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Mentha Pulegium
Q to 6XMentha-pulMentha Pulegium · Pennyroyal · "The Pennyroyal Emmenagogue"
PlantUncommonPsoric
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🎯 Acts primarily on the right side of the head, the left kidney, and the female reproductive system.
About: Known commonly as Pennyroyal, this remedy has a historical reputation as a domestic aid for menstrual disorders. Provings indicate a specific affinity for right-sided head symptoms and left-sided kidney or shoulder discomfort. It is noted that symptoms often worsen when the patient focuses their attention on them.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Common domestic remedy for menstrual disorders
•Affinity for the right side of the head
•Affinity for the right eye
•Affinity for the left kidney
•Affinity for the left shoulder
•Affinity for the left hand
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Symptoms are all worse when thinking of them
•Properties in the female sexual sphere remain untested (Berridge's provings were all made on men)
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Right-sided headache with pressing behind the eyes.
Clarke
Aching pain in the bones of the arms and legs, primarily on the right side.
Clarke
Stitches down the left Eustachian tube into the throat.
Clarke
Symptoms worsen when thinking about them.
Clarke
Relief of bone pain by night's rest.
Clarke
Sharp cutting pain in the region of the left kidney.
Clarke
Trembling of the left hand when holding objects.
Clarke
Flow of saliva from the corner of the mouth during sleep.
Clarke
General creeping chilliness over the back and left thigh.
Clarke
Acts as a painless ecbolic in the female sexual sphere.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👁️Eyes
Headaches involving the right temple and forehead, often with eye pressure.
WORSE r. after sunset.
r. temple with pressing behind eyes, first r. then both, WORSE towards evening and in night.
Aching in bones of forehead and sides of head
Headache: r. lower forehead, forcing tears from r. eye
Empty feeling in r. side of head.
Itching all round base of skull and roots of hair.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Sunset
right-sided symptoms
↑Better from
Getting up
kidney and back pain
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Oxalicum Acidum →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
Compiled from classical homeopathic texts in the public domain. Click any active source badge to open the original text. For educational and reference purposes only. Always consult a qualified homeopath for treatment.