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Paraffinum

30CParaffinum
Paraffin Wax · "The Constipation Paraffin Remedy"
paraf.MineralUncommonPsoric
Source
🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for chronic constipation and specific uterine or abdominal pains characterized by a shifting or alternating nature.
📖 Boericke writes:
(PARAFFINE)
Valuable in uterine affections. Particularly serviceable in constipation. Knife-like pains. Pains extend from one part to another, and alternate. Pain in stomach alternates with pain in throat and spine.
👤 Constitution
Individuals who may suffer from chronic digestive sluggishness or specific localized pains that alternate between body regions.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Obstinate constipation in children (Alumina; Nyctanthes).
rectum
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for left-sided headaches characterized by sharp, twisting, or nail-like pains.
Left side of head and face suffer most; pains stinging and twisting.
Pain as if a nail were driven in left side of vertex.
Twisting in left ear.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
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💊 Dosage & Potency
Lower triturations
Other
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
30C
Centesimal
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
NaphthalinPetroleumKreosotumEupion
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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