ALFALFA
Keynote / Introductory Description
Improves nutrition, appetite, digestion and weight; useful in malnutrition, nervous exhaustion and deficient lactation.
Modalities
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Dose / Potency
5–10 drops of tincture several times daily until tonic effects appear.
Relationship
Compare: Avena sativa, Dipodium punctatum, Gelsemium, Hydrastis, Kali phosphoricum, Phosphoric acid, Zincum.
Compare
Avena sativa, Dipodium punctatum, Gelsemium, Hydrastis, Kali phosphoricum, Phosphoric acid, Zincum
Complementary
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Mind
Mental exhilaration and sense of well-being. Clear and bright. Dull, drowsy and irritable, worse evening.
Head
Dull heavy occipital feeling and pain above eyes, worse evening. Left-sided pain and violent headache.
Ears
Stuffed eustachian tubes at night; patulous in morning.
Stomach
Increased thirst. Appetite impaired or excessive. Bulimia, hunger and craving sweets.
Abdomen
Flatulence and distention. Shifting pains after meals. Loose painful stools and chronic appendicitis.
Urine
Inactive kidneys, frequent urging, polyuria and increased elimination of phosphates and urea.
Sleep
Quiet, refreshing and improved sleep.
General Description
ALFALFA
Medicago Sativa, California Clover or Lucerne
From its action on the sympathetic, Alfalfa favorably influences nutrition, toning appetite and digestion with improved vigor and weight gain. Useful in malnutrition, neurasthenia, nervousness, insomnia and indigestion. Fat producer and tissue builder. Deficient lactation. Improves milk quantity and quality. Urinary action useful in diabetes insipidus, phosphaturia and vesical irritability. Rheumatic tendency benefited.
Mind.--Mental exhilaration and well-being. Clear and bright. Dull, drowsy and irritable, worse evening.
Head.--Dull heavy occipital feeling and above eyes, worse evening. Left-sided pain. Violent headache.
Ears.--Stuffed feeling in eustachian tubes at night; patulous in morning.
Stomach.--Increased thirst. Appetite impaired or greatly increased to bulimia. Frequent hunger and craving for sweets.
Abdomen.--Flatulence with distention. Shifting colic after meals. Loose yellow painful stools with burning flatus. Chronic appendicitis.
Urine.--Inactive kidneys. Frequent urging. Polyuria. Increased elimination of urea, indican and phosphates.
Sleep.--Better sleep, especially early morning. Quiet, refreshing and reposeful.
Relationship.--Compare: Avena sativa, Dipodium punctatum, Gelsemium, Hydrastis, Kali phosphoricum, Phosphoric acid, Zincum.
Dose.--Material doses 5–10 drops of tincture several times daily until tonic effects ensue.