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Asa Foetida

30CAsa Foet
Devil's Dung · Ferula Assa-Foetida · "The Hysterical Bloating Remedy"
asaf.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 Acts primarily on the nervous system and digestive tract, specifically addressing hysterical and deep-seated bone .
📖 Boericke writes:
(ASAFOETIDA)
The and spasmodic contraction of stomach and 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, of bones, especially in the organism; here the extreme 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, of bones, especially in the organism; here the extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
introduction
Pressive pain from within outward.
head
disease with pain in region with pushing out sensation.
ears
of nasal bones (Aurum).
nose
.
throat
and regurgitation of liquid.
stomach
Pain in , as if something dull pressed out; , 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 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

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.

Second to sixth
Decimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
China Officinalis →Mercurius Solubilis →
🔄 Compare With
Moschus →Aurum Metallicum →China Officinalis →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Asa Foetida is listed in 151 rubrics across 19 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 41 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Eyes20Generalities15Abdomen15Nervous System14Stomach14Nose10Male Sexual System10Modalities9Throat8Skin7Mind7Circulatory System4Female Sexual System4Ears4Respiratory System4Head3Face1Fever1Locomotor System1

See all 151 rubrics for Asa Foetida →