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Phytolacca Decandra and Berry

 

Ashu Agarwal
Final B.H.M.S
Burdwan Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Burdwan, West Bengal - 713102
Ph - 93329935229.


 

    Phytolacca Decandra has powerful and wonderful action on fibrous and also in osseous tissues, fasciae and muscle sheaths, skin and periosteum and scar tissue.It covers Syphilitic and Sycotic Miasm. The patients are chilly and prone to Rheumatic affections.
Mind :
· Entire indifference to life, sure she will die.
· Loss of personal delicacy.
· Disregard of surrounding objects.
· In children during dentition, there is an irresistible desire to bite the teeth or gums together.
· Oversensitive.
Particulars:
Clinically, Phytolacca is used mainly in these troubles.
· Rheumatism and Sciatica.
· Tonsillitis, Pharyngitis, Diphtheria.
· Mastitis and Breast Abscess.

Symptoms:
Extremities:

1. Periosteal rheumatism, Rheumatic pains in the lower extremities with nightly bone pains.
2. In rheumatism and neuralgia, after diphtheria, gonorrhoea, mercury or syphilis.
3. Character of pain :
· Pain flying like electric shocks, shooting, lancinating, rapidly, shifting.
· Pain under the thighs.
· Pain in legs, patient dreads to get up.
· Aching of heels relieved by elevating feet.
4. Peculiarity: Pain runs down the outer side of the limb.
5. Modalities: Aggravation : at night, during damp weather, motion,
Amelioration : rest

Throat complaints:

Phytolacca is a very good medicine for follicular tonsillitis and pharyngitis when white spots coalesce and form patches. Apart from high fever, glands are enlarged with marked prostration and guided by the following symptoms.
1. Throat covered with a dark or ash coloured membrane.
2. Pain shoot from throat into ears on swallowing.
3. Uvula large and almost translucent.
4. Burning, as from a coal of fire or a red hot iron.
5. Sensation of lump in the throat with continuous desire to swallow.
6. Throat : sore throat quinsy and Diphtheria. pseudo - membranous exudation, grayish white, thick, tenacious yellowish mucous.
7. Modalities: Aggravation : Hot fluids, night.
Ameoliration : Cold drinks.

Mammary glands:
1. Breast sensitive, sore and fissured.
2. Glands are stony hard and painful.
3. Hard painful nodosities, that appear independent of lactation.
4. Pain goes from nipple all over body, whenever child nurses.
5. Breast shows an early tendency to cake formation..
6. Tumours of the breast, with enlarged axillary glands.
7. Ulcers are angry looking, red congested and gaping ulcers with ichorous, unhealthy and foetid discharge.
" Nash has removed many breast tumours by giving a single dose of Phytolacca Cm. during the wane of the moon."

Phytolacca Berry

Introduction :

It is known to regulate the hunger patterns and fat metabolism. An excellent remedy for Obesity, has a powerful effect on fibrous tissues thereby decreasing weight.
Recommended for overweight individuals or those who wish to improve their metabolism and reduce weight.

Description :
Metabolism is a process where food is ingested and assimilated (anabolism) and then transformed into energy (catabolism) for the use by the body. Optimal body weight is maintained when there is a correct balance between anabolism and catabolism. If this doesn't exist, then the utilized food gets converted and stored as body fat (adipose tissue). Excess fat leads to the condition known as Obesity.
Clarke used a tincture of Phytolacca berries as an anti fat and got several successful results. This observation may be taken as the key to one of the great spheres of the action of this remedy the absorption of tissues, especially new growths.

Indications:
Indicated in cases of general Obesity, Post natal weight gain.