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Agnus Castus

30CAgnus Cast
Chaste Tree · Vitex Agnus Castus · "The Sexual Exhaustion Remedy"
agn.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the sexual organs, lowering sexual vitality and causing mental depression.
📖 Boericke writes:
The most effective point of attack of Agnus upon the organism is the sexual organism. It lowers sexual vitality, with corresponding mental depression and loss of nervous energy. It shows this distinctive influence in both sexes, but is more pronounced in men. Premature old age from abuse of sexual power. History of repeated . A prominent remedy for sprains and strains. Gnawing itching in all parts, especially eyes. caused by tobacco in neurotic young men.
👤 Constitution
•Typically affects men who appear prematurely aged due to sexual excess, often presenting with a sad, fearful, and forgetful temperament.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Gnawing itching in all parts, especially eyes.
introduction
Sadness with impression of speedy death.
mind
with sensation as if intestines were pressed downwards; wants to support bowels.
abdomen
.
male
Parts cold, relaxed.
male
Desire gone (Selen; Con; Sabal).
male
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental states characterized by deep sadness, fear of death, and lack of focus.
Sexual .
Fear of death.
Sadness with impression of speedy death.
Absentminded, forgetful, lack of courage.
Illusion of smell-herrings, musk.
Nervous depression and mental forebodings.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 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.

1X to 6X
Decimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Selenium Metallicum →Camphora →Lycopodium Clavatum →Phosphorus →Phosphoricum Acidum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Agnus Castus is listed in 74 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 40 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Male Sexual System22Mind20Female Sexual System9Abdomen5Nose3Eyes3Locomotor System2Generalities2Urinary System2Circulatory System2Nervous System2Stomach1Skin1

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