Anas Barbariae 30, 200, Q – Uses, Benefits & Side Effects

Anas Barbariae, is one of the remedies in homeopathy useful in treating a variety of diseases, is an indispensable remedy, proved and incorporated in Homeopathy and discovered by Dr.Joseph Roy.

Anas Barbariae is commonly known as Oscillococcinum.

It belongs to the family of Sarcodes, healthy extracts of animals.

Influenza is a highly infectious viral disease that is particularly common in the winter months. Oscillococcinum or anas barbariae is a patented homeopathic medicine that is made from a 1% solution of wild duck heart and liver extract.

Which is then diluted 200 times with water and alcohol and is diluted repeatedly until there are no molecules of duck heart or liver are found in the actual pill.

Then only after the process of dynamization, curative power is aroused and it can be used as homeopathic curative medicine.

It is one of the top-ranking remedies for What is Anas Barbariae?

Anas barbariae or Oscillococcinum is used to treat and prevent seasonal colds and airway inflammatory affections, improve symptom control and reduce the frequency of respiratory tract infection

Anas Barbariae constitution

Anas barbariae is a top-ranking medicine, especially for people who tend to suffer from frequent cough and cold, sinus, bronchitis, and upper respiratory tract infections, all of these express the condition calling for this remedy.

It is suitable for people with tuberculosis in the background and is very sensitive to cold climates.

It is suitable for luetic people who have fixed and obsessive ideas.

It is a remedy suitable for persons who are mentally and physically restless and feeling weak.

It is suited to people in whom the Complaints come on due to cold food and in affections due to cold wind and when there is a thunderstorm.

Guiding symptoms of Anas Barbariae

Anas Barbariae is a remedy used in homeopathy for prompt relief from cold and flu symptoms that occur in cold and humid climates. It is primarily indicated for treating influenza associated with headaches and body aches. This remedy helps control profuse expectoration of thin, watery discharge, coryza, and irritative cough.

Anas Barbariae is effective for overcoming physical and mental restlessness and feelings of weakness. It is commonly prescribed for seasonal colds and airway inflammatory conditions. Regular intake during episodes of cold and flu can promote a sense of well-being.

This remedy is also beneficial for tuberculosis patients sensitive to chilling.

General Symptoms:

Anas Barbariae is suitable for individuals who are lean, pale, and experience chronic invalidity and weakness, along with a need for fresh air despite fear of cold. Symptoms may include stiffness, shivering, a sensation of being too hot, headaches, weakness, and shaking sensations that descend the body.

Patients may experience bitter and grayish secretions when coughing. Symptoms worsen with thoughts about the illness, moisture, fog, weather changes, nighttime, rest, after consuming eggs or drinking milk. Improvement is noted in fresh air, at the seaside, with warmth, during rest, and after evacuations.

This remedy is effective for latent anxiety, particularly when someone is late, resulting in fear and unease without a clear cause. It is suitable for impatient individuals and may improve when the person is occupied.

Patients may feel a sense of futility and exhibit maniacal tendencies towards trivial matters. Anas Barbariae is also indicated for obsessive-compulsive disorders, characterized by an aversion to disorder, fear of dirt, and pollution. There may be a frequent urge to wash hands and a reluctance to shake hands due to fear of contagion.

This remedy is appropriate for stubborn individuals and those who are depressed, often reflecting on past fears, such as thunderstorms.

Anas Barbariae addresses flu-like symptoms with needle-like pain in the ears, accompanied by a runny nose. Patients may have yellowish eyes and conjunctiva, experience a dry painful cough, and occasionally present with a wet cough producing mucopurulent expectoration, usually bitter and grayish.

It is utilized by homeopaths for treating varicose veins, particularly when patients report feelings of electric shocks in the lower legs. This remedy is also indicated for female complaints involving yellowish leucorrhea.

Anas Barbariae Uses

This article will cover from head to toe all the complaints body. And wherever the symptoms are matched, this medicine can be used-

Mind symptoms 

Anas Barbariae is a remedy in homeopathy that assists diabetic patients who experience fear during thunderstorms or when their partners are late returning home. Such individuals often report sensations of electric currents in their varicose-veined legs.

Patients may experience itching in the anal area and on the wrists. They often feel compelled to wash themselves excessively, particularly when dealing with a runny nose.

These individuals tend to resist advice, especially suggestions not to worry.

The remedy is effective for latent anxiety, particularly when someone does not return on time, leading to fear and unease without a clear cause.

It is suitable for impatient individuals, with improvement noted when they are engaged in activities.

Anas Barbariae addresses feelings of futility and can lead to maniacal tendencies over trivial matters. It is indicated for obsessive-compulsive disorders, where patients cannot tolerate disorder or have fears related to dirt and pollution.

There may be a frequent urge to wash hands, and patients may be reluctant to shake hands due to fear of contagion.

This remedy is appropriate for stubborn individuals and is beneficial for those who are depressed and frequently recall past fears, such as thunderstorms.

