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Remedy Name/s: |
Common Name/s: |
Latin, Zoological, Botanical and mineralogical name/s: |
| Coccus Cacti |
Cochineal, Cochineal beetle |
Dactylopius Coccus |
General description and domicile:
Coccus Cacti is made from the Cochineal beetle that lives and feeds on
the prickly pear cactus in Mexico and South America. The male insects are
slender and winged and females are flightless and considerably bigger in girth.
Female Cochineal beetles are collected and dried to make the dye
Cochineal that is used as a textile and cosmetics dye and food coloring.
Because of the enormous cost involved in the manufacture of this
dye it is mostly replaced by synthetic dyes. The beetles are very small and are
collected individually by hand. It takes several thousand beetles to make one
ounce of dye. However concerns with the long term effect of ingesting artificial
dyes has revived this industry.
Part used and extraction:
Dried female beetles are used.
Remedy preparation:
macerated and steeped in alcohol to obtain mother tincture
History:
Originally used as textile dyes by the Aztecs and Mayas, cochineal became
very popular in the Western world as a cosmetic, textile and food dye and
pigment in paints and inks in the early part of the twentieth century.
Subsequently synthetics has mostly replaced these uses.
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Remedy profile:
There is no real emotional profile. This is a minor remedy prescribed
for spasmodic and chronic coughing.
Key Symptoms:
Urinary tract infections, loud coughing.
Used for treatment of:
Urinary tract infections
Whooping cough
Catarrh
Coughs
Asthma
General Symptoms Worse for:
Factors/Conditions that make the symptoms worse
Mornings
Late at night
Stuffy rooms
Exertion
General Symptoms Better for:
Factors/Conditions that improve symptoms
Cold drinks
Cool showers
Fresh air
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