KEY SYMPTOMS

Right-sided complaints, practical, dominant nature, pain in the right shoulder blade,  liver and gallbladder problems, person feels better for hot drinks and eating.

REMEDY PROFILE

An aggressive, domineering personality is typically linked with Chelidonium. Those who respond well to the remedy tend also to be practical rather than intellectual people who do not like to “waste time” analyzing their emotions.

Typical physical symptoms include cravings for hot drinks and cheese. There is a feeling of heaviness, with symptomstending to be right-sided.

Chelidonium is used mainly for liver conditions, or spleen, kidney, gallbladder, intestine, and lung complaints. It may also be given prior to surgery linked to hepatitis or gallstones.

SOURCE DETAILS

ORIGIN

Native to Europe, north Africa, and western Asia, and now naturalized in North America. Grows on banks and in hedgerows.

BACKGROUND

Used in Western and Chinese herbalism as a muscle relaxant and antispasmodic, and to clear cataracts.

PREPARATION

The whole flowering plant, or the root, is chopped, pulped, and macerated in alcohol for at least ten days.

COMMON NAMES

Greater celandine, wartweed, swallow wort.

KEY SYMPTOMS

Persistent nausea and vomiting, clean, unfurred tongue, bright red bleeding, excessive mucus production and a cough, irritability.

REMEDY PROFILE

Irritability is common in those who respond best to Ipecac., and children suited to the remedy may scream and howl. When unwell,
these people can be capricious and hard to please, asking for things and then changing their minds. Illness can prompt them to become morose, depressed, impatient, and contemptuous of those around them.

Physical symptoms generally linked with Ipecac. are persistent nausea, with or without vomiting, and a tendency to hemorrhage.
Despite any vomiting, the tongue is clean and unfurred. There is often oversensitivity to movement and a constant feeling of being hot on the inside and cold on the outside. These symptoms appear rapidly, are generally intermittent, and may also include coughing
fits and breathing difficulties. Ipecac. is also used for headaches, migraines, and gynecological problems linked to the general tendency to bleed very easily.

SOURCE DETAILS

ORIGIN

Native to Central and South America and cultivated particularly in Brazil; this plant’s preferred habitat is tropical rainforest.

BACKGROUND

A traditional Brazilian cure for dysentery that was brought to Europe in 1672, it is still used today by herbalists for amoebic dysentery.

PREPARATION

The root is dug up and the firmest dark rootlets dried, powdered, and macerated in alcohol. They are then filtered, diluted,
and succussed.

COMMON NAME

Ipecacuanha.