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Anisum Stellatum

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Star Anise · Illicium Verum · "The Digestive Spasm Remedy"
anis.PlantUncommonPsoric
Source
🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive and respiratory systems, specifically addressing flatulence, colic, and catarrhal conditions.
📖 Boericke writes:
(ILLICIUM)
Should be remembered in the treatment of flatulent conditions. So-called three-months' colic, especially if it recurs at regular hours; much rumbling in abdomen. One symptom is worthy of special remembrance-pain in region of third rib, about an inch or two from the sternum, generally on right side, but occasionally on left. Frequent cough with this pain. Purulent tracheal and gastric catarrh of old drunkards. Old asthmatics. Vomiting, epileptiform convulsions with biting of tongue.
👤 Constitution
Often indicated for infants with recurring colic or elderly individuals, particularly those with a history of heavy alcohol consumption and chronic respiratory issues.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
One symptom is worthy of special remembrance-pain in region of third rib, about an inch or two from the sternum, generally on right side, but occasionally on left.
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🩺 Systems & Indications
🔵Introduction
Useful for recurring infant colic and specific chest pain associated with respiratory distress.
Severe gas and bloating in the abdomen.
Infant colic that recurs at the same time each day.
Pain in the area of the third rib, one or two inches from the breastbone, usually on the right side.
Vomiting and seizures involving tongue biting.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Morning
headache
Better from
Evening
The pains.
💊 Dosage & Potency
3X
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
Hering
🔄 Compare With
Aconitum NapellusBryonia Alba
Clarke
🔄 Compare With
Pix Liquida
📚 Sources & References

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