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Vipera Berus

30C / 200CVipera

Common Viper · "The Varicose Vein Limb Hanging Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the vascular system, causing inflammation of the veins, swelling, and a sensation of bursting, particularly in the lower extremities.

📖 Boericke writes:

(VIPERA)

Viper poisoning causes a temporary increase in reflexes, paresis supervenes, a paraplegia of the lower extremities extending upwards. Resembles acute ascending paralysis of Landry (Wells). Has special action on kidneys and induces haematuria. Cardiac dropsy.

Indicated in inflammation of veins with great swelling; bursting sensation. Enlargement of liver. Ailments of menopause. oedema of glottis. Poly-neuritis, polio-myelitis.

👤 Constitution

•The typical patient experiences severe venous congestion, often with a livid or dark appearance of the skin and a tendency toward swelling in the face and limbs.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Enlargement of liver.

introduction

When they are allowed to hang down, it seems as if they would burst, and the pain is unbearable (Diad).

extremities

🩺 Systems & Indications

😶FACE

Indicated for severe facial swelling and discoloration, often with a dry, discolored tongue.

Excessively swollen.

Lips and tongue swollen, livid, protruding.

Tongue dry, brown, black.

Speech difficult.

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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.

12th

Centesimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Pelius BerusSerum Anguillae →Eel Serum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Vipera Berus is listed in 33 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 10 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Tongue8 Abdomen6 Circulatory System5 Mouth2 Head2 Skin2 Locomotor System2 Respiratory System1 Face1 Nervous System1 Mind1 Nose1 Female Sexual System1

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