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Ruta Graveolens

30C / 200CRuta
Rue · Herb of Grace · "The Tendon and Periosteum Remedy"
ruta.PolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
🎯 Acts primarily upon the periosteum, cartilages, eyes, and uterus, particularly for and strains.
📖 Boericke writes:
Acts upon the periosteum and cartilages, eyes and uterus. Complaints from straining flexor tendons especially. Tendency to the formation of deposits in the periosteum, tendons, and about joints, especially wrist. Overstrain of ocular muscles. All parts of the body are painful, as if bruised. Sprains (after Arnica). after sprains. . Feeling of intense , weakness and despair. Injured "bruised" bones.
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for individuals who feel intense weakness, despair, and a sense of being bruised all over, often with a tendency toward joint deposits.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Feeling of intense , weakness and despair.
introduction
Eyes-strain followed by headache.
eyes
Disturbances of accommodation.
eyes
affecting lower bowel.
rectum
Tendons sore.
extremities
Thighs pain when stretching the limbs.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for resulting from alcohol or periosteal soreness.
Pain as from a nail; after excessive intoxicating drinks.
Periosteum sore.
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🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

1X to 6X
Decimal
Primary Dosage
Tincture
Mother Tincture
📝Locally for ganglia and as a lotion for the eyes.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Calcarea Phosphorica →Calcarea Carbonica →
🚫 Antidotes
Camphora →
🔄 Compare With
Carduus Marianus →Silicea Terra →Jaborandi →Phosphorus →Phytolacca Decandra →Rhus Toxicodendron →Ratanhia →Arnica Montana →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Ruta Graveolens is listed in 169 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 48 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System46Eyes26Generalities18Abdomen13Urinary System12Respiratory System11Modalities10Nervous System9Mind5Skin3Tongue3Stomach3Head3Female Sexual System2Circulatory System2Male Sexual System1Face1Nose1

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