Ficus Religiosa

Ashwathya

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

This East Indian drug causes and cures hæmorrhages of many kinds. Hæmatemesis, menorrhagia, hæmoptysis, etc. Bloody urine.

Head

Melancholic-quiet; burning at vertex; vertigo and slight headache.

Stomach

Nausea, vomiting of bright red blood; pain and sick feeling in stomach.

Respiratory

Difficult breathing; cough with vomiting of blood; pulse very weak.

Relationship

Compare: Acalypha; Millefol; Thlaspi; Ipecac .

Dose

First potency.

Ficus Religiosa across the other classic books

Ficus Religiosa appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

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“Pakur. (India.) N. O. Moraceæ. Tincture (Juice of fresh leaves mixed with equal parts of alcohol). Hæmorrhages / Menorrhagia / Metrorrhagia We owe this remedy to Dr. Sarat Chandra Ghose, of Midnapore, who made the first proving and thereby discovered its power to cause and cure hæmorrhages of many kinds. Dr. Ghose…”

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