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ELATERIUM OFFICINARUM

elatPlantUncommonPsoric

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🎯 A powerful remedy for violent, watery, and forceful vomiting and diarrhea, often used in cases of dropsy.

About: This remedy is primarily indicated for intense gastrointestinal distress characterized by explosive, watery evacuations. It is also used for dropsical conditions and symptoms arising from suppressed malaria, such as hives or mental restlessness. A unique feature is an irresistible urge to wander from home at night.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are weak, prone to dropsy, and sensitive to damp weather, often with a history of suppressed intermittent fevers.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Violent, forceful, watery, and explosive diarrhea.

Boericke

Constant yawning and stretching during the chill phase of fever.

Boericke

Irresistible desire to wander away from home at night.

Boericke

Symptoms aggravated by exposure to damp weather or damp ground.

Boericke

Useful for dropsy and fluid retention.

Boericke

Hives or mental disorders following suppressed malaria.

Boericke

Frothy, olive-green stools.

Boericke

Gouty pains in the big toes and arthritic nodules.

Boericke

🩺 Systems & Indications

🍽️STOMACH

Useful for severe stomach upset with significant exhaustion and abdominal cramping.

Nausea and vomiting accompanied by extreme physical weakness.

Sharp, cramping pains in the abdomen.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

💊 Dosage & Potency

3rd to 30th

Centesimal

🕒As directed

Primary Dosage

1-20 of a grain

Other

🕒As directed

📝As a hydragogue cathartic to produce free discharge in dropsies (Palliative only).

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

BRYONIA ALBA →CROTON TIGLIUM →GAMBOGIA →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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