Fucus Vesiculosus – Sea Wrack

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried thallus, Fucus vesiculosus L., hav- ing been freed of attached sea creatures and algae. It occurs commonly in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. N.O. Fucaceae.

The main indications are:

Enlarged lymph glands, benign tumours. Iodine therapy for arteriosclerosis.

Fucus Vesiculosus, sea kelp, contains a considerable amount of organically bound iodine, hence the indications. It is possible to use it with patients who are otherwise hypersensitive to iodine.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Fucus vesiculosus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for fucus vesiculosus: overweight; goiterous disorders.