Folliculinum
Sarcode for estrogen dominance and hormonal imbalance. Hypersensitivity to everything. Feeling of being dominated, controlled by others — loss of will. PMS with bloating and breast pain. Fibroids. Endometriosis. Restores hormonal balance.
Source
Prepared from estrone (follicular hormone), potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Estrogen dominance — bloating, breast pain, heavy periods, weight gain. Feeling of being dominated, controlled, or exploited — loss of will and boundaries. Hypersensitivity to everything. PMS — cyclical emotional and physical symptoms. Fibroids, endometriosis, ovarian cysts. Restores hormonal balance when estrogen is excessive. Cyclical pattern — symptoms return at same point in menstrual cycle.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Feeling dominated, controlled, drained by others — loss of boundaries. Self-sacrificing to the point of self-neglect. Hypersensitive. Weeping before menses. Cannot say no. Foggy, cannot think before menses. Feels like a doormat.
General Symptoms
Cyclical hormonal. Worse before menses, from estrogen dominance, from dairy and sugar. Better from exercise, fresh air, onset of menses.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Migraine before menses. Foggy thinking premenstrually.
Female Genitalia
PMS — bloating, breast tenderness, heavy periods, mood swings. Fibroids. Endometriosis. Ovarian cysts. Estrogen dominance symptoms. Cyclical acne. Weight gain — hips, thighs.
Stomach
Bloating before menses. Sugar and dairy cravings premenstrually.
Chest
Breast pain and swelling before menses.
Skin
Cyclical acne. Bloating.
Modalities
Better From
Exercise, fresh air, onset of menses, being assertive
Worse From
Before menses, dairy, sugar, being dominated, estrogen excess
Constitutional Type
Women with estrogen dominance. Self-sacrificing types who feel controlled. PMS sufferers with cyclical pattern.
Clinical Indications
PMS, estrogen dominance, fibroids, endometriosis, feeling dominated/controlled, cyclical symptoms, hormonal rebalancing, ovarian cysts
Comparative Materia Medica
Oophorinum is the ovarian tissue sarcode — more for deficiency. Sepia has hormonal issues but more indifference. Pulsatilla has PMS but is more weepy and changeable. Lilium tigrinum has hormonal conflict but more hurried.
Safety Information
Progesterone (physiological). Sepia.
Crude estrone causes hormonal disruption — endometrial hyperplasia, breast changes, clotting risks. In potentised form above 12C, no material hormone remains. Safe in potentised forms. Does not contain actual estrogen.
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