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Pulmo Vulpis · Fox's Lung (Sarcode) · "The Fox's Lung Sarcode"
SarcodeRareClarke 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 respiratory system to relieve severe shortness of breath and pulmonary congestion.
📖 Clarke writes:
Fox's Lung. A Sarcode. Trituration.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Acts upon the lungs and respiratory system
Indicated for short breath and respiratory insufficiency
Addresses humid asthma and chronic catarrh
Addresses symptoms of oedema of the lungs
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Strong, sonorous bubbling, rattling, or whistling sounds over the whole chest
Sounds perceptible at a distance and to the hand laid on the chest
Accelerated short breath amounting to suffocation
Short breath without corresponding heaving of the chest
Cough with inability to expectorate
Persistent shortness of breath, becoming a paroxysm of asthma on the least bodily exertion
Inability to lie down; patient must live sitting up, bent forward
Constant lividity of face, lips, and extremities
Dropsy of legs
Irregular heart pulsations
Imminent death sensation
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Severe shortness of breath bordering on suffocation
Clarke
Humid asthma with rattling and whistling sounds in the chest
Clarke
Inability to expectorate despite heavy chest congestion
Clarke
Lividity of the face, lips, and extremities
Clarke
Must sit up and lean forward to breathe
Clarke
Strong bubbling sounds audible at a distance
Clarke
Dropsy of the legs
Clarke
Irregular heart pulsations
Clarke
Chronic catarrh of the lungs
Clarke
Symptoms of pulmonary edema
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications

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

AsthmaBronchitisCatarrhLungs, oedema ofcatarrh of
Open in Clarke
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Bodily exertion
paroxysm of asthma
Better from
Sitting up bent forward
breathing
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

Compiled from classical homeopathic texts in the public domain. Click any active source badge to open the original text. For educational and reference purposes only. Always consult a qualified homeopath for treatment.