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Hamamelis Virginiana

30C / QHamamelis

Witch Hazel · "The Homeopathic Vein Tonic"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the venous system to treat congestion, varicose veins, and passive bleeding with a characteristic bruised soreness.

📖 Boericke writes:

(HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA)

Venous congestion, haemorrhages, varicose veins, and haemorrhoids, with bruised soreness of affected parts, seem to be the special sphere of this remedy. Acts upon the coats of the veins causing relaxation with consequent engorgement. Passive venous haemorrhages from any part. Great value in open, painful wounds, with weakness from loss of blood. After operations, supersedes the use of morphia (Helmuth).

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who feel a need for respect and suffer from venous weakness, often presenting with a bruised, sore feeling in the veins or tissues.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA Witch-hazel (HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA) Venous congestion, haemorrhages, varicose veins, and haemorrhoids, with bruised soreness of affected parts, seem to be the special sphere of this remedy.

introduction

Haemorrhoids, bleeding profusely, with soreness.

stool

Metrorrhagia, occurring midway between menstrual periods.

female

Varicose veins.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches associated with congestion and nosebleeds.

Wants "the respect due to me" shown.

Feeling as of a bolt from temple to temple.

Fullness, followed by epistaxis.

Numbness over frontal bone.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse 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.

Tincture

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

6th attenuation

Centesimal

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🤝 Complementary

Ferrum Metallicum →

🚫 Antidotes

Arnica Montana →

🔄 Compare With

Aloe Socotrina →Pulsatilla Pratensis →Muriaticum Acidum →Calcarea Carbonica →Sulphur →Bellis Perennis →Calendula Officinalis →Mangifera Indica →Arnica Montana →Sulphuricum Acidum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Hamamelis Virginiana is listed in 189 rubrics across 21 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 79 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Female Sexual System35 Abdomen27 Male Sexual System23 Generalities21 Locomotor System16 Eyes15 Nose10 Respiratory System8 Skin8 Fever4 Nervous System4 Urinary System3 Circulatory System3 Stomach3 Head2 Modalities2 Tongue1 Mouth1 Gums1 Throat1 Ears1

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