Staphysagria is a remedy long before Dr. Hahnemann, was used in domestic practice for the cure of toothache.
It was commonly used in nut form and used as an agent for producing vomiting and salivation and used to cure toothache.
Staphisagria belongs to the family Ranunculaceae.
It is commonly known as Delphinium staphisagria and Stavesacre.
A tincture of Staphysagria is made of seeds
When the dried seeds are 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. Hahnemann.
It is a wonderful remedy from the vegetable kingdom.
Its pulp extract from the seeds is taken, is also prepared which is further potentized and Dilutions are prepared with alcohol.
Mother Tincture and trituration of the dried seeds of the plant is prepared, and subsequent potencies are made.
The process of dynamization arouses the latent curative powers and makes Staphisagria, an invaluable homeopathic medicine to serve a therapeutic purpose when given in dynamic doses.
Staphysagria Constitution /Personality
Staphysagria is a remedy, best suited for people usually young man, who is very much weak and debilitated, with the guilty and abashed look, who are having craving for tobacco.
It is best suited to people who are affected by venereal diseases and have numerous warts and unhealthy skin.
The patient is of a nervous and melancholic temperament, mostly chilly patient with psora and sycosis in the background.
Guiding symptoms of Staphysagria
Staphysagria is one of the best remedies for the mental effects of onanism, sexual abuse, or sexual excess.
It is a top-listed remedy for various conditions that come from anger, with indignation.
It is a wonderful remedy for great nervousness, weakness of the mind, memory, and sexual excess.
It is a wonderful remedy for the bad effects of injury from sharp cutting instruments and post-surgical operations.
It is a wonderful remedy for excess sleepiness, the patient feels sleepy all day, and awake all night with a body ache all over.
It is a wonderful remedy for eye conditions like styes and chalazae on eyelids, leaving hard nodules in place.
It is a great remedy for acute toothache during menses, teeth are very painful to touch or food or drink, but not from biting or chewing, aggravated by drawing in cold air into the mouth.
It is a great remedy for the intense craving for tobacco.
It is a great remedy for cough only in the daytime and is exciting for cleaning teeth and tobacco smoke.
It is a remedy for the ill effect of excess dwelling on sexual subjects, constantly thinking of sexual pleasure.
It is a wonderful remedy for extremes of appetite even when the stomach is full of food, and ravenous hunger a day before the attack of fever.
It is a wonderful remedy for eczema with acrid oozing and new vesicles from the contact of the exudation.
Staphysagria is a wonderful remedy in urinary conditions when there is intolerable urging to urinate, still, the patient has to wait for a long time to pass urine, with subsequent burning in the urethra.
Staphysagria 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
Staphysagria is a wonderful, remedy for mental conditions, where the person is impetuous, there are violent outbursts of passion, the person is hypochondriacal and always sad.
It is a wonderful remedy for a mental condition where the person is very sensitive to what others say about her.
It is a wonderful remedy for persons who dwell on sexual matters and prefers solitude.
The person is Peevish, the child cries for many things and refuses them when offered.
It is a wonderful remedy for a person in a mental condition when he is very apathetic and indifferent, low-spirited, and has weak memory from sexual abuse.
Head symptoms
Staphysagria is a great remedy for headaches, it is a severe stupefying headache; that passes off with yawning.
There is a sensation in the head as if the brain feels squeezed.
There is a sensation of a ball of lead in the forehead, with severe itching eruption above and behind the ears.
Nose symptoms
It is a wonderful remedy for nasal congestion, and chronic nasal blockage progressing to emphysema.
Eyes symptoms
It is a great remedy for the eye, there is a painful weakness of, the eyes, with heat in the eyeballs, and dims the vision when seeing through the spectacles.
It is a wonderful remedy for recurrent styes and chalazae.
The eyes are sunken, with blue rings, and the margin of the lids itch. There are affections of angles of the eye, particularly the inner sides of the eyes.
It is a wonderful remedy for Lacerated or incised wounds of the cornea.
It is a wonderful remedy for bursting pain in the eyeballs of syphilitic iritis.
Teeth symptom
It is a top-listed remedy for toothache, with swelling of cheeks and submaxillary glands.
It is a wonderful remedy for toothache, immediately after a meal, after mastication, and also after cold drinks, and the introduction of cold air into the mouth, there is aggravation at night or in the morning.
It is a wonderful remedy for tearings and pressive drawings in carious teeth, or in the roots of teeth those which are sound in the open air, and also in gums.
The teeth are sensitive to touch, especially. at night and in the morning. The front teeth get loose from alveolar periostitis going on to the caries of the jaw.
It is a wonderful remedy for gnawing pain in carious teeth, there is blackness, brittleness, and caries of teeth which exfoliate.
