Materia Medica

Alfalfa

10 sectionsBoericke · 10

Essence

Prologue

Boericke

Medicago Sativa, California Clover or Lucerne

>From its action on the sympathetic, Alfalfa favorably influences nutrition, evidenced in "toning up" the appetite and digestion resulting in greatly improved mental and physical vigor, with gain in weight.
Disorders characterized by malnutrition are mainly within its therapeutic range, for example, neurasthenia, splanchnic blues, nervousness, insomnia, nervous indigestion, etc.
Acts as a fat producer, corrects tissue waste.
Deficient lactation.
Increases quality and quantity of milk in nursing mothers.
Its pronounced urinary action suggests it clinically in diabetes insipidus and phosphaturia; and it is claimed to allay vesical irritability of prostatic hypertrophy.
The rheumatic diathesis seems especially amenable to its action.

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Mentals

Mind

Boericke

It induces mental exhilaration of buoyancy,i.e, a general feeling of well being; clear and bright, so that all blues are dissipated. Dull, drowsy, stupid (Gels); gloomy and irritable, worse during evening.

Head

Boericke

Dull, heavy feeling in occiput, in and above the eyes, worse toward evening. Pain in left side of head. Violent headache.

Ears

Boericke

Stuffed feeling in eustachian tubes (Kali mur) at night; patulous in morning.

Stomach

Boericke

Increased thirst.
Appetite impaired, but chiefly increased even to bulimia.
He must eat frequently, so that he cannot wait for regular meals; hungry in forenoon (Sul).
Much nibbling of food and craving for sweets.

Abdomen

Boericke

Flatulence with distention.
Shifting, flatulent pain along colon several hours after meals.
Frequent, loose, yellow, painful stools, with burning of flatulence.
Chronic appendicitis.

Urinary

Urine

Boericke

Kidneys inactive; frequent urging to urinate. Polyuria (Phos ac). Increased elimination of urea, indican and phosphates.

Sleep

Boericke

Slept better than usual, especially in early morning; it induces quiet, reposeful and refreshing sleep.

Relations

Relationship

Boericke

Compare: Avena sat; Dipodium punct; Gels; Hydr; Kali phos; Phos ac; Zinc.

Posology

Dose

Boericke

The best results are elicited with material doses (5-10) drops of tincture, several times daily. Continue its use until tonic effects ensue.

Classical Posology

Acute

30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C

Constitutional

200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script

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