Ficus Religiosa is a remedy with a wider sphere of usefulness in the case of hemorrhages from all the orifices of the body, be it of the bladder and disorder of the urinary tract, gastric system, or female disorders.
This East Indian drug causes and cures hemorrhages of many kinds like Hematemesis, menorrhagia, and Metrorrhagia.
hemoptysis, also Bloody urine.
Ficus Religiosa is also known as. It is commonly known as Ashwaytha.
Tincture of fresh plant chopped and pounded to a pulp.
This medicine is prepared from a rush growing in all parts of A rush growing in damp soil.
When a fresh plant is chopped and pounded, then the pulp is used in adequate proportion, potentized, and proved according to the doctrine of proving it becomes one of the most valuable remedies in the field of homeopathy.
It was proved and introduced to homeopathy by Dr. Sarat Chandra Ghose, of Midnapore (India).
It is a wonderful remedy from the vegetable kingdom. It belongs to the family Moraceae.
Its pulp extract from the fresh leaves of the plant is taken, and this juice of fresh leaves mixed with equal parts of alcohol
The mother tincture is prepared which is further potentized and Dilutions are prepared with alcohol.
Mother Tincture and trituration of the fresh leaves of the plant is prepared and subsequent potencies are made.
The process of dynamization arouses the latent curative powers and makes Ficus Religiosa an invaluable homeopathic medicine to serve a therapeutic purpose when given in dynamic doses.
Ficus Religiosa Constitution /Personality
Ficus Religiosa is a remedy, best suited for people with hemorrhagic diathesis and who suffer from diseases like menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, hemorrhoids, and venous hemorrhage, making the patient very weak and restless.
Guiding symptoms of Ficus Religiosa
Ficus Religiosa is one of the best remedies for its action on the urinary organs with typical bloody urine.
It is a wonderful remedy to help in reducing pain in the abdomen.
It is a very useful remedy in treating dysentery accompanied by abnormal menstrual discharge
It is a wonderful remedy for providing effective relief from breathing difficulties and chronic cough.
It is a wonderful remedy for helping in curing hemorrhages of different types, like menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, and bloody urine.
It is highly effective in treating epistaxis.
It is a wonderful remedy for curing headaches accompanied by vertigo
It is a highly useful remedy in conditions of blood in urine and stool controlling menorrhagia.
It is a wonderful remedy for gastralgia where the person usually vomits blood of a bright red colour.
It is a wonderful remedy for conditions where dysentery and menorrhagia set in simultaneously.
The blood was bright red. It is a wonderful remedy for incontinence of urine, there is a frequent desire to pass urine, which gradually becomes bloody, and contained much blood.
It is a wonderful remedy for cough where the patient has a frequent inclination to cough, causing him to spit blood.
It is a wonderful remedy for headaches there is a slight headache; giddiness and nausea accompanied by a slight dimness of vision.
The person is very weak due to the loss of fluid in form of blood and becomes restless.
Ficus Religiosa 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
Ficus Religiosa is a wonderful, remedy for mental conditions where the mind is quiet and the person is very much disinclined to move.-Sad and.
It is a wonderful remedy for a person in a mental condition when the patient is worried and has a constant feeling of being sad and melancholic as she suffers from hoemmorages like menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.
Head symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is a great remedy for headaches there is a severe headache that is melancholic, so the person is quiet.
It is a wonderful remedy for a migraine type of headache where there is burning at the vertex; vertigo and slight headache.
During the attack of headache, there is a dull pain in the head with nausea, vertigo, and slight headache.
It is a wonderful remedy for Headaches with hemorrhages, and there is burning at the vertex.
It is a wonderful remedy for headaches that make the person; very weak and restless, with sight dimness of vision; there is burning at the top of the head.
The face becomes yellowish and the breathing difficulty causes suffocation.
It is a wonderful remedy for female disorders with the profuse discharge of bright red blood there were bearing-down pains in the lower abdomen.
It is a wonderful remedy for headaches with the heat of the face
Nose symptoms
It is a wonderful remedy for nasal conditions especially epistaxis, the blood is bright red, the nose feels sore and tender, is sensitive to cold.
Eyes symptoms
It is a great remedy for the eye, there is a painful weakness of the eye which further leads to dimness of vision.
