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Indigo Tinctoria

30CIndigo

Indigo Dye · Indigofera Tinctoria · "The Epilepsy Spinal Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system, particularly in cases of epilepsy and nervous exhaustion.

📖 Boericke writes:

Indigo--Dye-stuff

(INDIGO)

Marked action on the nervous system, and of undoubted benefit in the treatment of epilepsy with great sadness. Excited mood and desire to be busy. Neurasthenia and hysteria. Pure powdered Indigo placed on the wound cures snake and spider poison (Kali permang; Golondrina; Cedron). Stricture of oesophagus; blue color (Cupr).

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are prone to nervous irritation, hysteria, and deep, gloomy sadness, often with a restless desire to be occupied.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Eructations.

stomach

Sciatica.

extremities

Pain in limbs worse after every meal.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches and neurological symptoms characterized by a sensation of coldness or constriction.

Vertigo with nausea.

Convulsions.

Sensation of a band around forehead.

Undulating sensation through whole head.

Sensation as if brain were frozen.

Gloomy; cries at night.

Hair feels pulled from vertex.

Head feels frozen.

🔑 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.

3rd to 30th

Centesimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Cuprum Metallicum →Oestrus Cameli

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Indigo Tinctoria is listed in 27 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 7 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System6 Abdomen6 Head5 Modalities5 Locomotor System2 Mind2 Fever1

See all 27 rubrics for Indigo Tinctoria →