Aletris farinosa
Remedy of uterine debility and recurrent miscarriage. Tired, weary, wants to lie down. Muscles feel powerless. Habitual tendency to abortion. Profuse leucorrhea. Anemia. Chlorosis. Digestive weakness with constipation.
Source
Prepared from the root of Aletris farinosa (Nartheciaceae/Liliaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Extreme muscular weakness — tired, weary, wants to lie down constantly. Habitual miscarriage from uterine weakness. Profuse leucorrhea — white, stringy. Anemia, chlorosis. Digestive weakness — disgust for food, flatulence, constipation. Early morning nausea. Premature and painful menses.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Fatigued mentally. Dull. Fretful. Cannot concentrate. Confused.
General Symptoms
Weakness of muscles and uterus. Worse from least exertion, motion, early morning. Better from rest, lying down, warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Female Genitalia
Habitual miscarriage from uterine weakness and debility. Profuse leucorrhea — white, stringy. Early, painful menses. Bearing-down. Uterine debility with amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea.
Stomach
Disgust for food. Early morning nausea. Flatulence. Digestive weakness.
Rectum
Constipation with ineffectual urging. Hard stool.
Extremities
Extreme muscular weakness. Powerless. Tired. Cannot exert.
Skin
Anemic, pale. Chlorotic.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, lying down, warmth
Worse From
Least exertion, motion, early morning, cold
Constitutional Type
Debilitated, anemic women. Those with habitual miscarriage. Tired, weak individuals.
Clinical Indications
Habitual miscarriage, uterine debility, leucorrhea, anemia, chlorosis, muscular weakness, digestive weakness, early morning nausea
Comparative Materia Medica
Helonias has uterine weakness but is paradoxically better from occupation. Caulophyllum has miscarriage with uterine spasm. China has debility from fluid loss. Ferrum metallicum has anemia with flushing.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Star grass root is used in herbal medicine as a uterine and digestive tonic. Contains steroidal saponins. Low toxicity. May cause nausea in large crude doses. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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