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Lobelia Purpurascens

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Purple Lobelia · "The Sudden Paralysis Remedy"

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🎯 It acts as a profound depressant on the nervous system and vital forces, specifically causing respiratory paralysis.

📖 Boericke writes:

Profound prostration of all the vital forces and of the nervous system; respiratory paralysis. Nervous prostration of influenza. Coma. Tongue white and paralyzed.

👤 Constitution

•The typical patient is in a state of profound prostration, appearing comatose, confused, and physically paralyzed, particularly in the respiratory muscles.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Nervous prostration of influenza.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Indicated for headaches with nausea and involuntary eyelid spasms.

Confused and depressed.

Headache with nausea, vertigo; especially between eyebrows.

Cannot keep eyes open; spasmodic closure of lids.

💊 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.

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🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Baptisia Tinctoria →Lobelia Cardinalis →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Lobelia Purpurascens is listed in 17 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System5 Respiratory System4 Head3 Fever2 Eyes1 Tongue1 Mind1