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Ginseng Quinquefolium

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American Ginseng · Panax Quinquefolius · "The Lumbago Sexual Tonic Remedy"

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🎯 Acts as a stimulant to secretory glands and affects the lower spinal cord, addressing rheumatic pains and paralytic weakness.

📖 Boericke writes:

Aralia Quinquefolia-Wild Ginseng-Panax

(GINSENG)

Said to be a stimulant to the secretory glands, especially salivary. Acts on the lower part of the spinal cord. Lumbago, sciatica, and rheumatism. Paralytic weakness. Hiccough. Skin symptoms, itching pimples on neck and chest.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for dark-complexioned individuals who suffer from glandular or rheumatic complaints.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Lumbago, sciatica, and rheumatism.

introduction

Hiccough.

introduction

Stiff, contracted joints, heaviness of lower limbs.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Addresses dizziness and headaches associated with visual disturbances and eyelid heaviness.

Vertigo, with gray spots before eyes; semi-lateral headache; occipital; difficult opening of eyelids; objects appear double.

💊 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

Decimal

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Gunpowder

🔄 Compare With

Coca →HederaAralia →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Ginseng Quinquefolium is listed in 34 rubrics across 10 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 7 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System14 Male Sexual System5 Nervous System3 Head3 Urinary System2 Throat2 Abdomen2 Mind1 Eyes1 Stomach1

See all 34 rubrics for Ginseng Quinquefolium →