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RAPHANUS SATIVUS

RAPHANUS SATIVUS
raphPlantUncommonPsoric
Source
🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive system to relieve severe gas accumulation and abdominal distension, while also addressing specific hormonal and nervous imbalances.
About: Raphanus Sativus is a specialized remedy primarily used for extreme cases of trapped gas and abdominal bloating where no gas can be passed. It is also indicated for specific nervous conditions, including nymphomania and sexual insomnia, as well as skin issues like greasy seborrhea. It is particularly useful for post-operative gas pains.
👤 Constitution
Individuals who are often chilly, particularly in the back and arms, and may exhibit a tendency toward greasy skin or emotional states involving sadness and an aversion to children.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Extreme abdominal distension with total inability to pass gas.
Boericke
Sensation of a hot ball rising from the uterus to the throat.
Boericke
Nymphomania with aversion to children and sexual insomnia.
Boericke
Post-operative gas pains.
Boericke
Vomiting of fecal matter.
Boericke
Greasy skin (seborrhea).
Boericke
Chilliness in the back and arms.
Boericke
Frothy, profuse, brown diarrhea.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Used for headaches with brain soreness and emotional states involving sadness and aversion to children.
Feeling of sadness with a dislike for children, especially girls.
Headache with a feeling that the brain is tender and sore.
Swelling of the lower eyelids.
Mucus accumulation in the back of the nose.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
After Midnightdry heat  ·  thirst  ·  ebullitions
Better from
Cold Waterdryness of throat
💊 Dosage & Potency
3rd to 30th
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
ANACARDIUM ORIENTALEARGENTUM NITRICUMBRASSICAMOMORDICACARBO VEGETABILIS
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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RAPHANUS SATIVUS — Homeopathy Materia Medica