Chelone glabra
Remedy for liver complaints and worms in children. Soreness of liver region with jaundice. Stools clay-colored. Mental dullness from liver torpor. Worms with hepatic involvement. Debility.
Source
Prepared from the fresh plant of Chelone glabra (Scrophulariaceae/Plantaginaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Liver remedy — soreness over liver with jaundice. Clay-colored stools. Debility with hepatic torpor. Worms — especially round worms — with liver involvement. Mental dullness and sluggishness from liver. Useful in convalescence from hepatitis.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, sluggish from liver complaints. Mental torpor.
General Symptoms
Liver, worms. Worse from eating, motion. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Nausea from liver. Aversion to food. Bitter taste.
Abdomen
Liver sore, tender. Jaundice. Worms — round worms. Colic. Bloating.
Rectum
Clay-colored, light stool. Diarrhea from liver. Worms in stool.
Skin
Jaundice. Yellow discoloration.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Eating, motion, rich food
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Liver and worm remedy.
Clinical Indications
Hepatitis, jaundice, liver torpor, roundworms, convalescence from liver disease, sluggish liver
Comparative Materia Medica
Carduus marianus has liver symptoms but more portal congestion. Chelidonium has liver pain to right scapula. Cina has worms but with more irritability and nose-picking.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Turtlehead is a bitter tonic herb. Low toxicity. Used traditionally for liver and digestive complaints. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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