Euphorbia Pilulifera

      E. Pilulifera. *N. O. Euphorbiacae. Tincture.

Clinical

Asthma. Gonorrhoea. Leucorrhoea. Sunstroke. Traumatism.

Characteristics

In the *Medial Press of May 3, 1893, Dr. George Foy gives an account of this medicine. Gray in 1817 mentions it as a remedy for syphilis and for venomous bites. Marsset of Paris, experimented with the aqueous extract on guinea pigs. None of the irritant effects common to most Euphorbias were produced, but a powerful action on the Heart_first an alarmingly quick pulse and then a sudden chill. It has been used by old-school practitioners in asthma, hay asthma, and bronchitis, chiefly in considerable doses. In the *Universal Homoeopathic Annual, p. 57, Dr. Cartier gives this account: *”Euphorbia pilulifera has given excellent results in cases of acrid leucorrhoea, aggravated by the least motion, especially useful for pale, delicate, and sensitive women (*Facaranda). In gonorrhoea, when there are intense pains at each micturition, burning pains which oblige the patient to sit down or to keep quiet, violent desire to pass water (*Cannabis, Cantharis). Humid asthma with prostration and restlessness. Haemorrhages caused by sunstroke or traumatism.”.

John Henry Clarke

John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica