Mancinella
Remedy of burning skin eruptions and vesicles. Intense burning of skin and throat. Vesicular eruptions. Fear with shyness — bashful. Diarrhea from fright. Erysipelas. Scarlatiniform rash.
Source
Prepared from the fruit and milky juice of Hippomane mancinella (Euphorbiaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Intense burning of skin — vesicular eruptions, blisters. Fear, bashfulness, shyness — cannot speak from timidity. Diarrhea from fright. Burning throat. Scarlatiniform rash. Erysipelas. Vesicles from plant contact. Yellow skin. Lost, wandering thoughts.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Fear, bashful, shy. Cannot look anyone in the face. Wandering thoughts. Fear of death from the burning. Screaming.
General Symptoms
Burning and fear. Worse from touch, cold, damp. Better from warmth, open air.
Physical Symptoms
Skin
Intense burning. Vesicular eruptions. Blisters. Scarlatiniform rash. Erysipelas. Yellow.
Throat
Burning. Constriction. Difficult swallowing.
Rectum
Diarrhea from fright.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, open air
Worse From
Touch, cold, damp, fright
Constitutional Type
Shy, bashful types with burning eruptions.
Clinical Indications
Burning vesicular eruptions, bashfulness, diarrhea from fright, erysipelas, scarlatiniform rash
Comparative Materia Medica
Rhus tox has vesicular eruptions but from poison ivy. Cantharis has burning skin. Stramonium has fear but with violence. Ambra grisea has bashfulness.
Safety Information
Not established.
Manchineel is considered one of the most dangerous trees in the world. Milky sap causes severe blistering. Fruit is lethal. Rain dripping from leaves causes burns. Standing under the tree is dangerous. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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