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Fucus Vesiculosus

Q / 30CFucus
Bladderwrack · Sea Kelp · "The Thyroid Obesity Remedy"
fuc.PlantCommonPsoric
🎯 A remedy primarily used to support weight loss and treat thyroid enlargement.
📖 Boericke writes:
A remedy for and non-toxic ; also exophthalmic. Digestion is furthered and diminished. Obstinate ; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring. Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.
👤 Constitution
Typically indicated for obese subjects with thyroid enlargement.
💊 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
🕒three times a day
📝five to sixty drops before meals
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
IodiumPhytolacca DecandraThyroidinumBadiaga

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Fucus Vesiculosus is listed in 6 rubrics across 4 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Generalities3Throat1Circulatory System1Nervous System1