Head symptoms 

Anas Barbariae is indicated for treating sick headaches accompanied by a heavy feeling in the head. Patients may experience a sudden sensation of detachment in the head.

It is effective for headaches located in the frontal region as well as the occipital area, which tend to worsen in the morning and improve when the patient blows their nose.

The remedy is suitable for headaches characterized by a bruised sensation and soreness. It is also indicated for headaches with vertigo, particularly in elderly individuals. During episodes of vertigo, patients may experience clouding of the senses and sometimes sudden onset of vertigo.

In cases of vertigo, pain may be felt on the right side of the head, often accompanied by repeated shaking.

Eyes symptoms

Anas Barbariae is indicated in homeopathy for eye conditions, particularly when the patient experiences conjunctivitis, redness of the eyes, and itching, often accompanied by an irritating runny nose.

It is effective for treating iritis and retinal hemorrhages associated with diabetic retinopathy. In such cases, the conjunctiva may become red and subsequently develop a yellowish hue.

Ears symptoms

Anas Barbariae is indicated for violent needle-like pain in the ears during a flu-like state, often accompanied by a runny nose and yellow conjunctiva.

The patient may experience a dry, painful cough, which can occasionally turn into a wet cough with mucopurulent expectoration. Additionally, there may be itching in the ear canal.

Nose symptoms 

Anas Barbariae is indicated for abnormal sensations in the nose, including nasal congestion, sinus pain, pressure in the nose, and headaches.

The patient may experience congestion with a runny nose, itching in the eyes, and mucopurulent discharge from the ears.

Mouth symptoms 

Anas Barbariae is indicated for swelling in the mouth, with a putrid taste in the whole tongue and vomiting of undigested food matter.

It is also useful for loss of taste sensation in the tongue, which may occur during a flu infection.

Face symptoms

Anas Barbariae is indicated for acne, characterized by itching of the cheeks and pain in the maxillary region of the face.

The patient may also experience a sensation of something running across the right half of the face, as well as the feeling of a bug crawling over the face during the night.

Throat symptoms

Anas Barbariae is a remedy indicated for sore throat, characterized by pain during swallowing. It is effective in relieving nasal and chest congestion, dry fitful cough, sneezing, minor sore throat, and runny or stuffy nose during episodes of flu and cold.

Additionally, it is useful for tonsillar engorgement associated with sore throat, particularly in cases of influenza, where the patient may experience weakness and an aversion to talking.

Chest symptom

Anas Barbariae is a great remedy for a cough when there is a dry irritating cough.

It is indicated when there is a wet cough with little mucopurulent expectoration.

It is useful in treating conditions of hypotension and also hypertension.

Stomach symptoms

Anas Barbariae, is useful for gastric disorders, like stomach cramps, with weakness of digestion.

The stomach symptoms are worse on warm food, in the warmth of the bed.

There is a loss of sense of taste there is a bitter taste in the mouth and a sensation of vomiting.

Abdomen and Rectum symptoms

Anas Barbariae is indicated for pain in the appendix region and is effective for abdominal cramps accompanied by fetid-smelling diarrhea.

It is also useful for persistent constipation that may lead to the development of hemorrhoids. Patients may experience a sensation of fullness in the belly and anal itching, which worsens in the warmth of the bed, with or without the presence of hemorrhoids.

Male symptoms

Anas Barbariae has a wonderful action on the male genitalia where there is weakness in the genital organs and diminution of sexual power, due to frequent flu and the common cold, there are running nose, fever nasal congestion, sinus congestion, and headache.

Female symptoms 

Anas Barbariae is effective for fetid and yellow leucorrhea in female genitals.

It addresses a weak uterus resulting from recurrent flu and cold infections that cause dry cough and changes in lower abdominal muscle contraction. Additionally, it is useful for managing varicose veins during pregnancy and diabetes in pregnant women.

Urinary symptoms

Anas Barbariae is useful when there is urine incontinence as a result of frequent cough and cold due to flu causing pressure on the bladder.

It is indicated in patients with hyperglycemia leading to painful micturition, there is cloudy urine or sugar in the urine.

Hand and Leg symptoms

Anas Barbariae is effective for various stages of joint pains that occur secondary to flu infections. It addresses body pains associated with fever, cough, cold, and a runny nose.

Additionally, it is beneficial for leg pain due to varicose veins, particularly when aggravated at night, accompanied by a sensation of electric currents through the affected legs.

Back symptoms

Anas Barbariae is a great remedy for backache in the stages of viral fever, the patient is unable to move and has to lie down in bed, and the warmth of the bed worsens the symptoms.

Skin symptoms

Anas Barbariae is used for treating skin disorders, particularly itching that occurs after antibiotic use. It is commonly prescribed by homeopaths for phlebitis and is effective for diabetic ulcerations in the legs, especially when pain occurs at night.

This remedy is also indicated for chronic streptococcal eczema, characterized by small itchy bumps on the inside of the wrist.

