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Simaruba
Q to 6XSimarSimaruba (Quassia Simarouba) · Bitter Wood · "The Bitter Wood Dysentery Remedy"
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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.
🎯 Acts primarily as a bitter tonic and astringent for gastrointestinal disturbances like dysentery and chronic diarrhea.
📖 Clarke writes:
Simaruba amara. Mountain damson. N. O. Simarubaceae. Tincture of the dried root-bark.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Acts as a bitter tonic
•Local remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea
•In large doses, acts as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic
•Anthelmintic properties (fruits and bark)
•Used in cases of snake-bite (infusion of bark)
•Possesses extreme bitterness; insects will not attack it
•Powdered root used to kill vermin
•Glutinous juice (from S. glauca) employed in certain cases of skin-disease
•Specific agent for dysentery
•Astringent effect (often strengthened with Alum in decoction)
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Chronic tendency to looseness of the bowels
•Stools like yellow ochre
•S. versicolor (Brazilian species) has similar properties to Simaruba
•Related to Cedron (Simaba Cedron) of the same order
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Chronic tendency to looseness of the bowels.
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Stools resembling yellow ochre.
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Specific agent for dysentery.
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Acts as a bitter tonic for the digestive system.
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Used historically as an anthelmintic to expel worms.
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Related to the remedy Cedron (Simaba Cedron).
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Possesses strong astringent properties.
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Historically used in decoctions for snake-bite.
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📋 Clinical Indications
Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.
DiarrhoeaDysenterySnake-biteWorms
Open in Clarke ↗🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
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📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM
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