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Lycopersicum Esculentum

30CLycopersicum

Tomato · "The Rheumatic Tomato Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the nervous and muscular systems, specifically addressing rheumatic pains, influenza symptoms, and hay fever.

📖 Boericke writes:

(SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM)

Marked symptoms of rheumatism and influenza. Severe aching pains all over body. Pains left after influenza. Head always shows signs of acute congestion. Hay-fever, with marked aggravation from breathing the least dust. Frequent urination and profuse watery diarrhoea.

👤 Constitution

•Typically presents with acute congestion, rheumatic tendencies, and a high sensitivity to environmental triggers like dust and open air.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Pains left after influenza.

introduction

Sharp pain in right deltoid and pectoralis muscles.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for intense, bursting headaches that leave the scalp feeling tender.

Bursting pain, beginning in occiput and spreading all over.

Whole head and scalp feels sore, bruised, after pain has ceased.

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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

⏩ Follows Well After

Belladonna →Capsicum Annuum →Eupatorium Perfoliatum →Rhus Toxicodendron →

🔄 Compare With

Capsicum Annuum →Eupatorium Perfoliatum →Rhus Toxicodendron →Sanguinaria Canadensis →Belladonna →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Lycopersicum Esculentum is listed in 6 rubrics across 5 chapters.

Locomotor System2 Fever1 Nervous System1 Circulatory System1 Respiratory System1