Ranunculus flammula. *N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Clinical
Ulceration.
Characteristics
*R. flam. has produced gangrene of the arm down to tendons and bone, in the case of a female, from applying the plant to the wrist. It produces in horses who eat much of it distension of abdomen, and inflammation and gangrene of abdominal organs. But (according to *Dic. *des Sc. *Medorrhinum, quoted by Jahr) it is only hurtful to horses if eaten in excess, it promotes digestion when eaten moderately.
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