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Iris florentina

Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica (3 vols) · J. H. Clarke

Open remedy: Iris-fl.

For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice. Consult a registered homeopath.

White flag. Orris root. N.O. Iridaceae. Tincture of fresh rhizome.

Clinical

Convulsions. Delirium. Diarrhoea. Headache. Hemiplegia (right).

Characteristics

Powdered orris root has been used as an application to the hair, and in some young girls has produced violent symptoms. Headache and giddiness occurred on waking in the morning. Complete paralysis of right side. In one case convulsions and delirium, from which complete recovery does not take place for three months. It gives an odor of violets to the breath, and communicates to vinegar a flavor of raspberries, hence is used in manufacture of Raspberry Vinegar.

Relations

Compare: Verat., Sabad., Iris-v.

Mind

Delirium and convulsions (lasting three months).

Head

Giddiness and violent headache, on awaking in the morning.

Throat

Pain and heat in throat as after cantharides.

Stomach

Disposition to vomit.

Stool

Diarrhoea.

Urinary Organs

Difficult urination.

Back and Neck

Redness of neck.

Generalities

Convulsions (recurring for three months). Complete paralysis of right side (lasting five hours).

Sleep

A kind of sleepiness. Uneasy sleep.

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These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

Chapter text is on this shelf for study: open a title, then a heading. When a medicine appears in more than one materia medica, switch authors on the chapter to compare how each describes it. For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice.

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