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Usnea Barbata

Tree-moss
6 sectionsBoericke · 4Clarke · 2

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Tree-moss

Is a remedy in some forms of congestive headache; sunstroke.

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Keynotes

Characteristics
Clarke
  • An article by M.
  • B.
  • in U.
  • S.
  • Med.
  • Invest.
  • (quoted New, Old, and Forgotten

Remedies) gives an observation by the writer, who ate a little of the "moss" and had in

consequence a severe congestive headache which compelled him to give up his work and go to

bed. He got to sleep and woke very well next morning. Two young ladies out picking cranberries

  • had headache from riding in the hot sun and were compelled to lie down.
  • Usn.
  • b.
  • R, one drop ina

tumbler of water, a teaspoonful to be taken at once and repeated in fifteen minutes. The second

dose stopped the pain. A young married lady subject to headache for five years; was almost

  • frantic with the pain.
  • Usn.
  • b.
  • , as above, cured in one or two doses.

Head

Head
Boericke

Bursting feeling, as if temples would burst, or the eyes burst out of the sockets. Throbbing carotids.

Symptoms — Head
Clarke

Head began to ache; soon could feel the blood press into the brain; with domestic

attentions he got to sleep, and woke next morning uncommonly well.—Pain over entire head or

front head, with feeling as if temples would burst or eyes burst out of sockets.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Compare: Glonoine; Bellad.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Tincture, drop doses.

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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