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CHINA OFFICINALIS

CHINA OFFICINALIS
chinPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
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🎯 It acts primarily on the body's vital energy following the loss of fluids, addressing debility, periodic fevers, and digestive disturbances.
About: China Officinalis is a primary remedy for exhaustion caused by the loss of vital fluids, such as blood, sweat, or digestive secretions. It is characterized by extreme sensitivity to touch and drafts, along with a distinct pattern of periodic symptoms. It is frequently used for digestive issues like bloating and for intermittent fevers.
👤 Constitution
Typically anemic, weak, and sensitive individuals who have suffered from exhausting illnesses or fluid loss, often showing a sallow complexion and a nervous, irritable temperament.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Debility from loss of vital fluids (blood, sweat, diarrhea).
Boericke
Extreme sensitivity to touch, but relieved by hard pressure.
Boericke
Periodic symptoms, especially fevers.
Boericke
Flatulence and bloating not relieved by passing gas.
Boericke
Painless, undigested, frothy diarrhea.
Boericke
Throbbing headache relieved by pressure.
Boericke
Tympanitic abdomen (drum-like bloating).
Boericke
Suffocative catarrh with rattling in the chest.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental exhaustion, despondency, and restlessness caused by overactive thoughts.
Feeling indifferent, apathetic, and despondent.
Racing thoughts that prevent sleep.
Sudden crying and restless tossing.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture to 30th
Other
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
FERRUM METALLICUM
🚫 Antidotes
ARSENICUM ALBUM
🔄 Compare With
SULPHUR
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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CHINA OFFICINALIS — Homeopathy Materia Medica