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Plantago Major

Q / 30CPlantago

Broad-leaved Plantain · "The Toothache Enuresis Remedy"

plan.PlantCommonPsoric

🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for nerve-related pains in the teeth and ears, as well as bedwetting.

📖 Boericke writes:

Has considerable clinical reputation in the treatment of earache, toothache, and enuresis. Sharp pain in eyes, reflex from decayed teeth or inflammation of middle ear. Eyeball very tender to touch. Pain plays between teeth and ears. Pyorrhea alveolaris. Depression and insomnia of chronic Nicotinism. Causes an aversion to tobacco.

👤 Constitution

•Generally indicated for individuals suffering from chronic nerve pain or those struggling with the effects of long-term tobacco use.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Neuralgic earache; pain goes from one ear to the other through the head.

ears

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for periodic facial nerve pain that worsens in the morning and early afternoon.

Periodical prosopalgia, worse 7 am to 2 pm, accompanied with flow of tears, photophobia; pains radiate to temples and lower face.

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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.

Tincture

Mother Tincture

📝Local use in toothache in hollow teeth, otorrhoea, pruritus, and Poison-oak. Incised wounds.

Primary Dosage

lower potencies

Other

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Pulsatilla Pratensis →Kalmia Latifolia →Chamomilla →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Plantago Major is listed in 49 rubrics across 12 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 12 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Teeth16 Face8 Ears5 Nervous System3 Eyes3 Urinary System3 Gums3 Skin3 Generalities2 Stomach1 Female Sexual System1 Abdomen1

See all 49 rubrics for Plantago Major →