Dr. Reckeweg Phytolacca Decandra(Mother Tincture)

Tincture of the ripe berries, Tincture of fresh leaves, fresh root dug in winter.

Common Name: Poke-root. Red Ink Plant. Garget Weed

Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Phytolacca decandra

• Exposure to cold and damp weather that results into body disorders, is relieved with Phytolacca.
• The remedy is indicated for affections of glands, throat, tonsils, breast, parotids, swollen fauces with burning pain, bone pains.
• Sore pain all over the body is overcomed with help of Phytolacca.
• Wandering pains; shooting, lancinating, flying, like electric shock pains are gradually lessened with Phytolacca.
• Stiffness is a characteristic effect of Phytolacca. 

Mind and head

The headaches of Phytolacca is chiefly frontal, pressive, involving eyes, worse right side.

Phytolacca is effective in Scaly eruption on scalp.

Heat felt in the head with rest of the body cold leads us to Phytolacca.

Mouth and teeth

Desire to bite teeth and gums together is an indication of Phytolacca decandra.

It is a medicine for period of dentition.

Throat

Difficulty while swallowing, with every attempt excruciating shooting pains through both ears is relieved with Phytolacca.

Soreness of posterior fauces, In speakers with burning throat due to overuse of voice; Phytolacca decandra gives amazing results. 

Phytolacca is beneficial in fullness in throat with great pain at root of tongue while swallowing, 

Pains shooting from throat into ears on swallowing is an indication of Phytolacca decandra.

Female complaints

Phytolacca is a valuable medicine in  hard breast with nodosity, sensation of heaviness as stones, painful breasts when the child nurses, Mammary abscess.

Mastitis, where the hardness is very apparent from the first, with great burning, phytolacca is the remedy of use.

The cracks and small ulcers about nipples, pain that goes from nipple all over body is relieved with Phytolacca

Irritable breasts, before and during menses is an indication of Phytolacca.

Lumps in the breast, at times pus formation due to ulcers can be gradullay overcomed with Phytolacca decandra.

Male complaints

Painful induration of testicles, ulcers on genitals with sharp pains is relieved with this remedy.

Upper Limbs

Phytolacca restores the painful, hard, shiny swelling of joints of all fingers to normal.

The remedy is of service in pains that fly like electric shocks from one part to another, worse night and damp weather.

Enalrged glands in the axillae .

Lower Limbs

The remedy has affinity to sciatic pains which travel from above down, the outerside of the limb.

Intense cramps and pains with muscles gathering in large knots, hard and ridged; come and go suddenly points to Phytolacca.

Pain in sacrum, down to knees and ankles, then up to sacrum, jerks here and there, after confinement.

Skin

The external use of Phytolacca has been attended with good results in cases of ulceration.