Ear symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is a wonderful remedy for earache with dull, transient pain and stiff feeling in the ears, it will relieve pain in the ears.
It is a wonderful remedy for tinnitus with confused feeling in the ears, there is confusion about sounds, the person’s confusion with noises and there is fearful rumbling as there is an accumulation of blood in the middle ear.
Face symptom
Ficus Religiosa is indicated in cases of hemorrhagic jaundice where the face becomes yellow.
It is a wonderful remedy when the face becomes yellowish, on coughing and breathing difficulty causes suffocation.
It is a wonderful remedy when there is increased blood flow to the face if blood is pressed into the face, making the face look dull and oily.
Throat symptom
Ficus Religiosa is indicated in conditions where there is a sore throat with pharyngitis and hawking out of bloody mucus.
It is a wonderful remedy for cough where the patient has a frequent inclination to cough, causing him to spit blood.
It is a wonderful remedy for providing effective relief from breathing difficulties and chronic cough.
There is soreness with sticking and pain in the throat making it difficult to hawk out mucous and then hawks only bloody mucus.
Chest symptom
It is a wonderful remedy for chest conditions where there is difficulty in breathing with an inclination to cough, causing him to spit blood.
It is a wonderful remedy for difficulty breathing; and cough with vomiting of blood; pulse very weak, making the patient very weak.
Heart symptom
It is a wonderful remedy for heart conditions when there is palpitation with a slow pulse rate, low-grade typhoid condition makes the patient’s heart working very slow and makes the patient weak and debilitated.
Stomach symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is a great remedy for stomach disorders when there is extreme loss of hunger; appetite greatly decreased throughout the sickness.
It is a wonderful remedy for nausea, vomiting of bright red blood; pain, and a sick feeling in the stomach.
It is a wonderful remedy for stomach ulcers causing vomiting of bright red blood.
It is a wonderful remedy for acidity where there is a decrease in appetite, has to eat food in little quantities every meal.
Abdomen and Rectum symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is a wonderful remedy for a distended abdomen there is a pain in the abdomen on bearing-down pains in the lower part of the abdomen, dull and followed by stools that will be full of blood that is bright red.
It is a wonderful remedy for conditions of stool and anus, where the person suffers from dysentery, with menorrhagia.
It is a very useful remedy in treating dysentery accompanied by abnormal menstrual discharge.
It is a wonderful remedy for dysentery, with blood bright red that is passed after every stool.
Urinary symptoms
Ficus Religiosa has got wonderful action on the Urinary Organs, there is a desire to urinate but only a small quantity is passed at a time, and feels like urinating again and the urine is bloody.
The blood in urine is bright red. It is a wonderful remedy for incontinence of urine, there is a frequent desire to pass urine, which gradually becomes bloody, and contained much blood.
There is a severe dull pain in the urinary organs with a frequent desire to micturate, the urine contains much blood.
Male symptoms
Ficus Religiosa has got wonderful action on the male genital system when the person is weak and suffers from debility after suffering from typhoid fever, there is sterility as an after-effect of typhoid infection.
It is a wonderful remedy for infrequent and incomplete erections with stains of blood in reproductive discharge.
It is a wonderful remedy for feeble erection, the patient is weak and exhausted due to loss of blood by dysentery, vomiting, and gastralgia.
Female symptoms
Ficus Religiosa has got wonderful action on the female genitals there is dull aching pain in the lower abdomen, followed by menorrhagia.
It is a wonderful remedy for helping in curing hemorrhages of different types, like menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, and bloody urine.
It is a wonderful remedy for amenorrhoea, with loss of blood when the menses return every time further leading to infertility issues.
Regular intake of Ficus Religiosa helps in regulating the hormonal imbalance in females and regulating the menstrual blood flow.
It is a specific remedy for conditions of female sexual organs, where she is sad and melancholic and gets metrorrhagia problem, with bright red blood, and bearing-down pains in the lower abdomen.
Hand and Leg symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is wonderful rheumatism with pain in the upper part of the shoulders and the region of vertebra prominent, there is aggravation by least motion or contact usually after suffering from typhoid fevers.
