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Squilla Maritima
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🎯 Acts primarily on the mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive tracts, the heart, and the kidneys.
📖 Boericke writes:
A slow acting remedy. Corresponds to ailments requiring several days to reach their maximum. Persistent, dull, rheumatic pains permeate the body. A spleen medicine; stitches under left free ribs. Important heart and kidneys medicine. Broncho-pneumonia.
Acts especially on mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive tracts, and also upon the kidneys. Valuable in chronic bronchitis of old people with mucous rales, dyspnoea, and scanty urine.
👤 Constitution
•Often indicated for elderly individuals suffering from chronic respiratory conditions, or children with specific irritability and cough symptoms.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Broncho-pneumonia.
introduction
Dyspnoea and stitches in chest, and painful contraction of abdominal muscles.
respiratory
Sneezing with coughing.
respiratory
🩺 Systems & Indications
👁️EYES
Useful for eye irritation in children accompanied by a sensation of coldness.
Feel irritable; child bores into them with fists.
Sensation as if swimming in cold water.
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💊 Dosage & Potency
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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.
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🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
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