Iris florentina


Iris florentina signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Iris florentina is used…


      White flag. Orris root. *N.O. Iridaceae. Tincture of fresh rhizome.

Clinical

Convulsions. Delirium. Diarrhoea. Headache. Hemiplegia (right).

Characteristics

Powdered orris root has been used as an application to the hair, and in some young girls has produced violent symptoms. Headache and giddiness occurred on waking in the morning. Complete paralysis of right side. In one case convulsions and delirium, from which complete recovery does not take place for three months. It gives an odor of violets to the breath, and communicates to vinegar a flavor of raspberries, hence is used in manufacture of Raspberry Vinegar.

Relations.

*Compare: Veratrum, Sabad., Iris-v.

SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Delirium and convulsions (lasting three months).

Head

Giddiness and violent headache, on awaking in the morning.

Throat

Pain and heat in throat as after cantharides.

Stomach

Disposition to vomit.

Stool

Diarrhoea.

Urinary Organs

Difficult urination.

Back and neck

Redness of neck.

Generalities

Convulsions (recurring for three months). Complete paralysis of right side (lasting five hours).

Sleep

A kind of sleepiness. Uneasy sleep.

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