There is a pain in the right shoulder to the middle of the upper arm with too much weakness and pain in joints making it difficult to wake up and move around.
The knees are very weak on the least exertion, and there is dull, heavy pain under the left patella the person feels sad, and melancholic, and wants to lie down all the time.
It is a top-listed remedy for pain in joints on awakening in the morning, there is pain in the abdomen and vomiting of blood.
Back symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is indicated to treat rheumatic pain in the back, and pains in the back especially when suffering from menorrhagia and metrorrhagia as in the case of females.
There is a heavy sensation like a lump in the right lumbar region, along with pain in the lower abdomen that is dull and aching.
It is a wonderful remedy for sore pain down the back with severe weakness and exhaustion after the loss of blood in form of hemorrhages.
Fever symptoms
Ficus Religiosa is a wonderful remedy for low-grade typhoid fevers, the person feels very sleepy, with eyelids heavy.
Sleep is much disturbed by tiresome dreams sometimes sad dreams making the person melancholic, weak, and debilitated.
Skin symptoms
It is a great remedy for people who are subject to chronic typhoid conditions, where the skin is full of ulcers and rash that itch and bleed.
It is a top-listed remedy for ulcers on the urethra in the urinary tract causing the passing of bloody urine.
It is a wonderful remedy for dermatitis with severe cracks in the skin that burn.
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 worse, while the amelioration factor improves the condition of the disease.
It can be time, any part of the day, season, position, or any applications, etc.
Aggravated By
The condition of Ficus Religiosa gets aggravated by motion, and sitting down.
Amelioration By
The conditions of the Ficus Religiosa get better when lying down, in the afternoon, and cold applications.
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 Ficus Religiosa are Acalypha indica; Millefolleum; Thlaspi bursa; Ipecacachuana.
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 Ficus Religiosa are Acalypha indica, Ipecachuana, Arnica, Phosphorus, Sanguisuga, Cactus, and Ferrum metallic.
Incompatible to
The remedies that were incompatible with Ficus Religiosa are calendula officinalis
It Antidotes
Ficus Religiosa antidotes the ill effects of coffee and other stimulants.
Antidoted by
The bad effects of Ficus Religiosa are antidoted by Camphor.
Ficus Religiosa Dosage & Potencies
The dosage and potency of the medicine depend on the individual case.
Ficus Religiosa 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 of great value in the treatment of menorrhagia and urine retention with bloody urine.
This potency requires frequent repetition, 3-4 times a day, till the expected result is seen.
Ficus Religiosa 200 Uses
This is considered as higher potency; they are given when the majority of mental symptoms and physical symptoms of Ficus Religiosa 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.
Ficus Religiosa 1M Uses
This is very high potency. One should give it only after careful case analysis, where all medicinal symptoms of the Ficus Religiosa and that given by the patient match perfectly.
One should not repeat 1 M potencies. It is given 30 days once and waiting for symptoms to disappear.
Ficus Religiosa Q (Mother Tincture) Uses
The mother tincture of Ficus Religiosa is used by many homeopaths to relieve the symptoms associated with hemorrhages.
Mother Tincture is a homeopathic medicine that is used for the treatment of hemorrhages of several kinds.
The other tincture helps in regulating menstrual flow in women.
The mother tincture is useful in Respiratory disorders such as breathlessness and chronic cough accompanied by blood.
It is also helpful in treating nausea, and haematemesis.
Mother tincture should only be given when all the symptoms of Ficus Religiosa are matched with the patient’s symptoms.
Take 10 drops of mother tincture in half a cup of water three times a day till the improvement occurs.
Ficus Religiosa 3X/6X Uses
This lower potency of Ficus Religiosa works well to treat conditions like menorrhagia and hemorrhages, it has a therapeutic effect on patients suffering from such conditions.
Take 2-3 drops of dilution directly on the tongue thrice a day for 3 months.
Clinical Indication of Ficus Religiosa
- Haematuria
- Dysentery
- Haematemesis
- hemorrhage of typhoid fever
- bleeding piles
- epistaxis
- Menorrhagia
- amenorrhoea
- Metrorrhagia
- Urine, retention
Ficus Religiosa 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 Ficus Religiosa are seen mostly vomiting or skin rash, then it can be antidoted by Camphora.