GNAPHALIUM

Homeopathy

GNAPHALIUM

Gnaphalium polycephalum
Sweet-scented everlasting flower, cudweed.

Key Uses:

Foul-smelling diarrhea with colic

Intense sciatic pain alternating with or followed by numbness

Joint pains and rheumatic complaints

Lumbago with numbness and heaviness in the affected area

Scanty menstrual periods

Origin : Native to North America.

Background : This plant has been used in herbal medicine to treat colds, fevers, and respiratory and intestinal catarrh, and has been applied as a poultice to bruises.

Preparation : The whole, fresh plant is macerated in alcohol.

Remedy Profile : This remedy is used mainly for intense sciatic pains alternating with or followed by numbness. Lumbago with numbness and heaviness in the affected area may also be treated, as may joint pains and rheumatic complaints. In addition, foul-smelling diarrhea with colic that is worse in the morning may respond to the remedy, as may scanty periods that are at their most painful on the first day.

Symptoms Better : For sitting in a chair; for flexing the limbs.

Symptoms Worse : For cold; for damp; for movement; for walking; for stepping up or down; for lying down on the left side.