Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Cucurbitaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of unripe fruit. Trituration of Elaterinum, C20 H28 O5.
Sources 10 entries across 9 books: Boericke, Clarke, Hering, Lippe, T. F. Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency. As a hydragogue cathartic to produce free discharge in dropsies, Elaterin 1-20 of a grain. Palliative only
Reason for useRoberts
Elaterium is not often indicated in these conditions, but it is one of the remedies to be considered for painful muscular and particularly neuralgic conditions, especially following scarlet fever or great loss of fluids from excessive diarrhea.
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Compare Bryonia Alba, Colocynthis, Veratrum Album +10
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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