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Mentholum

30CMentholum
Menthol · Peppermint Camphor · "The Cooling Nasal Remedy"
mentho.PlantUncommonPsoric✨ Boericke only
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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.

🎯 It acts primarily on the mucous membranes of the nose and throat and the spinal nerve plexus to relieve and nerve pain.
📖 Boericke writes:
The stearopten from the essential oil of Mentha. of naso- and spinal nerve plexus, producing neuritic pains and parethesias. Menthol has proved curative in acute nasal ; in acute ; ; ; , etc (Wm. B. Griggs, M. D). Itching, especially valvae.
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Boericke Exclusive
👤HEAD
Useful for frontal , sinus congestion, and ear blockage associated with colds.
Frontal headache, pain over frontal sinus, descends to eyeballs.
Mental confusion.
Supra orbital pain over left eye.
Pain in face above zygoma with numbness.
Pain in eyeballs.
with post-nasal dripping.
Cold sensation in nose.
tubes feel blocked and some .
🔑 Modalities
✨ Boericke Exclusive
↓Worse from
💊 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.

Sixth potency
Centesimal
📝Internal use.
Primary Dosage
1 per cent
Other
📝Externally for itching, use as solution or ointment.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Kali Bichromicum →Spigelia Anthelmia →

Boericke's Materia Medica

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Mentholum is listed in 61 rubrics across 15 chapters.

Head14Nose10Eyes6Respiratory System6Ears5Urinary System4Throat4Face3Stomach2Nervous System2Male Sexual System1Fever1Circulatory System1Mouth1Locomotor System1

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