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Rhamnus Frangula

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Rhamnus Frangula · Alder Buckthorn · "The Alder Buckthorn Laxative"

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🎯 It acts primarily as a potent gastrointestinal irritant that induces nausea, vomiting, and profuse, dark-green stools.

📖 Clarke writes:

Rhamnus frangula. Alder Buckthorn. N. O. Rhamnaceae. Tincture and trituration of the bark gathered in spring from the younger branches. Tincture of bark of root. Tincture of ripe berries.

👤 Characteristics

Sphere of Action & Core States

•All parts of the plant appear to produce irritant and cathartic properties

•Root bark and leaves are both active

•Frequent vomiting (more so than Rh. ca., leading to its abandonment as a cathartic)

Gastrointestinal Symptoms

•Stools of a dark-green colour

•Stools are copious, thin or pasty

•Much rumbling in the ileo-caecal region

•Rumbling along the transverse colon

•Weakness after stool

Urinary Symptoms

•Burning in urethra while urinating

•Frequent micturition

•May prove an indication in gonorrhoea

Comparative Notes

•Rh. ca. has rumbling, griping, and cutting pains in ileo-caecal region

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Violent rumbling and gurgling in the ileo-caecal region and transverse colon.

Clarke

Frequent vomiting instead of the expected cathartic effect.

Clarke

Stools are dark-green, thin, or pasty, and copious.

Clarke

Marked weakness and exhaustion following bowel movements.

Clarke

Burning sensation in the urethra during urination.

Clarke

Constant inclination to vomit with increased salivation.

Clarke

Bitter taste in the mouth occurring after stools.

Clarke

Abdominal distension accompanied by profuse emission of flatus.

Clarke

Initial constipation followed by a transition to diarrhea.

Clarke

Great sleepiness accompanying the digestive symptoms.

Clarke

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Consider for states of mental depression.

Depression of spirits.

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Ceanothus Americanus →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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