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ABROTANUM

ABROTANUM
abrotPlantUncommonPsoric
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🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for wasting conditions, especially in children, and for the ill effects of suppressed secretions or rheumatic conditions.
About: Abrotanum is a specialized remedy often used for marasmus, where the body wastes away despite a good appetite. It is particularly useful when symptoms shift from one area to another, such as rheumatism appearing after diarrhea stops. It is also indicated for recovery after chest surgeries or influenza.
👤 Constitution
Typically affects children with emaciated lower extremities, or gouty subjects suffering from suppressed conditions.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Emaciation of lower extremities despite a good appetite.
Boericke
Metastasis: symptoms shift from one area to another (e.g., rheumatism after diarrhea).
Boericke
Stomach feels as if swimming in water and feels cold.
Boericke
Ill effects of suppressed conditions, especially in gouty subjects.
Boericke
Neck so weak the head cannot be held up.
Boericke
Hemorrhoids worsening as rheumatic pains improve.
Boericke
Dry cough following diarrhea.
Boericke
Angioma of the face.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for patients experiencing irritability and anxiety.
Feeling cross, irritable, anxious, and depressed.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3rd to 30th
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
BRYONIA ALBABENZOICUM ACIDUMScrophulariaStellariaIODIUMNATRIUM MURIATICUM
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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