It is a wonderful remedy for Dentition, the child is very sensitive to; teeth decay as soon as they are cut.
It is a wonderful remedy for affections of teeth on the right side chiefly; in cases of decayed teeth very often excessively tender on being filled; can’t bear the operation.
It is a wonderful remedy for pyorrhoea where there is painful sensitiveness, swelling, and easy bleeding of gums.
It is a remedy for painful nodosities and excrescences on the gums, there as tearing in the gums of lower incisors, and the roots of teeth while eating.
Mouth symptom
It is a wonderful remedy for toothache during menses, the teeth are black and crumbling.
It is a wonderful remedy for excess salivation, there are spongy gums, that bleed easily.
It is a wonderful remedy for submaxillary glands that are swollen.
Face symptom
The Face is wan and sharp countenance sunken, nose peaked, with eyes hollow, and surrounded by a blue circle.
There is a Bashful look on the face with the bluish and brownish color of the face when excited by passion.
There is a distressing pressive and throbbing pain in the face, from teeth into the eye.
There is nostalgia in old ladies; on touching lips with a spoon or fork inexpressible pains shot from lips over face, so the fluid food is to be eaten with fingers, can take no solid food, and mastication is impossible.
It is a wonderful remedy for inflammation of the bones of the face, with burning shootings, incisive drawings, and pressive tearing pain in the lips.
It is a wonderful remedy for facial neuralgia that is aggravated by holding cold water in the mouth there is swelling of lips and easy dislocation of the maxillary joint. It is a wonderful remedy for the induration of salivary glands, and cartilage, beneath the chin, pain on swallowing, and touch.
Throat symptom
Staphysagria is indicated in conditions where there is a sore throat with stitches flying to the ear on swallowing, especially left ear is affected.
It is a wonderful remedy for pharyngitis that is chronic and does not go for years together.
Chest symptom
It is a wonderful remedy for croupy cough, which is generally present only in the daytime or after dinner.
It is a wonderful remedy for cough is worse after meat after vexation or indignation and is excited by cleaning teeth and by tobacco smoking.
Heart symptom
It is a wonderful remedy for heart conditions when there is a contraction of the heart with rapid heartbeat severe pain in the chest and sensation as if suffocated and choked with general uneasiness.
It is a wonderful remedy for heart attack when there is paralysis, beginning in the extremities, the heart occurs as an after-effect of onanism, sexual excess, sexual abuse, pride, envy, chagrin, anger with indignation, and unmerited insults.
Stomach symptoms
Staphysagria is a great remedy for the stomach when the stomach is flabby and weak.
There is a continuous desire for stimulants.
The Stomach feels relaxed and as if hanging down.
There is a severe craving for tobacco.
It is a wonderful remedy for Canine hunger, even when the stomach is full. There is a ravenous appetite a few days before the attack of hunger.
It is a wonderful remedy for nausea after abdominal operations.
It is a wonderful remedy for acidity, with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
It is a wonderful remedy for colicky pain in the stomach and abdomen after lithotomy and ovariectomy.
Abdomen and Rectum symptoms
Staphysagria is a wonderful remedy for a distended abdomen, there is colicky pain in the abdomen, usually the colic occurs after anger.
It is a wonderful remedy for hot flatus, there is swollen abdomen in children, with much flatus.
It is a wonderful remedy for abdominal colic, with pelvic tenesmus.
There is severe pain following an abdominal operation and there is incarcerated flatus.
It is a wonderful remedy for diarrhea after drinking cold water, with tenesmus.
In case of Constipation, 2 drops of tincture at night and morning is very useful.
It is a wonderful remedy for hemorrhoids, with an enlarged prostate.
Urinary symptoms
Staphysagria has got wonderful action on the urinary organs, the patient suffers from cystocele locally and internally.
It is a wonderful remedy for cystitis in lying-in patients after surgical operations.
An Ineffectual is urging to urinate but has to wait for one hour to pass urine, it is more common in newly married women and women after delivery.
The patient has an urgent urging to urinate but still has to sit at the urinal for hours before urine will be passed.
Pressure upon the bladder; feels as if it did not empty, there sensation as if a drop of urine were rolling continuously along the channel.
It is a wonderful remedy for burning in the urethra during micturition.
It is a wonderful remedy for Prostatic troubles; frequent urination, and burning in the urethra when not urinating.
It is a wonderful remedy for urging and pain after urinating and pain after lithotomy.
Male symptoms
Staphysagria has got wonderful action on male problems, especially after self-abuse; persistent dwelling on sexual subjects.
It is a wonderful remedy for spermatorrhoea, with sunken features; a guilty look; emissions, backache and weakness, and sexual neurasthenia.
