Lappa arctium
Arctium lappa · Plant · Asteraceae
Lappa Arctium suits patients with prominent skin disorders (acne, eruptions, styes) alongside uterine weakness and relaxation of pelvic tissues lacking tonicity. Uterine symptoms are aggravated by standing, walking, a misstep, or sudden jar. The remedy also covers joint pains and liver affections.
Key symptoms
- Eruptions on head, face, and neck; pimples and acne
- Styes and ulcerations on the edge of the eyelids; crops of styes
- Profuse and frequent urination
- Sore, bruised feeling in uterus with great relaxation of vaginal tissues
- Pain in hands, knees, and ankles extending to fingers and toes
- Heavy, sore, aching sensation as if lying uncomfortably
- Vertigo with nausea and vomiting
- Numbness of lumbar region and calves
Worse (aggravation)
- Cold and wet
- Shaking
- Lying on right side
- Violent exertion
- Standing, walking, misstep, or sudden jar (uterine and pelvic symptoms)
Better (amelioration)
- Cloudy weather
Burdock
Very important in skin therapeutics. Eruptions on the head, face, and neck; pimples; acne. Styes and ulcerations on the edge of the eyelids. Profuse and frequent urination. Crops of boils and styes (Anthracin).
Extremities
Pain in hands, knees, and ankles extending downward to fingers and toes. Pain in all joints. Eruption on extremities.
Female
Uterine displacements. An exceedingly sore, bruised feeling in uterus, with great relaxation of the vaginal tissues; apparently entire lack of tonicity of pelvic contents. These symptoms all aggravated by standing, walking, a misstep, or sudden jar.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency.
Phatak's chapter on Lappa arctium is available in the app.
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