HOMOEOPATHIC USES OF BOLDO
Botanical
name Peumus
boldus Molin
Family Monimiaceae
Common
names- English - Boldoa
Description – An evergreen tree or large shrub, up to 6m in height. Leaves
opposite, about 5 cm long, leathery, rough and warty, coriaceous with prominent
midrib and a number of distinct small gland dots on their surface. Plant dioecious.
Male flowers with 10 to 12 perianth
lobes, overlapping in 2 to 3 series, the outer ones herbaceous or membranous.
The inner ones more petal like. Stamens numerous. Female flower smaller, the
lobes more unequal after anthesis circumsessile above the disc bearing base and
deciduous. Fruit a drupe, in groups of 2 to 5, rarely solitary , stipulate on
the receptacle . Seeds pendulous
Part
used Leaves
Distribution Chile and Peru
Preparation
Mother
tincture Q Drug
strength 1/10
Boldo in coarse powder 100gm
Purified water 500ml
Strong alcohol 527
ml
To make one litre of the Mother tincture
Potencies- 2x to
contain one part mother tincture , four parts purified water and five parts
strong alcohol. 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol
Medicinal uses-
A good liver and
bile stimulant and diuretic, helpful for gallbladder pro hol. 3x and
higher blems
and cystitis.
The presence of a potent oil,
Asaridole, makes Boldo an effective laxative. Asaridole also helps in the
eradication of parasites and worms which reside in the intestines, without
producing any harmful side effects. Spastic
gastrointestinal complaints and dyspepsia
Homoeopathic uses—A liver remedy similar to chelidonium majus.
Cholecystitis and biliary calculus. Bitter taste, no appetite.
Constipation.hypochondriasis languor, congestion of liver. Burning weight in
liver and stomach. Painful liver diseases. Disturbed liver following malaria.
Bladder atony
Comments
Post a Comment