Additionally, it addresses anal itching and itchy bumps on the wrists, with patients often feeling the urge to wash them off, especially when experiencing a runny nose and resisting advice to remain calm.

Fever symptoms

Anas Barbariae is effective for swine flu fever, as it helps shorten the duration of symptoms, including fever, chills, body aches, and pain.

It serves as a first line of defense in managing flu cases. This remedy is indicated when the fever is high-grade, accompanied by debility, severe runny nose, sinus congestion, headache, and pain in the hands and legs.

Sleep symptoms

Anas Barbariae is a wonderful remedy for sleeplessness or insomnia, there is sleeplessness with agitation during the night and from the warmth of the bed.

Anas Barbariae Modalities

Modalities are the factors that, increase or decrease the complaints in a patient.

They are categorized as aggravating factors and amelioration factors.

Aggravating factors make the condition of the illness worst, while the amelioration factor makes the condition of the disease better.

It can be time, any part of the day, season, position, or any applications, etc.

Anas Barbariae Aggravated By

The condition of Anas Barbariae is worse in hot baths and from the warmth of bed and at night.

The stomach symptoms are worse on warm food, in the warmth of bed.

The joint complaints and mental symptoms are worse before thunderstorms and cold wind.

Anas Barbariae Amelioration By

The conditions of Anas Barbariae are better from warm drinks.

Relationship with Other remedy Medicine

Anas Barbariae Complementary remedy

This remedy completes the process of cure that is started by the first medicine given.

The remedies complementary to Anas Barbariae are in case of flu, Arsenicum album, and Allium cepa.

Anas Barbariae Similar remedy

These remedies have many similarities in action but are different in origin, which means the source from which the medicine is prepared is another.

Remedies similar to Anas Barbariae are Natrum muriaticum , Arsenicum album

Anas Barbariae Compatible remedy

These are the remedies that are suitable to be used together.

It is compatible with Pulsatilla and Carbo vegetabilis in varicose veins.

Anas Barbariae Antidoted by

The bad effects of Anas Barbariae are antidoted by Camphora.

Anas Barbariae Uses, dosage, and potency

The dosage and potency of the medicine depend on the individual case and disease progression.

Anas Barbariae 30 Uses

Lower potency is given when very few symptoms of the patient match with the medicine and help the doctor only to diagnose the disease condition. 

It is used in treating constipation and leucorrhoea.

This potency requires frequent repetition, 3-4 times a day, till the expected result is seen. 

Anas Barbariae 200 CH Uses

This is considered as higher potency; they are given when the majority of mental symptoms and physical symptoms of Anas Barbariae match with each other.

It is useful in skin eczema and common cold and influenza.

Higher potencies are advisable to be not repeated very often; they act for a long duration of days, so the second dose is repeated every 7-days or every 15-days once.

Anas Barbariae 1M Uses

This is very high potency.

One should give it only after careful case analysis, where all medicinal symptoms of Anas Barbariae and that given by the patient match perfectly.

It is useful in cases of, frequent sore throat and colds, also for compulsive obsessive disorders.

One should not repeat 1 M potency.

It is given 30 days once and waiting for symptoms to disappear.

Anas Barbariae -mother-tincture(Q) Uses

The mother tincture form of Bellis Perennis is the crudest, as it contains alkaloids of Anas Barbariae that are useful in pathophysiological conditions of the disease state

The mother tincture is used to treat influenza and allergic rhinitis affections which needs frequent repetition.

Take 10 drops of mother tincture in half a cup of water three times a day till the improvement occurs. 

Anas Barbariae 3x/6x Uses

This is a lower potency of Anas Barbariae third to the sixth trituration if solids and dilution if in liquid form, it

works well to treat the conditions like itching of the skin and varicosis.

Take 2-3 drops of dilution directly on the tongue thrice a day for 3 months.

Anas Barbariae Clinical Indications

• Common cold
• Influenza
• Headache
• Running nose
• Nasal congestion
• Face ache or neuralgias
• Sore throat
• Hypotension
• Hypertension
• Chronic streptococcal sore throat
• Vomiting
• Constipation
• Anal itching
• Hemorrhoids
• Ulceration of legs
• Varicose veins

Anas Barbariae Side effects

Homeopathic medicines are prepared by potentization where the dynamic curative power of the medication is aroused, so homeopathic medicines produce negligible side effects.

If any side effects of Anas Barbariae like in some cases there is severe swelling, including swelling of the tongue, and headache have been reported after taking Anas Barbariae, then it can be antidoted by Camphora.

Remember that homeopathic remedies should be prescribed based on individual symptoms and characteristics. It’s crucial to consult with a qualified homeopath for proper evaluation and personalized treatment. Homeopathy focuses on treating the whole person, so a detailed case study is necessary to select the most appropriate remedy.

Homeopathic medicines should be taken only when prescribed by a homeopathic physician. Self-medication may aggravate the original conditions.