- Source: Vegetable kingdom
- Common Name: Leopard's bane, Mountain daisy
- Family: Compositae
- Prover: Dr. Hahnemann in 1821
- Miasm: Psora, Sycosis
- Temperament: Nervous, Sanguine
- Diathesis: Traumatic, Hemorrhagic
- Thermal: Chilly
- Duration of action: 2 to 3 weeks
- Active Principle: Helenalin
- Inimical to: Ledum pal
- Side affection: Left side more than right side
INTRODUCTION
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It is one of the greatest trauma remedies in homeopathy.
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Known as the 'Fall remedy' for injuries, bruises, and shocks.
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Dr. Hahnemann emphasized its role in treating the after-effects of trauma.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
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Soreness all over the body as if beaten.
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Great fear of being touched or approached.
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Bruised feeling with soreness and lameness, especially after overexertion.
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Aversion to being touched; every part of the body feels painful when touched.
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Hemorrhagic tendency with black and blue marks on the skin.
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Heat and redness of the face with cold body.
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Aggravation from motion and contact; better by lying down with the head low.
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Great fear of sudden death and a feeling of uneasiness.
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Great thirst for cold water, but drinks little and often.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
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Fear of touch, as if hurt.
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Thinks the bed feels too hard.
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Wants to be left alone; irritable and morose.
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Believes nothing is wrong with him despite severe injury.
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Prone to nightmares of accidents and injuries.
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Anxious and restless, especially at night.
FEVER
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Septic fevers with bruised, sore feeling.
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Intermittent fever with chills and thirst.
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Heat stage: Burning sensation with redness of the face.
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Sweat stage: Profuse, offensive, and staining sweat.
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Symptoms worse by movement and better by rest.
TRAUMA AND INJURIES
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Indicated in injuries with bruising, swelling, and ecchymosis.
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Sprains, strains, contusions, and blunt force trauma.
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After surgical procedures to reduce soreness and bleeding.
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Postpartum bleeding with a sore, bruised feeling.
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Fractures where the affected part feels sore and tender.
SKIN
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Blue-black discoloration due to ecchymosis.
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Abscesses that feel sore and tender to touch.
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Boils with soreness, especially in neglected injuries.
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Bedsores with bruised feeling.
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Skin appears purplish with a tendency to hemorrhage.
MEMORIZING TIPS
A - After injuries, bruises, or trauma
R - Restless and fearful of being touched
N - Never wants to be approached
I - Injuries with sore and bruised feeling
C - Cold body with a hot face
A - Averse to being disturbed
