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Seneca Snakeroot · Polygala Senega · "The Ropy Mucus Chest Remedy"
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🎯 Acts primarily on the respiratory tract to treat catarrhal conditions and on the eyes to address paralytic-type symptoms.
📖 Boericke writes:
Catarrhal symptoms, especially of the respiratory tract, and distinct eye symptoms of a paralytic type, are most characteristic. Circumscribed spots in chest left after inflammations.
👤 Constitution
•Often indicated for elderly individuals with chronic respiratory weakness, emphysema, or those recovering from chest inflammation.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Hyperphoria, better by bending head backwards.
eyes
Dryness, with sensation as if too large for orbits.
eyes
Cough often ends in a sneeze.
respiratory
Bronchial catarrh, with sore chest walls; much mucus; sensation of oppression and weight of chest.
respiratory
Difficult raising of tough, profuse mucus, in the aged.
respiratory
Exudations in Pleura.
respiratory
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for mental states characterized by sudden recall of trivial memories or irritability.
Suddenly remembers unimportant regions which he saw long ago.
Inclined to quarrel.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
↑Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture to 30th
Other
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Phosphorus →Causticum →Saponinum →Calcarea Carbonica →
📚 Sources & References

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