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Aristolochia Milhomens

Brazilian Snake Root
19 sectionsBoericke · 3Clarke · 16

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Brazilian Snake Root

  • Stitching pains in various parts.
  • Pain in heels, burning in anus and frequent irritation.
  • Flatulence in stomach and abdomen.
  • Pain in back and extremities.
  • Stiffness of legs.
  • Pain in tendo-Achillis.
  • Itching and swelling around the malleoli.
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Keynotes

Characteristics
Clarke
  • Armor.
  • sat.
  • , and also Cochlear.
  • officin.
  • , are old-world anti-scorbutics, and

homeeopathic provings have confirmed the old experience. Armor. has the anti-scorbutic

properties of the other Cruciferze, and is specially efficacious in scurvy from eating salt. The

essential oil is said to be identical with that of Sinapis. The mucous membranes are affected:

mucous stools; gonorrheea; leucorrhcea; pituitous asthma and pituitous phthisis have been

benefited by it. There are peculiar symptoms in connection with the teeth. Some violent

abdominal pains were experienced. Tearing pains from the belly through to back, down the back,

and settling in sacrum. "Colic with backache" appears to be a leading indication. Wandering

chronic rheumatism. Touch or slight pressure < many symptoms. Bending forward >.

Head

Symptoms — Head
Clarke

Headache, now one side now the other; < opening the eyes (wide), but not on reading

or motion.—Violent headache with nausea; < sitting up.—Aching, boring pains in head, as if brain

bursting.

Eyes

Symptoms — Eyes
Clarke
  • Obscuration of sight for some minutes.
  • —Lachrymation.
  • —Spots on cornea.
  • —Swelling of

eyes.—Styes.—Rheumatic ophthalmia.

Mouth

Symptoms — Mouth
Clarke

Paralysis of tongue.—Biting sensation on tongue ——Tongue furred white——Very

offensive odour from mouth and lungs.

Symptoms — Teeth
Clarke

Dull sensation in teeth, as if they were soft and became bent and moved in their

sockets on chewing.—Scurvy of salt-eaters.—Dental fistula.

Throat

Symptoms — Throat
Clarke

Dryness of pharynx, larynx, and posterior nares.—Scraping in throat with

nausea.—Hawking thick, viscid mucus.

Stomach

Symptoms — Stomach
Clarke

Unnatural craving for food with profuse painless diarrhcea.—Belchings of

sulphurous odour, like garlic—Bilious regurgitations—From region of stomach the pain draws

through both sides towards back.—Cramp in stomach; pain drives to despair.—Crampy, tensive

pain above epigastrium apparently in diaphragm, > by bending forward.

Stool

Symptoms — Stool and Anus
Clarke

Profuse painless diarrhoea with craving for food.—Diarrhcea after great

nervous excitement.—Tenesmus all night till morning, sometimes discharging a little

  • blood.
  • —Mucous stools.
  • —Involuntary passage of mucus from anus.
  • —Itching and burning at anus.

Urinary

Symptoms — Urinary Organs
Clarke

Uneasiness in region of kidneys.—Increased desire and increased

secretion.—Urination difficult, causing burning, tenderness, and inflammation of urethra as in

  • first stage of gonorrhoea.
  • —Strangury.
  • —Gravel.
  • —Albuminuria.

Female

Symptoms — Female Sexual Organs
Clarke

Stringy black blood passes from the vagina when urinating; also

during the night—Menses: every ten or fifteen days; suppressed with chlorosis.—Leucorrhoea and

menostasis.—Since climaxis cramp in stomach.

Male

Symptoms — Male Sexual Organs
Clarke

Burning or cutting at glans during micturition; felt also before or

after —Gonorrhoea.—Impotence.

Respiratory

Symptoms — Respiratory Organs
Clarke

Aphonia; with blood-spitting; oppressed breathing.—Promotes

expectoration, and relieves cough; increases activity of respiratory organs.—Mucous asthma, and

consumption.—Edema of lungs.—Chest painful to touch.

Neck & Back

Symptoms — Neck
Clarke

Pressive pain in nape of neck.

Armoracea Sativa.

  • Cochlearia armoracea.
  • Horse-radish.
  • N.
  • O.
  • Cruciferz.
  • Tincture of root.

Clinical

Clinical
Clarke
  • Albuminuria.
  • Aphonia.
  • Asthma.
  • Cataract.
  • Colic.
  • Cornea, spots on.
  • Eruptions.
  • Eyes,
  • affections of.
  • Gonorrhoea.
  • Gravel.
  • Headache.
  • Leucorrhcea.
  • Lungs, cedema of.
  • Rheumatism.
  • Scurvy.
  • Strangury.
  • Toothache.
  • Ulcers.
  • Urinary disorders.

Relations

Relations
Clarke
  • Compare: The Cruciferee generally.
  • Canth.
  • , Caps.
  • , Rhus, Sinap.
  • ; Arg.
  • n.
  • (diarrhoea

from nervous excitement).

Relationship
Boericke
  • Compare: Aristolochia Serpentaria-Virginia Snake Root--(Symptoms of intestinal tract; colliquative diarrhoea, meteorism.
  • Flatulent dyspepsia.
  • Brain congestion.
  • Distention and cutting pains in abdomen.
  • Symptoms like those of Poison-Oak).

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Lower potencies.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.

Additional notes

Symptoms — Limbs
Clarke

Twitchings in limbs.—Towards morning pain in all joints when lying still; < lying

on side; > on motion and when getting up.—Suppressed foot sweat.

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