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Ononis

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Ononis Spinosa · Restharrow · "The Restharrow Diuretic"
PlantRarePsoricClarke 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.

🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system to address convulsive disorders and on the kidneys to support renal function.
📖 Clarke writes:
Ononis arvensis. Rest-harrow. Cammock, N. O. Leguminosae. Tincture of fresh plant.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Acts on the nervous system, specifically in relation to convulsive disorders
Associated with chronic nephritis
Produces a sensation of something catching the back of the head
Induces nose-bleed
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
Unconsciousness during attacks
Frightful grimaces during attacks
Absence of screaming during attacks
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Aura spreading over the head from the occiput
Face turns deathlike and blue during attacks
Violent headache following attacks
Giddiness following attacks
Wakeful nights following attacks
Nose-bleed three or four times in one day
Nose-bleed WORSE when washing his face
Nauseous, goatlike odour (associated with the plant)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Convulsive attacks with unconsciousness and blue, deathlike face
Clarke
Aura spreading over the head starting from the back of the head (occiput)
Clarke
Frightful grimacing during attacks without screaming
Clarke
Violent headache and giddiness following convulsive episodes
Clarke
Chronic nephritis (kidney inflammation)
Clarke
Nose-bleed occurring multiple times in a single day
Clarke
Wakeful nights following neurological attacks
Clarke
History of sunstroke or head injury
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications

Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.

EpilepsyEpistaxisHeadache
Open in Clarke
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Washing face
nose-bleed
📚 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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