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Nymphaea Odorata

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Nymphaea Odorata · Fragrant Water Lily · "The Fragrant Water Lily Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive tract, urinary system, and mucous membranes.
📖 Clarke writes:
Sweet Water Lily. N. O. Nymphaeaceae. Tincture of the root.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Traditional reputation as a dissipator of venereal desires
Early morning looseness of bowels (similar to Nuphar)
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Emblem of purity
Early morning looseness of bowels
Clinical Context
Only one proving (by Dr. Cowles)
No definite clinical experience
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Early morning looseness of bowels, specifically at 7 a.m.
Clarke
Sensation of heaviness in the head.
Clarke
Sore throat with painful swallowing and a rough, tingling sensation.
Clarke
Urinary weakness with a sensation as if the bladder has not been fully emptied.
Clarke
General feeling of weakness in the lumbar region and lower limbs.
Clarke
Involuntary passage of urine.
Clarke
Foul flatus accompanying sharp bowel pain.
Clarke
Lascivious dreams during sleep.
Clarke
Severe coryza.
Clarke
Dull, weak, and unfit for work.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Heavy sensation in the head.
Head feels very heavy.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Waking
soreness of the throat
disposition to cough
Better from
Rest
lower back pain
lumbar weakness
📚 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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