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Agave Americana

30C / QAgave
Century Plant · American Aloe · "The Digestive Antacid"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive system and urinary tract, with specific indications for and gonorrheal complications.
📖 Boericke writes:
Indicated in stomachache, and painful erections in . . . ; countenance pale, gums swollen and bleeding, legs covered with dark purple blotches, swollen, painful and hard. Appetite poor; bowels constipated.
👤 Constitution
The typical patient may present with a pale complexion, poor appetite, and signs of physical depletion or -like symptoms.
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Tincture
Mother Tincture
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Lachesis MutusAnhaloniumLyssinHydrophobinum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Agave Americana is listed in 9 rubrics across 6 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 4 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

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