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Cataria Nepeta

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Catnip · Nepeta Cataria · "The Infantile Colic Remedy"

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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.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Colic in children with abdominal pain

Boericke

Physical restlessness with twisting of the body

Boericke

Flexing of thighs toward the abdomen

Boericke

Nervous headache and hysteria

Boericke

🩺 Systems & Indications

✨ Boericke Exclusive

👶Children

Indicated for infants experiencing painful abdominal colic accompanied by physical agitation.

Colic with intense abdominal pain

Physical restlessness including twisting of the body and pulling the thighs up toward the abdomen

Excessive crying

💊 Dosage & Potency

5 to 10 drops

Mother Tincture

🕒As directed

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

⏭️ Similar

Magnesia PhosphoricaChamomilla →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗Hering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

Compiled from classical homeopathic texts in the public domain. Click any active source badge to open the original text. For educational and reference purposes only. Always consult a qualified homeopath for treatment.