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Leptandra Virginica

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Culver'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 and black, 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.

🩺 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.

💊 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

Decimal

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Bryonia Alba →Mercurius Solubilis →Podophyllinum →Myrica Cerifera →Ptelea Trifoliata →Iris Versicolor →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Leptandra Virginica is listed in 47 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 13 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen24 Head7 Stomach5 Fever3 Eyes3 Circulatory System2 Respiratory System1 Urinary System1 Tongue1

See all 47 rubrics for Leptandra Virginica →