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Asclepias Tuberosa

30C / QAsclepias Tub

Pleurisy Root · Butterfly Weed · "The Pleurisy Root Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the chest muscles and respiratory system, particularly in conditions triggered by cold or damp weather.

📖 Boericke writes:

Its action on the chest muscles is most marked and has been verified. Sick headache, with flatulence in stomach and bowels. Dyspepsia. Bronchitis and pleurisy come within its range. Catarrhal states from cold and damp weather. Irritation of larynx with huskiness; grip, with pleuritic pain.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from catarrhal states, chest pain, or rheumatic symptoms following exposure to cold and damp conditions.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Catarrhal dysentery, with rheumatic pains all over.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

🫁RESPIRATORY

Indicated for painful, sharp chest conditions and respiratory catarrh.

Respiration painful, especially at base of left lung.

Dry cough; throat constricted; causes pain in head and abdomen.

Pain in chest; shooting downward from left nipple.

A general eliminative remedy, acting specially on the sudoriparous glands.

Chest pains are relieved by bending forward.

Spaces between ribs close to sternum tender.

Lancinating pain between shoulders.

Catarrh, with frontal headache, and sticky yellow discharge.

🔑 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.

Tincture

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

Decimal

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Bryonia Alba →Periploca GroecaAsclepias Incarnata →Dulcamara →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Asclepias Tuberosa is listed in 33 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 6 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System19 Locomotor System4 Abdomen3 Circulatory System2 Stomach1 Head1 Modalities1 Nervous System1 Fever1

See all 33 rubrics for Asclepias Tuberosa →