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Chelidonium Majus

30C / QChelidonium
Greater Celandine · "The Right-Sided Liver Remedy"
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🎯 A primary liver remedy that addresses , gallbladder issues, and characteristic pain under the right shoulder blade.
📖 Boericke writes:
A prominent liver remedy, covering many of the direct reflex symptoms of diseased conditions of that organ. The skin, and especially the constant pain under inferior angle of right , are certain indications. drawing and in single parts. The great general lethargy and indisposition to make any effort is also marked. Ailments brought on or renewed by change of weather. effusions. . complication during gestation.
👤 Constitution
•Typically presents with a , yellow complexion, a heavy and lethargic temperament, and a tendency toward right-sided symptoms.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
The skin, and especially the constant pain under inferior angle of right , are certain indications.
introduction
effusions.
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complication during gestation.
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over right eye, right cheek-bone and right ear, with excessive , preceded by pain in liver.
head
Prefers hot food and drink.
stomach
, ; better, very hot water.
stomach
Eating relieves temporarily, especially when accompanied with symptoms.
stomach
; stools hard, round balls, like sheep's dung, bright yellow, pasty; clay-colored, stools float in water; alternation of and .
stool
Fixed pain under inner and lower angle of right .
back
Icy coldness of tips of fingers; wrists sore, tearing in metacarpal bones.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for associated with liver congestion, characterized by heavy, cold sensations and right-sided nerve pain.
Icy coldness of from the of neck; feels heavy as lead.
Heavy, lethargic; very marked, with general numbness; , associated with disturbance.
Inclination to fall forward.
Right-sided headache down behind ears and shoulder-blade.
over right eye, right cheek-bone and right ear, with excessive , preceded by pain in liver.
🔑 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
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Bryonia Alba →Lycopodium Clavatum →
🚫 Antidotes
Chamomilla →
🔄 Compare With
Sulphur →Lycopodium Clavatum →Arsenicum Album →Nux Vomica →Opium →Bryonia Alba →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Chelidonium Majus is listed in 189 rubrics across 19 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 63 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen38Respiratory System28Locomotor System20Urinary System20Stomach16Head15Nervous System10Eyes9Modalities6Skin5Taste5Tongue4Face3Female Sexual System2Nose2Fever2Generalities2Male Sexual System1Mouth1

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