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Cassia Acutifolia · Cassia Senna · "The Colicky Laxative Child Remedy"
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🎯 Senna acts primarily on the digestive system, specifically addressing infantile colic, constipation with flatulence, and metabolic imbalances involving urea and waste products.
📖 Boericke writes:
Is of much use in infantile colics when the child seems to befull of wind. Oxaluria, with excess of urea; increased specific gravity. Where the system is broken down, bowels constipated, muscular weakness, and waste of nitrogenous materials, Senna will act as a tonic. Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetonaemia, prostration, fainting,constipation with colic a flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender.
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for infants with colic or individuals who are physically run down, suffering from constipation, muscular weakness, and metabolic waste accumulation.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Infantile colic with excessive gas.
Boericke
Sensation of never being finished after stool.
Boericke
Constipation accompanied by colic and flatulence.
Boericke
Liver is enlarged and tender.
Boericke
General physical weakness and exhaustion.
Boericke
Increased urea and waste products in the system.
Boericke
Ebullitions of blood at night.
Boericke
Acetonemia with prostration and fainting.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
⬇️STOOL
Useful for digestive issues characterized by constipation, flatulence, and rectal discomfort.
Fluid yellowish, with pinching pains before.
Greenish mucus; never-get-done sensation (Merc).
Burning in rectum, with strangury of bladder.
Constipation, with colic and flatulence.
Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3X to 6X
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Nux Vomica →Chamomilla →
🔄 Compare With
Kali Carbonicum →Jalapa →
📚 Sources & References

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