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Ostrya Virginica

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Ironwood · Hop Hornbeam · "The Debility Malaria Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a tonic for anemia associated with malaria and digestive disturbances.
📖 Boericke writes:
Of great value in anaemia from malaria. Bilious conditions and intermittent fever.
👤 Constitution
Typically indicated for individuals with a bilious temperament who are recovering from or suffering from chronic malarial states.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Tongue yellow; coated at the root.
gastric
🩺 Systems & Indications
🍽️GASTRIC
Useful for digestive upsets characterized by a yellow-coated tongue, nausea, and loss of appetite.
Tongue yellow; coated at the root.
Loss of appetite.
Frequent nausea, with dull, frontal headache.
Sickening pains.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Morning
6 A.M., headache
right lateral headache
loss of appetite
dull distress in umbilicus
drawing pain in fingers.
Better from
Eating
stomach distress
💊 Dosage & Potency
First to third potency
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Bryonia AlbaNux Vomica
🔄 Compare With
Ignatia AmaraLeptandra Virginica
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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