🦎

Oniscus Asellus

30COniscus

Woodlouse · Pill Bug · "The Asthma Woodlouse Remedy"

onis.AnimalRarePsoric

🎯 Acts primarily as a diuretic for fluid retention and supports respiratory conditions involving bronchial catarrh.

📖 Boericke writes:

(MILLEPEDES)

Has distinct diuretic properties; hence its use in dropsies. Asthmatic conditions, with bronchial catarrh.

👤 Constitution

•Not specifically defined in the text, but generally indicated for individuals suffering from fluid retention and respiratory distress.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Distended; meteorism; very severe colic.

abdomen

Tenesmus of bladder and rectum, with absence of stool and urine.

urine

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for localized head pain and vascular pulsations.

Boring pain behind right ear in mastoid process (Caps).

Violent pulsation of arteries (Pothos; Glonoine).

Painful pressure above the root of nose.

💊 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

Decimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Cantharis Vesicatoria →PothosPothos Foetidus →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Oniscus Asellus is listed in 13 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Urinary System4 Nose3 Abdomen2 Ears1 Respiratory System1 Stomach1 Generalities1