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Collinsonia Canadensis

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Stone Root · Horse Balm · "The Stone Root Piles Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the pelvic and portal venous systems to relieve congestion, hemorrhoids, and constipation.

📖 Boericke writes:

Stone-Root

Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting haemorrhoids and constipation, especially in females. Depressed arterial tension, general atony of muscular fiber. Chronic nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh, due to portal obstruction. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Pruritus in pregnancy, with piles. Constipation of children from intestinal atony. Said to be of special value when given before operations, for rectal diseases. Sense of weight and constriction. Venous engorgement.

👤 Constitution

•Typically affects females with pelvic congestion, individuals with sluggish circulation, and those suffering from chronic constipation or heart-related fluid retention.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Chronic nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh, due to portal obstruction.

introduction

Constipation of children from intestinal atony.

introduction

Sensation of sharp sticks in rectum.

rectum

Sense of constriction.

rectum

Most obstinate constipation, with protruding haemorrhoids.

rectum

Alternate constipation and diarrhoea, and great flatulence.

rectum

Pruritus.

female

Cough from excessive use of voice

respiratory

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches linked to digestive or circulatory congestion.

Dull frontal headache; from suppressed haemorrhoids.

Chronic catarrh.

Yellow-coated tongue.

Bitter taste (Colocy; Bry).

🔑 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

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🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Nux Vomica →

🔄 Compare With

Aesculus Hippocastanum →Aloe Socotrina →Hamamelis Virginiana →Lycopus Virginicus →Sulphur →Nux Vomica →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Collinsonia Canadensis is listed in 84 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 34 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen37 Female Sexual System18 Circulatory System16 Respiratory System4 Modalities3 Head2 Generalities2 Skin1 Stomach1

See all 84 rubrics for Collinsonia Canadensis →