Catnip · Nepeta Cataria · "The Infantile Colic Remedy"
catar.PlantUncommonPsoric✨ Boericke only
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Exclusively Documented in Boericke
This remedy is documented exclusively in Boericke's Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.
🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for digestive distress in children and nervous conditions characterized by agitation.
📖 Boericke writes:
Children's remedy for Colic, also for nervous headache and hysteria, abdominal complaints, pain, flexing of thighs, twisting of body, crying. Similar to chamomilla and magnes phosph.
👤 Constitution
•Typically infants or children who are irritable, crying, and physically restless due to abdominal discomfort.
💊 Dosage & Potency
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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.
