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Equisetum Hyemale

30CEquisetum
Scouring Rush · Horsetail · "The Bladder Fullness Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the bladder to relieve irritation, painful urination, and incontinence.
📖 Boericke writes:
(EQUISETUM)
Principal action on the bladder. A remedy for enuresis and dysuria.
👤 Constitution
•No specific constitutional type is defined, but it is frequently indicated for children with bedwetting or elderly women with urinary incontinence.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Frequent urging with severe pain at the close of urination.
urinary
🩺 Systems & Indications
💧URINARY
This remedy is indicated for various urinary complaints including painful urination, bladder irritation, and incontinence.
Severe, dull pain and feeling of fullness in bladder, not relieved by urinating.
Frequent urging with severe pain at the close of urination.
Urine flows only drop by drop.
Sharp, burning, cutting pain in urethra while urinating.
Incontinence in children, with dreams or night-mares when passing urine.
Incontinence in old women, also with involuntary stools.
Retention and dysuria during pregnancy and after delivery.
Much mucus in urine.
Albuminuria.
Involuntary urination.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture to 6X
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
📝A decoction or tincture in hot water is useful for urinary tract irritability, stones, and painful urination.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Hydrangea →Linaria →Ferrum Phosphoricum →Chimaphila Umbellata →Ferrum Metallicum →Apis Mellifica →Silicea Terra →Cantharis Vesicatoria →
📚 Sources & References

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