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Zea
Q to 6XZeaZea Mays · Corn Silk · "The Corn Silk Kidney Remedy"
PlantUncommon✨ Clarke only
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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 powerful diuretic for urinary tract irritation and as a supportive remedy for chronic cardiac dropsy and malarial conditions.
📖 Clarke writes:
Zea mays. Maize. Indian Corn. N. O. Gramineae (Tribe, Phalarideae).
1. STIGMATA MAIDIS. Corn Silk. Green pistils. Tincture: One part, by weight, of the Silk to two of alcohol. Fluid Extract. (Z. St.)
2. SHUCKS. Decoction or tincture of the husks of Maize after the removal of the grain. (Z. sh.)
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Acts on the urinary tract (ureters, bladder, urethra)
•Powerful diuretic action
•Acts on the heart to slow and strengthen action and regulate rhythm
•Action is more powerful and evident in cardiac affections with dropsy
•Increases arterial tension and diminishes venous tension as dropsy disappears
•Capable of generating a poisonous gas (grain in bulk)
•Beneficial in chronic cases of malaria
Temperament & Physical Profile
•Florid, robust, temperate (Mr. X., aged 63)
•Anaemic (in chronic malaria cases)
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Intense prostration
•Intermittent pulse
•Dyspnoea
•Great tenderness over entire abdomen, especially in region of ureters
•Constant calls to urinate (every forty-five minutes)
•Urine contains albumen, mucus, blood, pus cells, and granular epithelial cells
•Low specific gravity of urine (1010)
•Much oedema of lower limbs
•Scanty urination
•Renal lithiasis with nephritic ulcer and discharge of small calculi, red sand, and blood
•Chronic pyelitis from catarrh
•Chronic retention of urine with great tenesmus after urinating
•Suppression of urine with lack of solids
•Vesical catarrh, tenesmus of neck of bladder, ammoniacal urine, much mucus
•Chronic gonorrhoea with prostate involvement and painful urination
•Gastric symptoms associated with chronic malaria
•Chills recurring every fourteen days with increased severity
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Powerful diuretic action in renal disorders without cardiac involvement.
Clarke
Regulates heart rhythm and strengthens heart action in cases of dropsy.
Clarke
Irritable conditions of the urinary tract including ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Clarke
Chronic malaria with recurring chills despite previous treatment.
Clarke
Vesical catarrh with ammoniacal urine and excessive mucus.
Clarke
Renal lithiasis with discharge of red sand, blood, and small calculi.
Clarke
Chronic retention of urine with severe tenesmus after urinating.
Clarke
Suppression of urine with low specific gravity and lack of solids.
Clarke
Chronic gonorrhoea involving the prostate with painful urination.
Clarke
Abdominal tenderness, especially in the region of the ureters.
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications
Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.
Albuminuria (St.)Cystitis (St.)Dropsy (St.)Gonorrhoea, chronic (St.)Heart, failure of (St.)Malaria, chronic (Sh.)Renal colic (St.)Pyelitis (St.)Urine, retainedsuppressed (St.)
Open in Clarke ↗🔑 Modalities
✨ Clarke Exclusive↓Worse from
Cooling off too rapidly when perspiring
prostration
intermittent pulse
dyspnoea
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Digitalis Purpurea →
📚 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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