Cataria nepeta
Nepeta cataria · Plant · Lamiaceae
Boericke
Primarily a children's remedy suited to infants and young children with colic and nervous complaints. Similar in action to Chamomilla and Magnesia phosphorica.
Key symptoms
- Colic with flexing of thighs and twisting of body
- Abdominal pain with crying in children
- Nervous headache
- Hysteria with abdominal complaints
William Boericke
Homoeopathic Materia Medica · 1901
Catnip
Children's remedy for Colic, also for nervous headache and hysteria, abdominal complaints, pain, flexing of thighs, twisting of body, crying. Similar to chamomilla and magnes phosph.
Dose
5 to 10 drops of the tincture.
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