It is a wonderful remedy for Dyspnoea after coition.
Female symptoms
Staphysagria has got wonderful action on the female genital organs the parts are very sensitive, worse sitting down.
It is a wonderful remedy for irritable bladder in young married women.
It is an invaluable remedy for Leucorrhoea in women which results from anger, indignation, grief and mortification, onanism, and sexual excess.
It is a wonderful remedy for prolapsus of the uterus, with sinking in the abdomen; aching around the hips.
Hand and Leg symptoms
Staphysagria is wonderful rheumatism and gout with pain in the extremities and muscles, especially of calves, and feeling bruised.
It is a wonderful remedy for backache; worse in the morning before rising, and the extremities feel as if beaten and painful.
It is a wonderful remedy for joints stiff and crural neuralgia.
It is a wonderful remedy for dull aching of nates extending to the hip joint and small back.
Back symptoms
Staphysagria is indicated to treat arthritic pain in the back, and pains in the back are aggravated at night in bed and the morning before rising.
There is sore bruising pain down the back with severe weakness and exhaustion.
Fever symptoms
Staphysagria is a wonderful remedy for fevers that occurs from an excess of sexual abuse and sexual excess, onanism envy, and anger.
It is a top-listed remedy for high-grade fever that occurs after two to three days of an excess and ravenous appetite.
The fever is with chills beginning below and creeping up back making it completely debilitated with inflammation of the phalanges with sweating and suppuration.
Skin symptoms
It is a great remedy for people with skin affections, mostly in the form of eczema of the head, ears, face, and body; thick scabs, dryness, and itching violently; scratching changes the location of itching.
It is a wonderful remedy for Fig-warts that are pedunculated.
It is a wonderful remedy for arthritic nodes, with inflammation of phalanges and night sweats.
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 Staphysagria gets aggravated by mental affection, anger; being in the dark; and falling asleep.
All symptoms of Staphysagria are worse from anger, indignation, grief, mortification, loss of fluids, onanism, sexual excesses, and tobacco; the least touch on affected parts.
Amelioration By
The conditions of the Staphysagria get better, after breakfast, warmth, and rest at night.
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 Staphysagria are Causticum,coclcynthis
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 Staphysagria are Ferrum pyro phosphorus Colocynthis; Causticum; Ignatia; Phosphoric acid; Caladium.
Incompatible to
The remedies were incompatible with Staphysagria is Ranunculus bulbosus.
It Antidotes
Staphysagria antidotes the ill effects of tobacco smoking.
Antidoted by
The bad effects of staphysagria are antidoted by Camphor.
Staphysagria Uses, Dosage & Potencies
The dosage and potency of the medicine depend on the individual case.
Staphysagria 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 rheumatism and sciatica.
This potency requires frequent repetition, 3-4 times a day, till the expected result is seen.
Staphysagria 200 Uses
This is considered as higher potency; they are given when the majority of mental symptoms and physical symptoms of Staphysagria 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.
Staphysagria 1M Uses
This is very high potency. One should give it only after careful case analysis, where all medicinal symptoms of Staphysagria and that given by the patient match perfectly.
It is wonderful in the treatment of eczema, and neuralgia of the face.
One should not repeat 1 M potencies. It is given 30 days once and waiting for symptoms to disappear.
Staphysagria Q (Mother Tincture) Uses
The mother tincture of Staphysagria is used by many homeopaths to relieve the symptoms associated with hemorrhages.
It is mainly used to relieve symptoms of skin eruptions, lice, or head vermins and should only be given when all the symptoms of Staphysagria 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.
Staphysagria 3X/6X Uses
This lower potency of Staphysagria works well to treat conditions like urinary tract infections and skin eruptions, 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 Staphysagria
- Asthma
- Bites
- Bronchitis
- Anger- fits
- Anus- itching
- Backache.
- Bashfulness
- Blepharitis
- Bones- diseases
- Cauliflower excrescences
- Chalazion
- Condylomata
- Cough
- Cysts
- Dentition
- Dysentery
- Dyspareunia in newly married women
- Eczema
- Eyes- tumors
- Fistula dental
- Gastralgia
- Glands affections
- Hip-joint disease
- Impotency
- Iritis
- Lumbar abscess
- Masturbation
- Neuralgia
- Night-sweats
- Nymphomania
- Perspiration offensive
- Prostate-affections
- Abscess
- Rheumatism
- Sciatica
- Scurvy
- Sea-sickness
- Spermatorrhoea
- Stiff-neck
- Styes
- Teeth-caries
- Tobacco- effect
- Tonsillitis
- Toothache
- Tumors
- Warts
Staphysagria 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 Staphysagria are seen mostly nausea or skin rash, then it can be antidoted by Camphora.