Drosera Rotundifolia is commonly known as Sundew and is well proved by Dr.Hanemann and Dr.Tyler.
It belongs to the family Droseraceae, the crude substance for preparation is the leaves, it contains the highest concentration of vitamin C. The plant is abundantly found all over Europe
This is wonderful medicine for treating whooping cough and it has got an important action of treating tubercular infection, particularly of bones and glands.
Drosera Rotundifolia is a great homeopathic remedy as it has its influence on the pneumo-gastric nerve, it has wonderful curative power in diseases affecting lungs like spasmodic cough, bones, and glands.
Drosera Rotundifolia Constitution/Personality
Drosera Rotundifolia is more of a specific remedy for whooping cough, and tuberculosis infection in young people.
This is suitable for persons with tubercular diathesis.
The patient suffers from frequent colds, are very sensitive to cold, cannot tolerate cold in any form, very chilly patient thermally.
Guiding symptoms of Drosera Rotundifolia
Drosera Rotundifolia is one of the best remedies for nocturnal cough, in young persons who suffer from phthisis.
There is violent spasmodic cough aggravated at midnight, by warmth, by drinking, by singing, by laughing, weeping, and lying down.
The patient has violent paroxysms whooping cough which follows each other rapidly, is scarcely able to get a breath.
There is a deep sounding in the chest when coughing and hoarse barking cough that is aggravated after midnight, during, or after measles.
This is indicated for treating spasmodic cough with, gagging, retching and vomiting.
This is useful in treating the titillating cough in children that begins as soon as the head touches the pillow, as the child goes to bed, at night.
This is a wonderful remedy in treating the nocturnal cough of young persons in phthisis there are bloody or purulent sputa.
The cough is aggravated by warmth, drinking, singing, laughing, weeping, lying down, and after midnight.
During cough, there is vomiting of water, mucus, and often bleeding at the nose and mouth, one of the particular indications of Drosera Rotundifolia is the sensation of the feather in the larynx, exciting cough.
This is mostly indicated when there is cramping and constriction in the throat causing difficulty in swallowing solids.
This is the remedy indicated in treating Clergyman’s sore throat; with rough, scraping, dry sensation deep in the fauces, the voice becomes hoarse, deep, toneless, cracked, and requires exertion to speak.
This is used by many homeopaths to treat laryngeal phthisis following whooping cough, there is constriction, and crawling in the larynx with hoarseness and yellow or green sputa.
This is a wonderful remedy for sciatica there is pressing pain, in the hip region, aggravated by pressure, stooping, lying on the painful side, and relieved by rising from bed.
Drosera Rotundifolia 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
Patients requiring Drosera Rotundifolia often experience significant anxiety, particularly in the evening or when alone. They may display capricious and obstinate behavior, becoming easily upset over trivial matters.
This remedy is especially effective for individuals suffering from hallucinations, particularly those involving fears of ghosts.
Drosera Rotundifolia is also beneficial for women with restless dispositions, as patients often exhibit a deep mistrust of others, compounding their anxiety and emotional distress.
Head symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is a great remedy for headaches, there is a pressive type of headache the patient feels as if the brain is to push out through the forehead and zygoma, along with stupefaction and qualmishness.
This is indicated for headache in which there is an outward throbbing sensation in the entire head and hammering in the forehead.
Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated when the headache is worse from stooping and warmth and better by motion, and cold.
Eyes symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is useful for the eye’s conditions like presbyopia, with contracted pupils and are very sensitive to light.
This is a great remedy for prostration of eyes from overexertion. There are outward stitches in the eyeballs when stooping. The eyes are dazzled by the light.
The letter runs together when reading and the lids are livid, continuously moving.
Ears symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is a very good remedy for advanced stages of tinnitus, there is difficulty in hearing with buzzing and roaring in the ears.
This is indicated when there is sticking and forcing in-ears, especially when swallowing.
Nose symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is an indicated remedy for treating epistaxis, the nose bleeds in the early morning and evening. The patient blows blood from the nose frequently.
There are black pores on the nose. The nose is very sensitive to sour odors and constantly dry.
Mouth symptoms
Patients often report a sensation of dryness in the fauces accompanied by an absence of thirst. Drosera Rotundifolia is beneficial for water brash, characterized by a constant accumulation of water in the mouth.
