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Silphium Lacinatum
Q / 30CSilphiumCompass Plant · Prairie Dock · "The Respiratory Secretion Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a respiratory remedy for chronic bronchitis and asthma characterized by profuse, stringy mucus.
📖 Boericke writes:
(SILPHIUM)
Is used in various forms of asthma and chronic bronchitis Catarrh of bladder. Catarrhal influenza. Dysentery; attack preceded by constipated stools covered with white mucus.
👤 Constitution
•Not specified, but typically indicated for individuals suffering from chronic catarrhal conditions of the respiratory or urinary tracts.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Profuse, stringy, frothy, light-colored expectoration.
Boericke
Cough excited by a sense of mucus rattling in the chest.
Boericke
Constriction of the lungs.
Boericke
Constant desire to hawk and scrape the throat.
Boericke
Catarrhal conditions of the bladder.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🫁Respiratory
Useful for chronic bronchitis, asthma, and catarrhal conditions with excessive, stringy mucus production.
Cough with expectoration profuse, stringy, frothy, light-colored.
Excited by sense of mucus rattling in chest and worse by drafts of air.
Constriction of lungs.
Catarrh, with copious, stringy, mucous discharges.
Desire to hawk and scrape throat.
Irritation of posterior nares, involving mucous membranes of nasal passages with constriction of supra-orbital region.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3X
Decimal
🕒As directed
📝Lower triturations preferred by some.
3rd potency
Other
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Cubeba Officinalis →Salvia Officinalis →Aralia Racemosa →Arum Dracontium →Silphion CyrenaicumCopaiva Officinalis →Polygonum Aviculare →Terebinthiniae Oleum →Sambucus Nigra →Justicia Adhatoda →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Hering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM
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