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Gnaphalium Polycephalum

30CGnaphalium
Cudweed · Old Balsam · "The Sciatica with Numbness Remedy"
gnaph.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for nerve pain, particularly , when accompanied by numbness.
📖 Boericke writes:
Cud-weed-Old Balsa
(GNAPHALIUM)
A remedy of unquestioned benefit in , when pain is associated with numbness of the part affected. Rheumatism and morning . .
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Intense pain along the sciatic nerve; numbness alternates with pain.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
😶FACE
Used for nerve pain affecting the upper jaw.
pains of superior maxillary of both sides.
🔑 Modalities
Better from
💊 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.

Third to thirtieth potency
Other
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Xanthoxylum FraxineumPulsatilla PratensisChamomillaXanthoxylum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Gnaphalium Polycephalum is listed in 28 rubrics across 4 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 9 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System12Locomotor System10Female Sexual System5Urinary System1

See all 28 rubrics for Gnaphalium Polycephalum