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Usnea Barbata

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Old Man's Beard · Beard Lichen · "The Antiseptic Lichen Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily as a remedy for congestive headaches and sunstroke.

📖 Boericke writes:

Is a remedy in some forms of congestive headache; sunstroke.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Bursting feeling, as if temples would burst, or the eyes burst out of the sockets.

head

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤Head

Useful for severe congestive headaches and sunstroke characterized by intense pressure and throbbing.

Bursting feeling, as if temples would burst, or the eyes burst out of the sockets.

Throbbing carotids.

💊 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

🕒drop doses

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Glonoinum →Belladonna →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Usnea Barbata is listed in 6 rubrics across 2 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

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