This remedy is particularly effective for bleeding due to ulceration in the mouth, with patients experiencing bloody saliva. Additionally, they may frequently hawk up yellow or green mucus.
Drosera Rotundifolia is also indicated when there is bad-smelling breath associated with coughing.
Face symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated when the face is pale, with sunken eyes. Due to respiratory disorders, the face looks puffed and livid.
This is indicated to those patients who suffer from the pimple eruption on the face, with fine sticking pains on the face, the face ache is worse from pressure and touch. There are black pores on the chin.
Throat symptom
Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated in pharyngitis with sticking in the pharynx when swallowing. There is a scratching sensation in the throat from salty foods. It is indicated when there is difficult swallowing of solids, as from narrowing of the throat.
One of the particular indications of Drosera Rotundifolia is the sensation as if crumbs of bread remained in the pharynx.
This is useful in treating the persistent, irritating cough there is constant roughness and dryness in the trachea with the sensation of a soft body like a feather in the throat.
Constriction of the throat when talking. There is alternately soft and hard mucus in the trachea with inflammation of the trachea and pain when talking, it makes the voice deep and husky.
Chest symptom
Drosera Rotundifolia is a remarkable remedy for coughs resulting from contractions in the lower abdomen. It is characterized by a ringing cough, which feels as though the trachea is dry, leading to chest compression. Patients often find relief by pressing their hands against their chest during coughing.
When singing, patients may experience a biting sensation in the larynx, often triggered by smoking or drinking.
This remedy is particularly effective for violent whooping cough, with periodically recurring coughing attacks that manifest as a barking cough every 1 to 3 hours. It is also useful in treating non-resonant coughing fits, which can be exhausting and do not allow for recovery even after taking a breath.
Drosera Rotundifolia is valuable for hemoptysis characterized by bright red, foamy, or black coagulated blood, often accompanied by greenish expectoration after painful bouts of whooping cough.
Additionally, it is indicated when there is pressure on the sternum, resulting in festering pain in the chest.
Heart symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is useful when there is pain in the sternum, but it is mostly due to continuous suffering from whooping cough.
Stomach symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated for patients who experience thirst in the early morning, particularly during heat but not during the chill stage of tuberculosis infections. It is also recommended for those with an aversion to pork.
This remedy is useful when there is a bitter taste in the mouth while eating bread, resulting in tasteless food. Additionally, it effectively addresses acidity when nausea occurs after consuming fatty foods, often leading to frequent retching.
Drosera Rotundifolia is particularly beneficial for vomiting, especially in cases of nightly bile vomiting, which may sometimes consist of only water. Patients may also experience early morning vomiting of mucus and food, with the possibility of vomiting blood occurring during or after coughing.
Moreover, this remedy is great for contractive pain in the stomach that compels patients to press on the affected area with their hands during coughing. It is also effective in treating gastralgia, where pain feels as if it is drawing inward, accompanied by vomiting and constriction, as well as bellyache after souring nightly urination.
Abdomen and Rectum symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is a remarkable remedy for frequent evacuations of sanguineous mucus, accompanied by cutting pains in the rectum. Patients often experience abdominal pain and discomfort in the small of the back after a stool.
Urinary symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is known for its remarkable effects on the urinary organs, leading to frequent urges to urinate with minimal discharge, often just drop by drop, including nocturnal urine emission. It is indicated for diabetes, which presents with frequent urination characterized by brownish, strongly odorous urine or sometimes watery, odorless urine accompanied by fetid stools containing white mucus.
Male symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is not much related to male genitalia, it is useful when the patient suffers from impotence due to tuberculosis.
Female symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia has a significant action on female genitals, particularly in cases of suppressed menses that are notably delayed.
This remedy is also indicated for leucorrhea accompanied by cramps in the abdomen that resemble labor pains, compelling the patient to bend forward for relief, which is improved by stooping.
Hand and Leg symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated when there are Sciatic pains with gnawing, sticking pain in hip joints. There is pressing pain in the hip region, aggravated from pressure, stooping, lying on the painful side, and relieved after rising from bed.
This is useful in the paralytic weakness of bones there is bruised sensation in limbs.
There is soreness of limbs upon which he lies as if the bed were too hard. Drosera Rotundifolia is a wonderful remedy for rapid emaciation of limbs with galloping and laryngeal phthisis.
