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Paraffinum

30CParaffinum

Paraffin Wax · "The Constipation Paraffin Remedy"

paraf.MineralUncommonPsoric

🎯 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).

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🩺 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

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💊 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.

Lower triturations

Other

Primary Dosage

30C

Centesimal

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Naphthalin →Petroleum →Kreosotum →Eupion →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Paraffinum is listed in 23 rubrics across 8 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen9 Stomach3 Female Sexual System3 Head2 Locomotor System2 Nervous System2 Eyes1 Modalities1

See all 23 rubrics for Paraffinum →