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Polygonum Hydropiperoides

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🎯 It acts primarily on the female reproductive system and the digestive tract, specifically addressing menstrual irregularities, hemorrhoids, and flatulent colic.

📖 Boericke writes:

(POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM)

Metrorrhagia, also Amenorrhoea in young girls. Varicosis; haemorrhoids and rectal pockets. Burning in stomach followed by feeling of coldness in the pit of the stomach.

👤 Constitution

•Often indicated for young girls with menstrual irregularities or women at the climacteric stage experiencing skin issues.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Flatulent colic.

abdomen

Haemorrhoids.

rectum

Sensation as if hips were being drawn together.

female

Superficial ulcers and sores on lower extremities, especially in females at climacteric.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

🔵ABDOMEN

Indicated for painful, gas-related digestive distress with loose stools.

Griping pain, with great rumbling, nausea, and liquid feces.

Flatulent colic.

💊 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

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Senecio Aureus →Carduus Marianus →Polygonum Persicaria →Hamamelis Virginiana →Polygonum Sagitatum →Polygonum Aviculare →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Polygonum Hydropiperoides is listed in 23 rubrics across 8 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 5 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen10 Female Sexual System6 Urinary System2 Face1 Male Sexual System1 Respiratory System1 Circulatory System1 Nervous System1

See all 23 rubrics for Polygonum Hydropiperoides →