Drosera rotundifolia: Unlocking Its Powerful Healing Properties

• Source :- Vegetable kingdom
• Common Name :- Sundew
• Family :- Droseraceae
• Prover :- Dr. Hahnemann
• Miasm :- Tubercular
• Temperament :- Nervous
• Diathesis :- Tubercular
• Thermal :- Chilly
• Duration of action :- 1 to 4 weeks
• Active Principle :- Droserone
• Inimical to :- None
• Side affection :- Left-sided more than right-sided

INTRODUCTION 

It is a great polychrest remedy mainly used for respiratory disorders, especially spasmodic coughs and laryngeal affections. :- HAHNEMANN SAYS, "Drosera is indicated when cough symptoms predominate, especially with a whooping or spasmodic character."

GUIDING SYMPTOMS

• Spasmodic, barking, and suffocative cough; worse at night and after midnight.
• Cough as soon as the head touches the pillow (Hyoscyamus, Belladonna).
• Cough with bleeding from the nose and mouth (spitting of blood).
• Cough aggravated by lying down, eating, or drinking.
• Hoarseness, especially in singers, with deep, hoarse voice.
• Sensation of a feather in the larynx that provokes cough (Causticum).
• Expectoration of yellow, purulent, and sometimes blood-streaked mucus.
• Pain and soreness in the chest while coughing, with a feeling of constriction.
• Stitching pain in the chest, especially on the left side.
• Worsening of cough by laughing, singing, and talking.
• Emaciation and general weakness, especially in tubercular patients.

MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY

• Sadness and gloomy thoughts, especially in chronic cases.
• Anxiety and fear, especially about health.
• Irritability and restlessness, with a feeling of suffocation.
• Desire for solitude and aversion to talking.

COUGH AND WHOOPING COUGH

• Cough comes in violent fits, deep and hoarse, often ending in vomiting.
• Cough aggravated at night, as soon as the head touches the pillow.
• Barking, suffocative cough, worse after midnight.
• Whooping cough with attacks following each other rapidly.
• Cough caused by irritation in the larynx, as if a feather were present.
• Violent paroxysms of coughing, which can lead to bleeding from the mouth or nose.
• Cough with yellowish or blood-streaked expectoration.
• Worse from laughing, singing, or talking.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

• Acts on the respiratory organs, particularly the larynx and bronchi.
• Characteristic cough is deep, hoarse, and spasmodic.
• Hoarseness, especially in singers, worse in the morning.
• Cough aggravated by warmth, lying down, and talking.
• Pain in the chest as if bruised, with soreness while coughing.
• Stitching pain on the left side of the chest.
• Dryness and irritation in the larynx.

TUBERCULOSIS

• Suitable for laryngeal and pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in emaciated patients.
• Profuse night sweats with hacking cough.
• Bloody expectoration and hoarseness.
• Marked weakness and wasting of muscles.

MEMORIZING TIPS

• D - Dry, barking, spasmodic cough
• R - Respiratory troubles, especially laryngeal
• O - Often indicated in tuberculosis
• S - Spitting of blood with cough
• E - Emaciation and weakness
• R - Restlessness and nervousness
• A - Aggravation at night and by lying down