ClarkePreparation Tinctures are made of the whole bee; and of dilutions of the poison with alcohol.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
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Tincture to thirtieth potency. In oedematous conditions the lower potencies. Sometimes action is slow; so several days elapse before it is seen to act, and then urine is increased. Apium virus, sixth trituration
Reason for useNash
Burning, stinging pains (like bee stings); eyelids; throat, panaritium or felon, haemorrhoids, ovaries, (especially right one), breasts (mastitis), skin (erysipelas, urticaria, carbuncles). Great oedema; general or local (face, ears, eyelids, especially lower); throat (diphtheria); genitals (especially scrotum); skin (erysipelas and urticaria); everywhere; general anasarca, abdomen. These oedemas are accompanied with the characteristic pains, or no pain at all. Stupor, with sharp, sudden, shrill cries in brain disease (crie encephalique). Thirstlessness, especially in dropsies and during heat of intermittents. Skin alternately dry and perspiring. Suffocative; feels as if every breath would be his last, especially in dropsical conditions or hot stage of intermittents.
▲ Worse after sleep, on touch (very sensitive), from heat and warm room
▼ Better cold room or air and cold applications
Books*
Antidoted by Cantharis Vesicatoria 2, Ipecacuanha 2, Lachesis 2+11
Complementary Natrum Muriaticum, Rhus Toxicodendron, Arsenicum Album +12
Follows well Arsenicum Album, Graphites, Iodium +9
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works. homeopathylibrary.com/remedy/apis-mellifica