Fucus vesiculosus

Sea Kelp

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

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

A remedy for obesity and non-toxic goitre ; also exophthalmic. Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring. Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.

Relationship

Compare: Phytol; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum .

Dose

Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before meals.

Fucus vesiculosus across the other classic books

Fucus vesiculosus appears in 4 of the 21 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Fucus vesiculosus, Linn. (includes various forms of different tidal levels, called Divaricatus, Inflatus, Spiralis, Volubilis, Sheradi, Bicornis, Microphyllus, etc.). Natural order , Algæ. Common names , Sea Kelp; (Fr.), La Varech. Preparation , Tincture and triturations of the dried plant. Authorities. Intolerable…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Sea Kelp. N. O. Algæ. Tincture and trituration of the dried plant. Corpulence / Dyspepsia / Goître Fucus is a tissue-remedy of great power and must be compared with Iodine, of which it contains a large proportion. The symptoms have been obtained from patients taking the medicine for the reduction of obesity. The…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Seaurack.) Description. — A perennial seaweed found on the shores of Europe and this country. The frond or flat leaf is smooth and glossy, from one to four feet long» from a half to one inch and a half broad, furnished with a midrib throughout its length, dichotomous, entire upon the margin, and of a dark olive green…”

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