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Fucus Vesiculosus

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Bladderwrack · Sea Kelp · "The Thyroid Obesity Remedy"
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🎯 A remedy primarily used to support weight loss and treat thyroid enlargement.
📖 Boericke writes:
A remedy for obesity andnon-toxic goitre; also exophthalmic. Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring. Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.
👤 Constitution
Typically indicated for obese subjects with thyroid enlargement.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Obesity in patients with thyroid enlargement.
Boericke
Non-toxic goiter and exophthalmic thyroid conditions.
Boericke
Forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring.
Boericke
Obstinate constipation.
Boericke
Improves digestion and reduces flatulence.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Useful for headaches characterized by a constricting, band-like sensation across the forehead.
Sensation as if the forehead is being squeezed by an iron ring.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Menses
sense of suffocation
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒three times a day
📝five to sixty drops before meals
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
IodiumPhytolacca DecandraThyroidinumBadiaga
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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