- Source :- Vegetable kingdom
- Common Name :- Rue
- Family :- Rutaceae
- Prover :- Dr. Hahnemann
- Miasm :- Psora
- Temperament :- Nervous, Irritable
- Diathesis :- Rheumatic & Strumous
- Thermal :- Chilly patient
- Duration of action :- 8 to 10 days
- Active Principle :- Rutin
- Inimical to :- Arnica montana
- Side affection :- Left side more than right
INTRODUCTION
- Ruta Graveolens is a polychrest remedy used especially in injuries to periosteum, joints, and connective tissues.
- Its action is mainly on cartilage, tendons, and the fibrous tissues of the body.
- BOERICKE says: "It is especially adapted to cases where injuries leave a bruised and lame feeling."
- Dr. Allen says: It has a special affinity to the eyes, wrists, back, and lower limbs.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS (Boericke & Allen's Keynote)
- Complaints from straining flexor tendons, overuse of eyes, wrenching or spraining of parts.
- Affects fibrous tissue, especially around joints and flexor tendons.
- Bruised, lame, sore feeling all over, as after a fall or blow (compare: Arnica).
- Feeling as if the bones were scraped with a knife.
- Backache better by lying on back; worse from sitting, worse when rising.
- Eyestrain from overuse of eyes in reading, sewing, etc.
- Great soreness and stiffness in muscles and joints, especially after exertion.
- Pain and lameness after lifting heavy weights or straining muscles.
- Small of back and loins pain after overexertion, better from lying on back.
- Wrist joint pain, especially in computer users, students, writers (repetitive strain injury).
- Sensation of weakness and giving out in joints, especially knees.
- Indicated in ganglion cysts, nodular swellings in tendons and joints.
- Constipation with sense of rectum prolapse even after soft stool.
- Rectum feels sore, raw and burning after stool.
- Prolapsus ani, worse during stool or from slightest exertion.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS
- Sad, melancholic, gloomy mood.
- Irritable, easily fatigued from mental labor.
- Restless and anxious, especially in those who overwork physically or mentally.
- Depression after long hours of study or eye strain.
- Forgetfulness and absent-mindedness.
EYE STRAIN & HEADACHE
- Eye pain after prolonged use, especially from reading or sewing.
- Eyes feel hot, painful, and strained – better by closing the eyes.
- Headache with pressure behind the eyes; eyes feel as if deep in sockets.
- Eyes ache as if strained; letters run together when reading.
RHEUMATISM & JOINTS
- Complaints from chronic sprains, tendonitis, and overuse injuries.
- Worse from cold, damp weather; worse lying on affected part.
- Lameness, stiffness, soreness, especially after sprain or lifting.
- Worse in joints, especially wrists, ankles, knees.
- Sciatica, worse at night lying on painful side, better from movement.
BACKACHE & LUMBAR SPINE
- Backache worse sitting or standing, better lying on back.
- Lumbago with soreness, pain as if bruised or broken.
- Coccyx pain after injury or long sitting.
- Spinal weakness from long-standing exertion or strain.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- Constipation with rectal prolapse, sensation as if rectum hangs out.
- Pain in rectum after stool, raw, sore, bruised feeling.
- Hemorrhoids painful, with bruised sensation.
MODALITIES
- Aggravation: From cold, damp weather; exertion; after injury; pressure; lying on affected part.
- Amelioration: From movement; lying on back; external warmth; gentle motion.
MEMORIZING TIPS – RUTA GRAVEOLENS
- R – Rectal prolapse with bruised pain
- U – Used for eyestrain and overuse of flexor tendons
- T – Tendons, joints, periosteum – main seat of action
- A – After lifting heavy weights, soreness and bruised feeling
CLINICAL INDICATIONS
- Eyestrain (students, computer users)
- Tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, wrist pain
- Lumbago, sciatica
- Chronic sprains, tendonitis
- Ganglion, nodular swellings
- Post-injury bruised sensation
- Prolapsus ani, hemorrhoids
- Rectal soreness
RELATED REMEDIES
- Arnica – for trauma but more for soft tissues and blood vessels.
- Rhus tox – for rheumatism, but Ruta is more for tendons.
- Hypericum – for nerve injury, where Ruta is more for tendons and bones.
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