Euphorbia heterodoxa
Plant · Euphorbiaceae
Clarke
Key symptoms
- Burning pains of cancer — the keynote indication for this remedy
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Alveloz. N. O. Euphorbiacæ. A soft resin, insoluble in alcohol or water. Trituration.
Clinical
Cancer.
Characteristics
The resin has been used allopathically as an external application in cases of cancer, and has produced the most terrible pains. Conversely in homœopathic attenuations it has been found to alleviate the burning pains of cancer, which is the keynote for its employment. Compare Euphorbium.
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