Sea Kelp
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
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.
Compare: Phytol; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum .
Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before meals.
Access 13 classic materia medica books, 7 classical repertories, AI semantic search, and basic case management — free.
Fucus Vesiculosus appears in 3 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.
“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…”
“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…”
