Fraxinus americana
White ash. · Plant · Oleaceae
A need to talk is common in those who respond best to this remedy, and they tend to be depressed, nervous, and anxious. Illness may be accompanied by uneasy sleep and frightening dreams.
Fraxinus is chiefly used for uterine problems. Typical symptoms include a uterus that is relaxed in tone, or possibly prolapsed, with a watery, non-irritating vaginal discharge and a heavy, painful, bearing-down sensation. The remedy is also given for heavy, painful menstruation, and for fibroids and other tumors.
Key symptoms
- Enlargement of uterus; fibrous growths, subinvolution, and prolapse
- Uterine tumors with bearing-down sensations
- Cramping in feet, worse in afternoon and night
- Dysmenorrhoea; watery, unirritating leucorrhoea
- Bearing-down pain extending down thigh from left inguinal region
- Throbbing pain in back of head; hot spot on top of head
- Cold creeping sensations and hot flashes
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
White Ash
Enlargement of the uterus. Fibrous growths, subinvolution, and prolapse. Uterine tumors, with bearing-down sensations. Fever sores on lips. Cramps in feet. Cold creeping and hot flashes. Infantile eczema.
Head
Throbbing pain in back of head. Depression, with nervous restlessness, anxiety. Hot spot on top of head.
Female
Uterus enlarged, and patulous. Watery, unirritating leucorrhœa. Fibroids with bearing-down sensation, cramping in feet, worse in afternoon and night. Dysmenorrhœa.
Abdomen
Tenderness in left inguinal region; bearing-down pain, extending down thigh.
Relationship
Compare: Fraxinus excelsior-European Ash --(Gout; rheumatism. Infusion of ash-leaves. Rademacher). Galega--(Goat's Rue-Backache; debility; anæmia and impaired nutrition. Increases the quantity and quality of the milk in nursing women, also the appetite). Epiphegus; Sepia; Lilium.
Dose
Ten to fifteen drops of tincture, three times a day.
White Ash. N. O. Oleaceæ. Tincture of the bark.
Clinical
Uterus, affections of; prolapse of. Uterus, tumours of.
Characteristics
Fraxinus has had a fragmentary proving, but the chief clinical authority for its use is Dr. Burnett, who regards it as a uterine tonic in all heavy states of the uterus with prolapse, bearing-down, and relaxed ligaments. He calls it "the medicinal pessary." I have repeatedly verified his indications. It is an organ-remedy of the first rank. It is also indicated in uterine tumours, especially fibroids, with bearing-down sensations.
Relations
Compare: Sepia, Lil. t., Nat. hyperchlor., Secale, Hydrast.
2. Head
Headache with vertigo followed by fever.─Throbbing pain in back of head and neck.
Phatak's chapter on Fraxinus americana is available in the app.
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