# Elecampane

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Inula helenium, Elecampane
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Key Actions: Antibacterial, Diaphoretic (induces sweating), Expectorant, Mild bitter, Tonic.
Parts Used: Root.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: Rarely, can cause allergic.

## Symptoms by System

### Stomach & Abdomen
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- Not advised in pregnancy and while breast-feeding.
- See also pp.42–51.
- Part used Root key actions Antibacterial • Diaphoretic (induces sweating) • Expectorant • Mild bitter • Tonic cough, chest infection, and congestion Elecampane helps relieve both dry irritable and wet congested coughs.
- Best combined with other cough remedies, for example thyme (Thymus vulgaris), it may be safely given to children with chest coughs.
- Its antibacterial action helps disinfect the lungs, while congested phlegm is shifted and more readily coughed up.
- Elecampane combines well with remedies such as elderflower (Sambucus nigra) for congestion in medicinal uSeS Elecampane Inula helenium Before the development of modern antibiotics, elecampane was one of the principal medicines available for treating tuberculosis.
- Rarely effective in treating such deep-seated infection, elecampane is nevertheless an effective and well-tolerated remedy for coughs and chest conditions such as bronchitis.
- the ear, nose, and throat, particularly where catarrh is dripping down the throat into the bronchial tubes.
- It can also prove useful in bronchial asthma.
- convalescence With a tonic action on both respiratory and digestive systems, elecampane makes a first-rate remedy for convalescence, improving appetite and restoring vitality , especially after a chest infection.
- The warm decoction, taken routinely throughout the winter, will help to protect against recurrence of infection.
- gastrointestinal parasites Elecampane has notable activity against intestinal worms and parasites.
- In combination with other remedies, it has been used successfully to treat amebic dysentery .
- A vigorous perennial growing up to 10ft (3m) in height, elecampane has deep roots that are harvested and dried in autumn.
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