It is useful in conditions of hands and legs that occur after epileptic attacks with twitching limbs, they are followed by sleepiness and expectoration of blood.
Most symptoms of extremities are intensified at night and toward morning, as well as from warmth and during rest.
Drosera Rotundifolia is a top-listed medicine for tuberculosis of bone there is gnawing, sticking pains through all long bones, worse during rest.
Back symptoms
Drosera Rotundifolia is considered an effective remedy for tuberculosis of the spine, characterized by spinal caries and severe spinal deformities. It is associated with stiffness in the nape of the neck and pain during movement.
It is also indicated for treating back pains that resemble sprains, bruise-like pains in the back, especially early in the morning, and symptoms where the patient cannot wake up due to lameness and paralysis of the back.
Skin symptoms
This is recommended for skin conditions such as dermatitis, which causes intense itching during undressing and peels off easily with slight scratching.
It is an effective remedy for treating corrosive itching and painful soreness on the scalp, especially in dandruff conditions, which improves with rubbing.
Fever symptoms
This is the remedy for tubercular low-grade fever the pulse, is unchanged, with the chill causing cold pale face, and cold extremities.
During chills there is shuddering during rest, it seems too cold everywhere, even in bed. Drosera Rotundifolia is indicated for chill by day and heat by night.
This is a great fever remedy with heat almost entirely on the face and head, there is increased warmth of the upper part of the body in the evening.
This is an important remedy for intermittent fever with a sore throat and inclination to vomit.
This is indicated when the patient complains of warm sweat, at night, especially, after midnight and in the morning, most profuse on the face but cold feeling, on the forehead.
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.
Aggravated By
Drosera Rotundifolia patient has all complaints worse after midnight, on lying down, on getting warm in bed, on drinking, on singing, and by laughing.
Amelioration By
The conditions of Drosera Rotundifolia by rising in case of sciatica, by rubbing in case of dandruff, headache are better by motion, and all complaints are better by cold.
Relationship with Other Medicine
Complementary Medicines
This remedy completes the process of cure that is started by the first medicine given.
The remedies complementary to Drosera Rotundifolia are Sulphur, Veratrum-album.
Similar Medicines
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 Drosera Rotundifolia are Coral,Cuprum . met,
Compatible
These are the remedies that are suitable to be used together. Drosera Rotundifolia s compatible with Cina,Ipecac,Sambucus.
Antidoted by
The bad effects of Drosera Rotundifolia are antidoted by Camphora.
Drosera Rotundifolia Dosage & Potencies
The dosage and potency of the medicine depend on the individual case.
Drosera Rotundifolia 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.
This potency requires frequent repetition, 3-4 times a day, till the expected result is seen.
Drosera Rotundifolia 200 Uses
This is considered as higher potency; they are given when the majority of mental and physical symptoms of Drosera Rotundifolia match.
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.
Drosera Rotundifolia 1M Uses
This is very high potency. One should give it only after careful case analysis, where all medicinal symptoms of Drosera Rotundifolia and that given by the patient match perfectly.
One should not repeat 1 M potency. It is given 30 days once and waiting for symptoms to disappear.
Drosera Rotundifolia Q (Mother Tincture) Uses
The mother tincture of Drosera Rotundifolia is used by many homeopaths to treat leucorrhoea in females, and sciatica pains that needs frequent repetition.
Take 10 drops of mother tincture in half a cup of water three times a day till the improvement occurs.
Drosera Rotundifoli 3X/6X Uses
This lower potency of Drosera Rotundifolia works well to treat the conditions like gastralgia and dysmenorrhoea has a therapeutic effect on patients suffering from obesity.
Take 2-3 drops of dilution directly on the tongue thrice a day for 3 months.
Clinical Indication of Drosera Rotundifolia
- Coryza
- Cough
- Amblyopia
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Catarrh
- Consumption
- Cough
- Coxalgia
- Epilepsy
- Haemorrhage
- Headache
- Laryngitis
- Measles
- Nausea
- Phthisis
- Sciatica
- Vomiting
- Whooping-cough
Drosera Rotundifolia 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 Drosera Rotundifolia are seen, like if the patient is allergic to the content of crude medicinal substance, there are usually minor skin rashes, 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.