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Urtica Urens

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Stinging Nettle · "The Burning Stinging Hives Remedy"

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🎯 A remedy primarily used for skin eruptions like hives, burns, and issues related to milk production or uric acid buildup.

📖 Boericke writes:

A remedy for agalactia and lithiasis. Profuse discharge from mucous surfaces. Enuresis and urticaria. Spleen affections. Antidotes ill-effects of eating shellfish. Symptoms return at the same time every year. Gout and uric acid diathesis. Favors elimination.

Rheumatism associated with urticaria-like eruptions. Neuritis.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from gouty or rheumatic tendencies, or those experiencing skin reactions that mimic the sting of a nettle plant.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Antidotes ill-effects of eating shellfish.

introduction

Rheumatism associated with urticaria-like eruptions.

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Neuritis.

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Diminished secretion of milk.

female

Pruritus vulvae, with stinging, itching, and oedema.

female

Itching blotches.

skin

Burns and scalds.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches associated with spleen discomfort.

Vertigo, headache with spleen pains.

🔑 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

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Medusa →Astacus Fluviatilis →BombyxNatrium Muriaticum →Rhus Toxicodendron →Pulsatilla Pratensis →Hedeoma Pulegioides →Lac Caninum →Apis Mellifica →Formica Rufa →Boletus Luridus →Ricinus Communis →Chloralum Hydratum →Uricum AcidumAnacardium Orientale →Lycopodium Clavatum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Urtica Urens is listed in 60 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 11 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Skin12 Locomotor System8 Modalities8 Female Sexual System6 Abdomen6 Urinary System5 Fever5 Nervous System3 Generalities3 Stomach1 Head1 Male Sexual System1 Mind1

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