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Leptandra Virginica
Q / 30CLeptandraCulver's Root · Black Root · "The Black Tarry Stool Liver Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a liver stimulant and digestive aid, specifically indicated for bilious conditions and dark, tarry stools.
📖 Boericke writes:
Culver's Root
(LEPTANDRA)
A liver remedy, with jaundice andblack, tarry stools. Bilious states. Enfeebled portal circulation. Malarial conditions.
👤 Constitution
•Typically a person suffering from chronic liver sluggishness, bilious temperament, and a tendency toward depression and drowsiness.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Black, tarry, foul-smelling stools.
Boericke
Yellow-coated tongue.
Boericke
Liver pain radiating to the spine.
Boericke
Jaundice with clay-colored stools.
Boericke
Enfeebled portal circulation.
Boericke
Dull frontal headache with drowsiness.
Boericke
Bleeding hemorrhoids with rectal prolapse.
Boericke
Bilious states and malarial conditions.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Used for headaches associated with liver congestion, characterized by dull frontal pain and mental heaviness.
Dull frontal pain; vertigo, drowsiness, and depression.
Smarting and aching in eyes.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Morning
Lameness, etc., of wrists.
↑Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
3X
Decimal
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Bryonia Alba →Mercurius Solubilis →Podophyllinum →Myrica Cerifera →Ptelea Trifoliata →Iris Versicolor →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗✓ Kent's Materia Medica↗✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM
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