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Cistus Canadensis

30CCistus

Rock Rose · Cistus · "The Cold Air Scrofulous Remedy"

cist.PlantUncommonPsoric

🎯 A deep-acting remedy for chronic glandular swellings and infections in individuals who are extremely sensitive to cold.

📖 Boericke writes:

A deep-acting anti-psoric remedy, with marked action in glandular affections, herpetic eruptions, chronic swellings, when patient is extremely sensitive to cold. Sensation of coldness in various parts. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Poisoned wounds, bites, phagedenic ulcers. Malignant disease of the glands of the neck. Cistus has affinity for naso-pharynx; aborts colds that center in posterior nose. Sniffling.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are extremely sensitive to cold, often suffering from chronic glandular swellings, scrofulous tendencies, and skin eruptions.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Sensation of coldness in various parts.

introduction

Malignant disease of the glands of the neck.

introduction

Hurts to protrude the tongue.

mouth

Spongy feeling; very dry and cold air passing over parts causes pain.

throat

Glands inflamed and indurated.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

😶FACE

Used for chronic skin conditions and ulcers on the face.

Itching, burning, and crusts on right zygoma.

Lupus, caries; open, bleeding cancer.

Tip of nose painful.

🔑 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.

1st to 30th

Decimal

📝Locally as a wash to arrest fetid discharges.

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Sepia Officinalis →Rhus Toxicodendron →

🔄 Compare With

Carbo Vegetabilis →Calcarea Carbonica →Conium Maculatum →Argentum Nitricum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Cistus Canadensis is listed in 86 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 19 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Throat12 Locomotor System12 Skin11 Generalities11 Respiratory System6 Abdomen5 Face4 Nose4 Gums4 Mouth3 Female Sexual System3 Ears2 Nervous System2 Tongue2 Modalities2 Stomach1 Male Sexual System1 Eyes1

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