Fagopyrum esculentum
Buckwheat · Plant · Polygonaceae
Confusion and alternating states of mind are typical in those for whom Fagopyrum is best suited. These people also tend to be depressed and irritable.
Fagopyrum is generally associated with eczema and itching skin, possibly on the genitals, scalp, eyelids, and ears, or in the folds of the skin of infants and the elderly. The inside of the nose may become sore and crusted. Foul-smelling secretions may accompany itching.
Heart complaints associated with visibly pulsing arteries, either with or without concurrent skin conditions, may also be treated with Fagopyrum. Other symptoms linked to this remedy include a rapid, irregular pulse and a strong sensation of oppression in the heart area.
Key symptoms
- Intense itching of skin without eruption; pruritus senilis
- Visible pulsation of arteries; throbbing in all arteries
- Itching in and around eyes and ears simultaneously
- Post-nasal catarrh with dry crusts and itching in posterior nares
- Occipital headache; bursting pains; head hot, better bending backward
- Eructations of scalding, hot, acid, watery substance
- Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Buckwheat (FAGOPYRUM)
Its action on the skin, producing pruritus, is very marked. Visible pulsation of arteries. Fluent coryza. Offensive excretions. Itching erythema. Pruritus senilis. Post-nasal catarrh; dry crusts, granular appearance of posterior nares with itching.
Head
Inability to study or remember. Depressed and irritable. Itching of eyes and ears. Pains deep in head, with upward pressure. Itching in and around eyes and ears. Head hot, better bending backward, with tired neck. Occipital headache. Bursting pains. Cerebral hyperæmia.
Nose
Sore, red, inflamed. Fluent coryza, with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.
Eyes
Itching and smarting, swelling, heat and soreness.
Throat
Soreness and feeling of excoriation, deep down pharynx. Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen.
Stomach
Eructations of scalding, hot, acid, watery substance; better, coffee. Bad taste in the morning. Persistent, morning nausea. Drooling.
Heart
Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm. Throbbing in all arteries after retiring. Palpitation with oppression. Pulse irregular, intermittent, rapid. Light feeling in chest.
Female
Pruritus vulvæ, with yellow leucorrhœa, worse, rest. Burning in right ovary.
Extremities
Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape of neck could not support head. Pain in shoulder, with pain along fingers. Vehement itching in arms and legs; worse towards evening. Feet numb and pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
Itching; better by bathing in cold water; worse scratching, touch and retiring. Sore red blotches. Blind boils. Itching of knees and elbows and hairy portions. Itching of hands, deep in. Vesicular, pustular, phlegmonous dermatitis. Skin hot, swollen.
Modalities
Better, cold water, coffee; worse, in afternoon; from sunlight, scratching.
Relationship
Compare: Dolichos; Bovista; Urtica.
Dose
Third potency and 12x.
Fagopyrum esculentum. Polygonum fagopyrum. Buckwheat. N. O. Polygonaceæ. Tincture of the whole mature plant.
Clinical
Arteries, throbbing of. Diarrhœa. Eczema. Eyes, affections of. Genitals, offensive sweat of. Granular lids. Hands, sweat of. Headache. Heart, affections of. Heartburn. Intertrigo. Itching eruptions. Liver, affections of. Mumps. Nausea. Nose, soreness of; crusts in. Ophthalmia. Palpitation. Pruritus pudendi. Rheumatism. Styes. Taste, altered. Throat, sore.
Characteristics
Fagopyrum has had an extensive proving, and though there is little clinical experience with the drug on record, some features are sufficiently well marked to justify their being classed as characteristics. One of the most marked symptoms is a visible pulsation of the carotids and other arteries. Offensiveness distinguishes many excretions. Headaches involving eyes, root of nose, and back of neck; hot head; < bending head forward, > bending head backward. Headache with tired neck. Itching is general; scalp, eyes, margins of …
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