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Sambucus Nigra

30CSambucus

Elder · Black Elder · "The Infant Suffocation Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the respiratory system, specifically addressing suffocative coughs and nasal obstruction in infants.

📖 Boericke writes:

Acts especially on the respiratory organs. Dry coryza of infants, snuffles, oedematous swellings. Profuse sweat accompanies many affections.

👤 Constitution

•Typically infants or children who are fretful, easily frightened, and prone to respiratory congestion and night sweats.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Constant fretfulness.

mind

Paroxysmal, suffocative cough, coming on about midnight, with crying and dyspnoea.

respiratory

Child awakes suddenly, nearly suffocating, sits up, turns blue.

respiratory

Dreads uncovering.

fever

Profuse sweat over entire body during waking hours.

fever

Bloated and swollen; general dropsy; profuse sweat on waking.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Useful for children who are extremely irritable and prone to sudden frights.

Sees images when shutting eyes.

Constant fretfulness.

Very easily frightened.

Fright followed by suffocative attacks.

🔑 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.

Tincture to sixth potency

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Arsenicum Album →Camphora →

🔄 Compare With

Opium →Sambucus Canadensis →Ipecacuanha →Mephitis Putorius →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Sambucus Nigra is listed in 108 rubrics across 16 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 39 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System44 Fever10 Modalities8 Generalities7 Nervous System5 Nose5 Abdomen4 Locomotor System4 Urinary System4 Throat3 Face3 Mind3 Skin3 Circulatory System2 Male Sexual System2 Female Sexual System1

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