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Sepia esculenta
CUTTLEFISH
Cuttlefish bones are prescribed
medicinally by Chinese and Unani physicians for a wide range of conditions.
Sepia ink is used homeopathically.
Found worldwide, the cuttlefish is related to the squid but has an internal shell known as
a cuttlebone. The ink it discharges to distract predators provides the dark brown
sepia pigment used by painters, printers, and homeopaths. Cage birds like to eat
cuttlebones for their calcium salts.
PARTS USED
Bone, ink.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Calcium phosphate; calcium
chloride.
ACTIONS
Neutralizes excess stomach acid; astringent.
MEDICINAL USE
Chinese physicians use cuttlebones for stomach ulcers and indigestion,
abscesses, sores, wounds, and menstrual problems. Unani medicine prescribes them internally for kidney stones,
indigestion and nausea, and externally for inflammation and skin diseases, and as a toothpowder.
Sepia, the homeopathic remedy, is given for ulcers, warts, incontinence, menopausal and menstrual problems, and detached apathy resulting from shock.
PREPARATIONS
Powder, homeopathic remedies.
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