweet Magnolia, Sweet Bay. Preparation , Tincture of the flowers. Authorities. 1 , Dr. S. A. Jones, effects of the newly expanded flower upon a physician, Amer. Hom. Obs., June, 1875
  • 2 , same, effects on Mr. S. P., of entering a room where the flower was: Ibid. ;
  • 3 , Dr. T. F. Allen, effect of the flowers on a lady..
Sense of great uneasiness about his chest , [2] .
Oppression of chest
  • could not expand the lungs ;
  • with a feeling as if she had swallowed food without chewing, and it distressed her stomach, [3] ..
A strong tendency to fainting , [2] .
(It evidently increased the paroxysm of a fever, which came on every afternoon) , [1] .
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Afternoon
paroxysmal pain
📚 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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