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Quassia Amara

Q / 30CQuassia

Bitter Wood · Bitter Ash · "The Bitter Tonic Worm Remedy"

quas.PlantUncommonPsoric

🎯 Acts primarily as a bitter tonic on the gastric organs and has a specific affinity for the eyes and urinary system.

📖 Boericke writes:

(QUASSIA - PICRAENA EXCELSA)

Acts on gastric organs as a tonic (Gentian; Hydr). Seems to possess marked action on eyes, producing amblyopia and cataract. Pain in right intercostal muscles above the liver. Pressure and stitches in liver, and sympathetically in spleen.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are prone to digestive weakness, exhaustion after illness, and those experiencing coldness in the back and extremities.

🩺 Systems & Indications

🍽️STOMACH

Indicated for chronic digestive weakness and liver congestion following illness.

Atonic dyspepsia, with gas and acidity.

Heart-burn and gastralgia.

Regurgitation of food.

Abdomen feels empty and retracted.

Dyspepsia after infectious diseases; especially grip, dysentery.

Tongue dry or with brown sticky coating.

Cirrhosis of liver with ascites.

💊 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.

1X to 3X

Decimal

Primary Dosage

Aqua Quassiae

Other

📝spoonful doses

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Gentiana Lutea →Hydrastis Canadensis →Rhus Toxicodendron →Helo-Derma →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Quassia Amara is listed in 22 rubrics across 5 chapters.

Abdomen9 Stomach4 Locomotor System4 Urinary System4 Eyes1

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