Origin Animal · Coelenterata (Cnidaria (phylum Coelenterata, historically including sponges)) · Simple
Habitat 20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol
ClarkePreparation Tincture (20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol).
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
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Second trituration, or tincture to third potency
Reason for useGuernsey
Larynx and Trachea.-- Affections in general of the larynx and trachea-- particularly in all such affections as croup, asthma, etc., where everything is perfectly tight and dry, no loose rattling sound appearing in the breathing or cough. Burning sensation is felt in the throat after coughing; suffocative attacks of breathing (as in asthma), without any mucous rattle ; respiration loud; very hollow voice, all without any rattling sound , or any looseness.
Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 2, Camphora 2, Kali Bromatum
Complementary Pulsatilla Pratensis, Stannum
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Hepar Sulphur, Bromium +7
Compare Iodium, Lachesis, Bromium +29
* 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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