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Sarracenia Purpurea

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Purple Pitcher Plant · "The Smallpox Pitcher Remedy"

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🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for smallpox and conditions involving intense head congestion and visual disturbances.

📖 Boericke writes:

A remedy for variola. Visual disorders. Congestion to head, with irregular heart action. Chlorosis. Contains a very active proteolytic enzyme. Sick headache; throbbing in various parts, especially in neck, shoulders and head, which feels full to bursting.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who feel a sense of fullness to the point of bursting in the head, neck, and shoulders, often accompanied by general weakness and digestive disturbances.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Weak between shoulders.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

👁️Eyes

Indicated for visual disturbances and soreness of the eyes.

Photophobia.

Eyes feel swollen and sore.

Pain in orbits.

Black objects move with the eye.

💊 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.

3X to 6X

Decimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Malandrinum →Variolinum →Tartaricum Acidum →Antimonium Tartaricum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Sarracenia Purpurea is listed in 11 rubrics across 4 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System6 Stomach2 Eyes2 Fever1