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Justicia Adhatoda

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Malabar Nut · Adhatoda Vasica · "The Acute Catarrhal Cough Remedy"

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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.

🎯 A highly effective remedy for the early stages of acute respiratory infections and catarrhal conditions.

📖 Boericke writes:

An Indian Shrub, Singhee

(JUSTICIA ADHATODA BASAKA)

Highly efficacious medicine for acute catarrhal conditions of the respiratory tract (used in the beginning)

👤 Constitution

•Sensitive individuals who are easily irritated by external impressions and prone to respiratory congestion.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Cough with sneezing.

respiratory

Tightness across chest.

respiratory

Whooping-cough.

respiratory

🩺 Systems & Indications

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👤HEAD

Useful for head congestion and sinus symptoms associated with early-stage colds.

Irritable, sensitive to external impressions; hot, full and heavy head; lachrymation, with coryza, profuse, fluent, with constant sneezing; loss of smell and taste; coryza with cough.

🔑 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.

Third potency and higher

Other

📝Severe aggravation have been noticed from lower potencies.

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Allium Cepa →Euphrasia Officinalis →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Justicia Adhatoda is listed in 23 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 11 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System10 Nose5 Throat4 Taste1 Head1 Modalities1 Nervous System1

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