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Sambucus Nigra

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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
↓Worse from
↑Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture to sixth potency
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Arsenicum Album →Camphora →
🔄 Compare With
Opium →Sambucus Canadensis →Ipecacuanha →Mephitis Putorius →
📚 Sources & References

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