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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.

💊 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.

First to third potency

Decimal

Primary Dosage

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Ostrya Virginica is listed in 6 rubrics across 5 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Stomach2 Generalities1 Tongue1 Abdomen1 Fever1