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homeopathic remedy
Folliculinum
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definition

Folliculinum

source: Estrone (Oestrone)
Introduced by Dr. Donald Foubister.
Clinical work by Madam Lea De Mattos in Belgium and Melissa Assilem, R.S. Hom . (UK)
Other sources: O.A. Julian, "Materia Medica of New Homeopathic Remedies"

organ affinities: mind, uterus, hormonal feedback cycles
associated conditions: candida; food craving; migraines; nausea and vomiting; diarrhea, possibly alternating with constipation; teenage acne; post-viral syndrome; Raynaud’s disease; heart irregularities; allergies of all sorts; skin rashes and facial flushing; middlesmertz; ovarian cysts; polycystic ovaries; endometriosis; fibroids; pelvic inflammatory disease; sterility; vaginismus; vaginitis; sequelae to hysterectomy/oophorectomy; menorrhagia; amenorrhea; metrorrhagia; premenstrual syndrome or tension; menopause; depression; hormonal disruption from trauma, birth control pills, abusive relationships or experiences; anxiety, panic attacks

indications:
Mental Symptoms:
» Clinical: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
» Sequlae from childhood sexual abuse
» Sequelae from medical hormone abuse
» Possibly children whose mothers were abused with hormones
» Useful with the above histories where indicated remedies fail
» Post-Natal Depression
» Premenstrual anxiety or depression
» Panic attacks
» Mood swings (Aggressive, then depressed)
» Eating disorders

Mind:
» Feel as if controlled by another
» May be dominated by others without being aware of it.
» Out of sorts with her rhythms
» Lives out expectations of others
» Feels emotionally, psychically fed off
» Loss of willpower
» Has no sense of when to stop; therefore becomes drained
» Full of self-denial
» Become "doormats"
» No sense of self
» Loss of individuality
» Gets lost in relationships and merges with the other
» No sense of own authority
» May lack psychic boundaries
» Hypersensitivity
» Weeps easily
» Depression
» Hyperactive
» Can't make decisions
» Forgetful
» Spacey thinkers - can't think clearly
» Bonding difficulties between mother and child
» Separation difficulties - child to mother
» Weeps easily
» Mood swings - aggression to depression to apathy
» Panic attacks

General Symptoms
» Candida
» Craving, esp. for sugar and wheat
» Migraines
» Nausea and vomiting
» Diarrhea, possibly alternating with constipation
» Rumbling, bloating, weight gain and itching

Clinical:
» Teenage acne
» Post-viral syndrome
» Raynaud’s disease
» Heart irregularities - Angina, Palpitations, Tachycardia
» Allergies of all sorts
» Skin rashes and facial flushing

» Easy bruising
» Alopecia

Female Symptoms:
» Middlesmertz
» Ovarian Cysts
» Polycystic ovaries
» Endometriosis
» Fibroids
» Pelvic inflammatory disease
» Sterility
» Vaginismus
» Vaginitis
» Sequelae to hysterectomy/oophorectomy
» Menorrhagia
» Amenorrhea
» Metrorrhagia
» Premenstrual Syndrome or Tension (often starting at ovulation)
» Swollen breasts; < touch.
» Changes in libido
» Cystitis that recurs premenstrually
» Ovulation:
» Drawing burning, gripping pain
» Bloody discharge or spotting

Menstrual Symptoms:
» Pain centered in ovaries
» Prolonged and heavy flow with bright red blood and dark clots
» All sorts of cycle problems, i.e., too long. too short, or none at all

Menopausal Symptoms:
» Cycle irregularities Hot flushes
» Night sweats
» Hyperactivity: < rest
» Dizziness and faintness
» Abdominal heaviness
» Abdominal swelling
» Vaginal dryness
» hot and bothered

modalities:
» worse:
< ovulation to menses
< noise, touch , resting
Very sensitive to noise heat and touch
<<<<<< heat
» better:
menses
>>>>>> fresh air

relationships:
Some differential tips regarding remedies that might look like Folliculinum
» Sepia: May look like follic., but cycle modalities are stronger in Follic.
» Pulsatilla: Follic. can't stand contact
» Lachesis: Lachesis does the draining, Follic. gets drained
» Zincum: Zinc is > hard pressure and warm air
» Thyroidinum: same hot flushes and air hunger, but focus is on throat more
» Hypothalamus: Shares some of the appetite stuff
» Aristolochia Clematis: Never been well since "the pill"; recurrent cystitis
» Natrum Mur: Re-establishes cycles, periodicity; Nat mur more closed
» Luna: Also out of tune with cycles.
» Carc: May look very much like it, and often Follic. will work when carc. indicated but fail to work is

» Staph, Thuja, Lac Humanum are also related.

dosage:
Optimum time is at ovulation or on the 10th -14th day of cycle if there is one. Have used it also 5 days before menses.
3x- 4c is a stimulant and can bring on menses
7c is a balancer
9c is a menstrual retardant, where there are frequent or nonstop
30c in single dose has been the most successful dosage for nonacutes

Best if not repeated for at least two full cycles.

Can be used in any potency, as any other remedy

(Assilem, Melissa. Folliculinum: Mist Or Miasm?)


footnotes

Assilem, Melissa , RSHom. Folliculinum: Mist Or Miasm? Paper was first presented at the Society of Homoeopaths Seventh International Conference at the University of Nottingham in September 1990.