Materia Medica

Ambrosia Artemisiaefolia

Rag-Weed

6 sectionsBoericke · 5Clarke · 1

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke · Clarke

lachrymation
intolerable itching of the eye-lids
Many forms of diarrhoea

Essence

Prologue

Boericke

Rag-Weed (AMBROSIA)

A remedy for hay-fever, lachrymation and intolerable itching of the eye-lids.
Some forms of whooping-cough.
Respiratory tract in its entire length stopped up.
Many forms of diarrhoea, especially during summer months, also dysentery.

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Keynotes

Characteristics

Clarke

Dr.
E.
T.
Marsh and another experimenter suffered severely from symptoms

of coryza and hay-fever whilst observing the pollen of this plant. It should therefore be of service

in similar affections.

Eyes

Boericke

Smart and burn. Lachrymation.

Nose

Boericke

Watery coryza; sneezing; watery discharge.
Nosebleed.
Stuffed up feeling of nose and head.
Irritation of trachea and bronchial tubes, with asthmatic attacks (Aral; Eucalypt).
Wheezy cough.

Relations

Relationship

Boericke

Compare in hay-fever: Sabadilla, Wyethia; Succin ac; Ars jod; Arundo.

Posology

Dose

Boericke

Tincture, to third potency; 10 drops in water during and after attack of epistaxis. In hay-fever high potencies.

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

Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.

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