Follicle stimulating hormone (fsh)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Follitropin; FSH. (NOTE: distinct from the older remedy "Folliculinum," which is the ovarian follicular hormone oestrone/oestrin — see Relationships.) · FSH; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Follitropin

Modern MM

A modern gonadotropin-hormone remedy whose sphere of action is inferred from the known endocrine physiology and toxicology of FSH on the ovary, follicle and gonadal axis. No formal Hahnemannian proving has been published; use is presently sarcode/organotherapy-style and toxicological by analogy.

Key symptoms

No keynotes from a proving exist. Indications are inferred from FSH's physiological/toxicological sphere only: disorders of ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation, anovulatory states, hormonal infertility, and (as a sarcode) regulation of the pituitary-ovarian/gonadal axis. The over-action picture of exogenous FSH (ovarian hyperstimulation: ovarian enlargement, multiple follicle recruitment, fluid shift) defines the toxicological sphere under the Law of Similars. These are organ/axis indications, NOT verified mind or general symptoms.

Worse (aggravation)

Not established. No proving-derived modalities exist for this remedy.

Better (amelioration)

Not established. No proving-derived modalities exist for this remedy.

Manohar V Nagaiah

Materia Medica of Modern Homeopathic Medicine · 2026

FSH; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Follitropin

Source & Nature

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH, follitropin; CAS 9002-68-0) is a gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone of the anterior pituitary gland. It is a ~35.5 kDa heterodimer of a common alpha subunit (shared with LH, TSH, hCG) and an FSH-specific beta subunit, both glycosylated, the beta-subunit carrying a cysteine-knot motif. Acting through the FSH receptor on ovarian granulosa cells and testicular Sertoli cells, it governs ovarian follicle maturation, granulosa estradiol synthesis and selection of the dominant follicle in women, and Sertoli-cell function and spermatogenesis in men.

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