[H] oleum jecoris
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 3:20 pm
From Murphy -
SIGNS
Gadus morrhua. Cod-liver oil.
Gadus morrhua, or Atlantic cod, belongs to a family of mainly marine
fish. All the fish in this family have a large oil-bearing liver. The cod is
an olive-green to brownish fish with a silvery belly, a small strand on the
chin, and a white stripe along the flanks. The sharp teeth can be quite well
developed. In the first year of life, it quickly grows to a length of 20 to
30 centimetres, and can eventually reach a maximum of 1.5 metres and a
weight of 95 kg. Since it is not so sensitive to fluctuations in
temperature, it is found in polar as well as temperate regions. The young
fish prefer to remain in coastal waters, while adults like the open sea, in
which they hunt for food at depths of up to 600 metres. A voracious
omnivore, it swims along the sea bed like a vacuum cleaner, searching for
crustaceans, molluscs, worms and fish. Its preference for herring, which
prompts it to follow migrating schools of herring, makes it a formidable
rival of herring fishermen.
When winter comes, cod migrate in huge numbers to the coast in order to
spawn. They are extremely fertile and a female can produce up to 9 million
eggs. Fertilisation of the tiny eggs, which float to the surface, only
occurs when the eggs coincidentally come into contact with milt. Following
this, the fish again swim back to the open sea.
Besides the high nutritive value of the flesh, the liver oil has been a
source of vitamins A and D for centuries. Cod-liver oil contains 15-20%
saturated fatty acids and 80-90% unsaturated fatty acids. In the past, it
was an important remedy against rachitis and other avitaminoses; nowadays it
has been superseded by synthetic vitamins. Cod-liver oil also contains a
relatively high content of iodine.
Although cod-liver oil used to be particularly valued as a food
supplement, cure of pathological symptoms occurs according to the law of
similars and is not based on the suppletion of elements that are deficient.
The picture is essentially psoric, running to tubercular, and must as such
be corrected on a dynamic level. "The small doses cured as readily as the
large, showing that it was the medicinal action of the constituents of the
oil, rather than the nutrient, which effected the cures. . If it cures, it
does so because its constituents are homoeopathic to the disease." [Hale]
Proved by Neidhard.
SIGNS
Gadus morrhua. Cod-liver oil.
Gadus morrhua, or Atlantic cod, belongs to a family of mainly marine
fish. All the fish in this family have a large oil-bearing liver. The cod is
an olive-green to brownish fish with a silvery belly, a small strand on the
chin, and a white stripe along the flanks. The sharp teeth can be quite well
developed. In the first year of life, it quickly grows to a length of 20 to
30 centimetres, and can eventually reach a maximum of 1.5 metres and a
weight of 95 kg. Since it is not so sensitive to fluctuations in
temperature, it is found in polar as well as temperate regions. The young
fish prefer to remain in coastal waters, while adults like the open sea, in
which they hunt for food at depths of up to 600 metres. A voracious
omnivore, it swims along the sea bed like a vacuum cleaner, searching for
crustaceans, molluscs, worms and fish. Its preference for herring, which
prompts it to follow migrating schools of herring, makes it a formidable
rival of herring fishermen.
When winter comes, cod migrate in huge numbers to the coast in order to
spawn. They are extremely fertile and a female can produce up to 9 million
eggs. Fertilisation of the tiny eggs, which float to the surface, only
occurs when the eggs coincidentally come into contact with milt. Following
this, the fish again swim back to the open sea.
Besides the high nutritive value of the flesh, the liver oil has been a
source of vitamins A and D for centuries. Cod-liver oil contains 15-20%
saturated fatty acids and 80-90% unsaturated fatty acids. In the past, it
was an important remedy against rachitis and other avitaminoses; nowadays it
has been superseded by synthetic vitamins. Cod-liver oil also contains a
relatively high content of iodine.
Although cod-liver oil used to be particularly valued as a food
supplement, cure of pathological symptoms occurs according to the law of
similars and is not based on the suppletion of elements that are deficient.
The picture is essentially psoric, running to tubercular, and must as such
be corrected on a dynamic level. "The small doses cured as readily as the
large, showing that it was the medicinal action of the constituents of the
oil, rather than the nutrient, which effected the cures. . If it cures, it
does so because its constituents are homoeopathic to the disease." [Hale]
Proved by Neidhard.