Ratanhia: A Complete Homeopathic Remedy for Fissure-in-Ano, Piles & Burning Pain

• • Common Name: Mapato
  • Scientific Name: Krameria triandra
  • Family: Polygalaceae
  • Preparation: Tincture of the dried root
  • Type: Primarily rectal and mucosal remedy

  Sphere of Action

  Acts prominently on:

  • Rectum and anus
  • Mucous membranes (especially of mouth and throat)
  • Digestive tract – especially for painful hemorrhoids, fissures, and burning sensations

  Mind

  • Anxious, restless due to pain
  • Irritable, especially from rectal pain or itching

  General Symptoms

  • Burning pains in various parts (anus, throat, stomach)
  • Weakness after stools
  • Easily exhausted from least exertion
  • Localized pain followed by a long-lasting burning

  Digestive System

  • Dryness and burning in mouth and throat
  • Burning in the stomach with cramping pains
  • Sensation of fullness in the abdomen
  • Constipation with hard, knotty stool followed by burning pain

  Rectum and Anus (Key Sphere)

  • Painful hemorrhoids — burn like fire; protrude with every stool
  • Anal fissures — painful and bleeding
  • Stool requires great straining
  • Pain lasts for hours after stool, like broken glass or knife cuts
  • Burning relieved temporarily by cold water
  • Irritation and dryness in anus
  • Chronic rectal trouble from sedentary lifestyle

  Mouth and Throat

  • Burning, dryness, rawness
  • Pain on swallowing
  • Inflammation of throat and tonsils, especially with burning pain

  Extremities

  • Tired feeling in limbs
  • Pains mostly burning or pressing in character

  Modalities

  Worse From	Better From
  After stool	Cold water applications
  Walking or standing long	Lying down
  Before and after defecation	Cold bathing

  Miasmatic Background

  • Predominantly psoric, with some sycotic elements (in hemorrhoids)

  Keynotes

  • Hemorrhoids protrude like a bunch of grapes
  • Fissures with burning pain lasting hours after stool
  • Constipation with great straining and tearing pains
  • Burning relieved by cold applications
  • A remedy for office-goers, teachers, and sedentary workers prone to rectal complaints

  Relationship

  Compare With	Complementary	Follows Well After
  Nitric acid, Aesculus, Paeonia	Nux vomica, Sulphur	Aloe, Graphites

  Potency & Dosage

  • 6C to 200C commonly used
  • For local use (mother tincture) in external hemorrhoids
  • Frequent repetition in acute cases of fissures or hemorrhoids

  One-Line Summary

  "Ratanhia is the foremost remedy for burning anal fissures and hemorrhoids, with knife-like pain and long-lasting burning after stool, relieved by cold water."