Sarracenia purpurea
Remedy of smallpox and vaccination effects. Used historically for smallpox. Bone pains. Pustular eruptions. Hunger with frontal headache. Irregular pulse. Lumbar and sacral pain.
Source
Prepared from the fresh root of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Smallpox remedy (historical). Pustular eruptions. Bone pains — aching, deep. Hunger with frontal headache. Irregular pulse. Lumbar and sacral pain. Vaccination effects. Used for variola-like conditions. Foul-smelling perspiration.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, confused. Depressed.
General Symptoms
Bones and skin. Worse from cold, damp. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Skin
Pustular eruptions — variola-like. Vaccination effects.
Extremities
Bone pains — deep, aching. Lumbar and sacral.
Head
Frontal headache with hunger.
Chest
Irregular pulse.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Smallpox and vaccination effects.
Clinical Indications
Smallpox (historical), vaccination effects, bone pains, pustular eruptions
Comparative Materia Medica
Variolinum is the smallpox nosode. Thuja has vaccination effects. Malandrinum has vaccination sequelae.
Safety Information
Not established.
Pitcher plant is a carnivorous bog plant. Low toxicity. Used by Native Americans for smallpox. Safe in all potencies.
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