Major first-aid remedy for puncture wounds and anti-parasitic action. Redness with swelling and throbbing pain. Constitutional effects of wounds. Good follow-up remedy to Arnica.

Back Problems:

• Pain - aching under scapula on motion of arm and while walking; pressing pain in spine on taking a breath in; rheumatic pain in left shoulder; pain from spinal injuries; muscular rheumatism of especially of the right shoulder & worse from movement.
• Lumbago - with aching lower back pain and stiffness after sitting for a long time, on motion and from rising from a seat; pain in back and sacrum after rising from a seat and beginning to move; pain better from pressure.
• Stiffness - in the morning on waking; paralysis of back muscles; also cramps and weakness.

Bites and Stings:
For the ailments from the wounds of animal bites (cats, dogs, rats, monkeys, etc.) and snakes including poisonous ones; for insect stings of bees, wasps, mosquitoes, spiders, ticks, scorpions; to reduce inflammation and itching; Lymes disease; [1st take 1M or highest potency available every hour for 4 doses, then 3 times daily for 3 days.]

Injury, Accident, Shock and Trauma:

• Puncture Wounds - especially in soles and palms; needles, pins, nails and stab wounds from sharp pointed objects; wounded parts become cold, puffy, pale, mottled, with very little bleeding and are very sensitive to touch and better from cold applications; to prevent tetanus (take 30c immediately)

Finger Injury - crushed and lacerated finger tips; finger nail injuries; inflammation from a needle prick under the finger nail; inflammation of finger bone periosteum; tearing pain in finger joints when moving them; boring pain in thumb.

• Black eye - contused wound, bloodshot or bruised and caused by a soft object, with pain in the eyeball itself.
• Spinal Injury - pain, paralysis of back muscles.

Joint, Muscle and Nerve problems:
Painful, cold or hot, hard and oedemic swelling. Pain raises lower extremities upward.

• Arthritic and Rheumatic pain - starts in lower limbs and moves upward; especially for small joints pain which are swollen, and still; with numbness and sensitivity to cold, but better putting feet in cold water.
• Arthritis - with painful nodes in joints of fingers, wrist, hands, knees, feet, heels, skin over joints with purple puffiness; painful knots with pinching and cracking; pain starts in lower limbs and moves upward; especially in small joints which are swollen stiff and weary; painful soles cannot walk drawing pain in long bones; rheumatic pain in right hip and left shoulder; swelling is slight.
• Feet - pain in foot when ascending, in back of foot in the evening; pressing pain in sole on motion and while walking, extending to thigh, in inner side; soles are tender and sore with rawness; boring pain in foot bones while walking and in the morning; rheumatic pain in big toe and toes with stiffness and inflamed joints; soreness of feet and heels especially after exposure to cold, worse on walking; feet feel rigid and stiff in the morning.
• Hip pain - hip disease in right hip joint; gouty pain; pain on standing; pressing pain of hip and thigh bone, worse from movement.
• Joints - rheumatic pain; drawing pain in joints after wine; swelling of small joints in feet with heat, but no redness; throbbing pain in right shoulder, worse from movement and warmth of bed; stiffness, cannot move, better from bathing in cold water.
• Knee - pain and stiffness on begining to move, while walking; rheumatic pain; with swelling and edema; pain extending to hip; tearing pain from warmth of bed; sore patella while walking; trembling knee while, sitting; worse from warmth, and better from cold applications.
• Wrist- aching especially in the evening while sitting; tumors of the wrist.
• Gouty Pain - swollen ball of big toe, sore and painful walking, pain ascends and is worse from warmth, pressure, motion; gouty pain of hands with swelling.
• Sciatica - left side, from hip to knee, burning pain; coldness of lower limb; on change in weather; rising from a seat; worse after sleep, from touch, heat, warmth, walking, motion, sitting, and better lying down, and from ice applications.
• Weakness - of ankle, foot turns under; weak foot when sitting and on bending foot; of hands with trembling; hands tremble on grasping objects; knees terrible when sitting and attempting to walk.

Skin Problems:
Eruption like rash and red spots tend to be only on areas that are covered. Discoloration of skin lasting a long time after injuries.

• Acne - red pimples are pustular on the cheeks and small pimples at root of nose, of forehead and cheeks that sting when touched.
• Eczema - on face which can also look like poison oak; on one leg; alternating with rheumatism.
• Itching - feet and ankles worse scratching, and from warmth of bed.
• Poison Ivy and Oak - to antidote rhus poisoning.
• Whitlow - from splinters and needle prick under nail; tendons affected; better from cold applications.

Vaccination and Injection:

• Injections - after steroid and cortisone injections. Jaw stiffness after dental injection of local anesthesia; for puncture wound from dental instruments especially if it has not bled sufficiently and when the site of injury feels cold.
• Vaccination - acute affects after the injection.