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Blatta Orientalis

30C / QBlatta Or
Indian Cockroach · "The Asthma Remedy"
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🎯 A remedy primarily used to treat asthma and bronchitis, especially when accompanied by significant mucus production.
📖 Boericke writes:
A remedy for asthma. Especially when associated with bronchitis. Indicated after arsenic when this is insufficient.
Cough with dyspnoea in bronchitis and phthisis. Acts best in stout and corpulent patients. Much pus-like mucus.
👤 Constitution
Acts best in stout and corpulent patients.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Asthma associated with bronchitis.
Boericke
Indicated when Arsenicum Album is insufficient.
Boericke
Acts best in stout and corpulent patients.
Boericke
Cough with difficulty breathing in bronchitis and phthisis.
Boericke
Expectoration of much pus-like mucus.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🫁Lungs
Prescribe for asthma and bronchitis when there is significant pus-like mucus production, particularly in stout individuals.
Asthma, especially when associated with bronchitis.
Cough accompanied by difficulty breathing in cases of bronchitis and tuberculosis.
Cough producing large amounts of pus-like mucus.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Evening
asthmatic respiration
difficult respiration
Better from
Open air
asthmatic respiration
difficult respiration
💊 Dosage & Potency
Lowest potencies
Other
🕒during an attack
📝Lowest potencies during an attack; after the spasm, for the remaining cough, use the higher; stop with improvement to prevent return of aggravation.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Arsenicum Album
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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