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Taraxacum Officinale

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Dandelion · "The Liver Mapped Tongue Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the liver and digestive system, specifically addressing bilious conditions and characteristic tongue patterns.

📖 Boericke writes:

For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with characteristically mapped tongue and jaundiced skin. Cancer of bladder. Flatulence. Hysterical tympanites.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from bilious attacks, liver congestion, and digestive sluggishness.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Hysterical tympanites.

introduction

Tympanites.

abdomen

Neuralgia of knee; better, pressure.

extremities

Bitter taste.

fever

Profuse night-sweats.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for gastric headaches associated with liver or digestive issues.

Sensation of great heat on top of head.

Sterno-mastoid muscle very painful to touch.

🔑 Modalities

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💊 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.

Tincture

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

Decimal

1-2 drams fluid extract

Other

📝In cancer

🌿 Remedy Relationships

⏭️ Similar

Nux Vomica →Bryonia Alba →Hydrastis Canadensis →

🔄 Compare With

Nux Vomica →Hydrastis Canadensis →Bryonia Alba →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Taraxacum Officinale is listed in 46 rubrics across 12 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 13 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen12 Tongue6 Locomotor System5 Mouth5 Modalities4 Fever4 Stomach3 Head2 Urinary System2 Nervous System1 Face1 Taste1

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