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Glycerinum

30C / QGlycerinum
Glycerine · Glycerol · "The Diabetic Debility Remedy"
glyc.OtherUncommonPsoric✨ Boericke only
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Exclusively Documented in Boericke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Boericke's Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 It acts deeply on nutrition and tissue building, particularly useful in states of physical and mental exhaustion.
📖 Boericke writes:
Used homeopathically, dynamized Glycerine seems to act
deeply and long, building up tissue, hence of great use in , , mental and physical, diabetes, etc. It disturbs nutrition in its primary action, and, secondarily, seems to improve the general state of nutrition (Dr. Wm. B. Griggs).
👤 Constitution
•Individuals who are physically and mentally exhausted, often suffering from wasting conditions or metabolic disturbances.
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Boericke Exclusive
👤HEAD
Useful for and premenstrual tension.
Feels full, throbs; mentally confused.
Severe headache two days be before .
feels full.
💊 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.

Thirtieth and higher
Centesimal
Primary Dosage
Pure Glycerine
Other
🕒t.i.d
📝teaspoonful doses with lemon juice for pernicious anemia
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Lacticum Acidum →Gelsemium Sempervirens →Calcarea Carbonica →Lactic Acid. →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Glycerinum is listed in 76 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nose9Female Sexual System9Head9Abdomen8Urinary System6Locomotor System6Mind5Respiratory System4Stomach4Nervous System3Taste2Circulatory System2Mouth2Face2Throat2Male Sexual System1Generalities1Fever1

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