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Rubia Tinctorum

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Rubia Tinctorum · Madder Root · "The Bone-Staining Madder Root"
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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 blood and bone metabolism, particularly in cases of nutritional deficiency.
📖 Clarke writes:
Rubia tinctorum. Madder. N. O. Rubiaceae. Tincture of the root.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Affects the bones of young animals (causing them to become tinged red)
Excellent remedy in anaemia
Excellent remedy in under-nourished conditions
Specific action in splenic anaemia
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Ten-drop doses of the Ø (mother tincture) used therapeutically
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Anemia and under-nourished conditions
Clarke
Splenic anemia
Clarke
Affinity for bone metabolism
Clarke
Historical use in young animals to tinge bones red
Clarke
Used in ten-drop doses of the mother tincture
Clarke
Supports recovery from nutritional deficits
Clarke
Indicated for general systemic weakness
Clarke
Specific action on the spleen
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📋 Clinical Indications

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

AnaemiaBones, affections ofSpleen, affections of
Open in Clarke
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Coffea CrudaChina Officinalis
📚 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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