Taraxacum officinale
Liver remedy with mapped tongue. Tongue mapped — coated white with red, clean patches resembling a map. Bitter taste. Jaundice. Liver enlarged and tender. Night sweats. Restlessness. Useful as hepatic tonic.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae) at flowering.
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Keynote Symptoms
Mapped tongue — the hallmark. Tongue coated white with irregular clean, red patches creating a map-like pattern. Liver remedy — enlarged, tender, with jaundice. Bitter taste. Night sweats. Bilious headache. Restlessness of limbs. Profuse night sweats especially in lying-in women. Useful as hepatic and digestive tonic.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Talkative, cheerful despite illness. Restless.
General Symptoms
Liver and tongue. Worse from lying down, rest, rich food. Better from walking, touch, motion.
Physical Symptoms
Mouth
Mapped tongue — the keynote. White coat with clean red patches. Bitter taste. Loss of appetite.
Stomach
Bitter taste in mouth and of food. Loss of appetite. Sensation of fullness. Nausea.
Abdomen
Liver enlarged, tender. Jaundice. Hepatitis. Gallstones.
Extremities
Restlessness. Aching in limbs.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Profuse night sweats — especially in lying-in (post-partum) women.
Skin
Jaundice. Profuse sweat.
Modalities
Better From
Walking, touch, motion
Worse From
Lying down, rest, rich food, night (sweats)
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Liver organ remedy. Mapped tongue patients.
Clinical Indications
Mapped tongue, hepatitis, jaundice, bilious headache, night sweats (post-partum), liver enlargement, gallstones, hepatic tonic
Comparative Materia Medica
Natrum muriaticum has mapped tongue but with grief and thirst. Ranunculus sceleratus has mapped tongue. Chelidonium has liver with right scapular pain. Carduus has portal congestion.
Safety Information
Camphora.
Dandelion is one of the safest and most nutritious weeds. Widely eaten as food (leaves, roots, flowers). Used extensively in herbal medicine for liver and kidney support. Non-toxic. Contact dermatitis in Asteraceae-sensitive individuals. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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