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Verbascum Thapsus

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Mullein · "The Facial Neuralgia Earache Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the facial nerves, the ears, the respiratory tract, and the bladder to relieve irritation and pain.

📖 Boericke writes:

(VERBASCUM)

Has a pronounced action on the inferior maxillary branch of the fifth pair of the cranial nerves; on the ear; and respiratory tract and bladder. Catarrhs, and colds, with periodical prosopalgia. Quiets nervous, and bronchial, and urinary irritation, and cough.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from periodic nerve pains, bronchial irritation, or urinary weakness, often triggered by changes in temperature or movement.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Catarrhs, and colds, with periodical prosopalgia.

introduction

Neuralgia affecting zygoma, temporo maxillary joint, and ear (Menyanth), particularly of left side, with lachrymation, coryza, and sensation as if parts were crushed with tongs.

face

Enuresis.

urinary

Stiffness and soreness of joints of lower extremities.

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

😶FACE

Used for intense, crushing facial nerve pain that is triggered by movement or temperature changes.

Neuralgia affecting zygoma, temporo maxillary joint, and ear (Menyanth), particularly of left side, with lachrymation, coryza, and sensation as if parts were crushed with tongs.

Talking, sneezing, and change of temperature aggravate the pains; also, pressing teeth together.

Pains seem to come in flashes, excited by least movement, occurring periodically at same hour in morning and afternoon each day.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

💊 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.

Mother Tincture

📝Internally, tincture and lower potencies.

Primary Dosage

5 drops

Other

🕒night and morning

📝For enuresis.

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Rhus Aromatica →Causticum →Platinum Metallicum →Rhus Toxicodendron →Sphingurus

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Verbascum Thapsus is listed in 86 rubrics across 15 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 31 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Face16 Nervous System15 Locomotor System9 Respiratory System9 Abdomen8 Urinary System8 Modalities5 Ears5 Head3 Generalities3 Teeth1 Skin1 Circulatory System1 Throat1 Fever1

See all 86 rubrics for Verbascum Thapsus →