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Black Lead · Plumbago · "The Honey Discharge Remedy"
graph.PolychrestMineralCommonPsoric
🎯 A powerful anti- remedy acting primarily on the skin, metabolism, and digestive system, particularly in individuals with a tendency toward , , and chronic skin eruptions.
📖 Boericke writes:
Black Lead-Plumbago
Like all the carbons, this remedy is an anti- of great power, but especially active in patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion, with tendency to skin and , fat, chilly, and , with delayed menstrual history, take cold easily. Children impudent, teasing, laugh at reprimands. Has a particular tendency to develop the skin phase of internal disorders. Eradicates tendency to . with redness of face. Tendency to . Swollen genitals. Gushing . Aids absorption of cicatricial tissue. of tissue. Cancer of pylorus. Duodenal ulcer.
👤 Constitution
•Stout, fair-complexioned, chilly, and prone to ; often exhibits a tendency toward and skin disorders.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
GRAPHITES Black Lead-Plumbago Like all the carbons, this remedy is an anti- of great power, but especially active in patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion, with tendency to skin and , fat, chilly, and , with delayed menstrual history, take cold easily.
introduction
Eradicates tendency to .
introduction
Music makes her weep.
mind
Burning on .
head
Eyelids red and swollen.
eyes
Eczema of lids; fissured.
eyes
Dryness of inner ear.
ears
Moisture and eruptions behind the ears.
ears
Hears better in noise.
ears
Hot drinks disagree.
stomach
Constrictive pain in stomach.
stomach
Fullness and hardness in abdomen, as from incarcerated ; must loosen clothing; presses painfully at abdominal ring.
abdomen
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Indicated for emotional states characterized by indecision, anxiety, and sensitivity to music.
Great tendency to start.
Timid.
Unable to decide.
Want of disposition to work.
Fidgety while sitting at work.
Music makes her weep.
Apprehensive, despondency, indecision.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 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.

Sixth to thirtieth
Centesimal
📝Locally as a cerate, in sore nipples.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Causticum →Argentum Nitricum →Arsenicum Album →Lycopodium Clavatum →Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum →Tuberculinum →
🚫 Antidotes
Arsenicum Album →Aconitum Napellus →Nux Vomica →
⏩ Follows Well After
Causticum →Arsenicum Album →Tuberculinum →Hepar Sulphur →Lycopodium Clavatum →
🔄 Compare With
Fluoricum Acidum →Sulphur →Sepia Officinalis →Petroleum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Graphites is listed in 552 rubrics across 23 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 199 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Female Sexual System77Skin70Abdomen53Locomotor System50Stomach45Male Sexual System33Eyes32Generalities28Ears25Nose21Head21Face18Nervous System18Modalities14Mind11Urinary System10Respiratory System6Mouth6Fever5Throat4Taste2Circulatory System2Gums1

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