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Ricinus Communis

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Castor Oil Plant · "The Breast Milk Cholera Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the gastro-intestinal tract to cause vomiting and purging, and is used to increase milk production in nursing women.

📖 Boericke writes:

(RICINUS COMMUNIS - BOFAREIRA)

Has marked action on gastro-intestinal tract. Increase the quantity of milk in nursing women. Vomiting and purging. Languor and weakness.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for nursing women or individuals suffering from acute gastro-intestinal distress characterized by weakness and languor.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Increase the quantity of milk in nursing women.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for congestive headaches accompanied by dizziness and facial twitching.

Vertigo, occipital pain, congestive symptoms, buzzing in ears.

Face pale, twitching of mouth.

💊 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.

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🕒every four hours

📝for increasing flow of milk; also locally a poultice of the leaves

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Arsenicum Album →Veratrum Album →ResorcinCholos Terrapina

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Ricinus Communis is listed in 14 rubrics across 4 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen10 Female Sexual System2 Generalities1 Stomach1