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Asa Foetida

30CAsa Foet
Devil's Dung · Ferula Assa-Foetida · "The Hysterical Bloating Remedy"
asaf.PlantUncommonPsoric
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🎯 Acts primarily on the nervous system and digestive tract, specifically addressing hysterical flatulence and deep-seated bone inflammation.
📖 Boericke writes:
(ASAFOETIDA)
The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of stomach and oesophagus with reverse peristalsis are the most marked symptoms. In its selection, its relation to the hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, must be borne in mind. Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism; here theextreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
👤 Constitution
•Hysterical and hypochondriacal patients who are extremely sensitive and irritable, often complaining about their troubles.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism; here the extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
introduction
Pressive pain from within outward.
head
Mastoid disease with pain in temporal region with pushing out sensation.
ears
Caries of nasal bones (Aurum).
nose
Globus hystericus.
throat
Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid.
stomach
Pain in perineum, as if something dull pressed out; diarrhoea, extremely offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
rectum
Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs could not be fully expanded.
chest
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for headaches characterized by outward pressure and irritability.
Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensitive.
Boring above eyebrows.
Pressive pain from within outward.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
Second to sixth
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
China Officinalis →Mercurius Solubilis →
🔄 Compare With
Moschus →Aurum Metallicum →China Officinalis →
📚 Sources & References

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