{"id":16409,"remedy_name":"Symphytum Officinale","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the root and leaves of Symphytum officinale, commonly known as comfrey or. knitbone, a plant in the Boraginaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration and. serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with. homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for musculoskeletal, traumatic, and. ocular disorders, particularly those involving bone fractures, soft tissue injuries, and eye trauma. It. is noted for symptoms such as bone pain, slow healing, and aggravation from touch, often worsened. by touch, pressure, or motion, and ameliorated by rest, warmth, or elevation. Modern Context: Indicated for musculoskeletal conditions (e.g., fractures, sprains, osteoarthritis),. traumatic conditions (e.g., contusions, post-surgical recovery), ocular conditions (e.g., traumatic. iritis, corneal abrasion), and  chronic pain conditions  (e.g., fibromyalgia, chronic back pain). It. suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by bone pain, slow healing, soft tissue. injuries,  eye trauma , or  touch sensitivity , typically exacerbated by touch, pressure, motion, or. cold, and often seen in individuals with resilient yet injury-prone constitutions. The remedy is. particularly relevant for those with musculoskeletal or traumatic conditions, often presenting with. symptoms like fracture pain or bruising, commonly observed in patients with fractures, sprains, or. traumatic iritis triggered by injury, overuse, or mechanical stress.","modalities":"Worse from: Touch,  pressure,  motion,  cold  (air,  drinks),  exertion,  dampness,  weight-. bearing, light (ocular symptoms), night, overexertion, trauma, tight clothing.","symptoms_by_system":{"Head":"Headache in occiput, in top of head, in forehead, changing places. Pain comes d own bone of nose. \nInflammation of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red, swelling. Skull fracture or head injury (Hyper., Nat -s.). \nKidneys - Stricture of urethra. Headache in occiput, in top of head, in forehead, changing places. Pain comes d own bone of nose. \nInflammation of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red, swelling. Skull fracture or head injury (Hyper., Nat -s.). \nKidneys - Stricture of urethra.","Eyes":"Injuries to the eyes from blunt instruments, blows, knocks, to the eyeball, eye socket, or sclera. Black \neyes (Arn., Led.). Bleeding inside the eye after injury. Retinal bleeding. Traumatic conjunctivi tis. Long-lasting \npain or soreness in the eye after injury. Eyelids spasmodically closed.","Ears":"Cannot hear well, feels as if ears were stopped up. Inflamed ears.","Face":"Facial injuries. Inflammation of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red swell ing. Cancer, tumor of antrum. \nCancer of jaw bone.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Ulcers of the stomach. \nTeeth - Periodontal disease. Toothache after injury. Jaw swollen and painful after dental work. Pain worse \nafter tooth extraction. \nCOMMENTS - Grimmer noted that, though the proving was meager, there was a rich clinical history.  \nAccording to Gerarde, \u201cThe roots of Comfrey stamped and the juice drunk with wine, help those that spit blood \nand heal all inward wounds and bursting. The same bruised and laid to in manner of a plaster, do heal all fresh \nand green wounds and are so glutinous, that it will solder and glue together meat that is chopped in pieces, \nseething in a pot and make it in one lump.\u201d \nGerarde added that it eases pains in the back from violent motion  such as wrestling or from excessive sexual \nindulgence (Arn.), even when spermatorrhea has been induced thereby.  \nPeter Squire gave, as the medicinal properties of Symph., \u201cAstringent, mucilaginous, glutinous, useful to form \ncases for injured limbs. The bl ack rind of the root is scraped off and the mucilaginous root is then scraped \ncarefully into a nice even pulp. This spread upon cambric or old muslin in wrapped round the limb and \nbandaged over, it shortly stiffens and forms a casing superior to starch, gi ving support and strength to the \npart.\u201d \nSquire knew a bonesetter who rendered himself famous for setting compound frac tures with this root, which \nhe kept secret. He never removed the bandage after the first dressing until the limb was well.  \nSir Wm. Thomso n of Dublin related a case of malignant tumor of the face that had extended to the nose. \nMicroscopic examination proved it to be round-celled sarcoma. The patient, a man, refused advice at the time, \n \n \nand was examined by Felix Semon, who saw the man later. After still further delay, Thomson performed the \noperation in the month of May, 1896. \nA month later the growth began to show again, increased rapidly, closed the right eye, was blue, tense, firm, \nlobulated, but did not break. Thomson declined to operate again. Early in October, the man walked into Thom-\nson\u2019s study well. \u201cThe tumor had completely disappeared from the face and I could not identify any trace of it \nin the mouth.\u201d The man had applied poultices of comfrey root and the swelling disappeared.  \nComfrey ' s therapeutic history is rich with clinical cures of round -cell sarcoma of the antrum and many cases \nof bone cancer. It seems to have special curative action on the periosteum and bony structures, facilitating the \nformation of callus in fractures, brin ging about union, even in compound fractures, and in cases of slow or \ndelayed union. \nCurative in injuries to the eyeball by blows etc. It follows Arn. in such cases, as well as in injuries to and bruising \nof the testicles. Backaches after strains and from sexual excesses. Pott\u2019s disease, psoriasis and abscesses \nfrom a fall. One case of inguinal hernia has been cured with the topical application of the tincture of the root. \nH. C. Allen referred to the following in dications for Symph. given by Lippe: when t he bone or periosteum has \nbeen injured and the soft parts have recovered from the bruised soreness under Arn., the remaining pain and \nsoreness of periosteum may be promptly relieved by Symph. \nSymph. was the only remedy Lippe had seen which was efficient in  traumatic injuries of bone or periosteum. \nHe cured many cases after others had used Arn. and failed. \nH. C. Allen gave the following cure, reported by Fowler. Mrs. J. stepped on the edge of a scantling, which \nrolled and she turned her ankle. In a few minutes the ankle began to swell and become painful, pain increased \nrapidly, so that in hour or two the patient was in great agony. \nShe declared that her leg was broken, she \u201ccould feel the rough ends of the broken bones jagging into the \nflesh.\u201d She could not bear any one to approach her for fear of be- wgbMNedsi;^ promptly relieved, so that she \nwent about her usual duties in forty-eight hours. \nAllen regarded pricking pain as a guiding symptom. He noted its usefulness, next to bone injuries, for injuries \nto the eyeball. \u201cI have long since ceased to use Arn. in injuries of the globe of the eye, Symph. having given \nsuch prompt and permanent relief.\u201d \nCroserio was one of the first to use Symph. in the potencies for fractures. \u201cInjuries of the bones are healed \nmost promptly with Symph. 30c internally, once a day.\u201d \nWells gave cases of his own, including the case of a boy, 14, who broke the bone of his forearm at the junction \nof middle and lower thirds, two years before. He had twice repeated the fracture by slight falls. The ends were \nnow slightly movable on each other, and the arm was of little use. Three doses of Symph. 30c made a perfect \ncure and the boy became robust and much better in health than he had ever been before.  \nWells also recorded the case of a boy, 8, wit h a fractured humerus near the junction of condyles and shaft. \nArn. 30c immediately arrested the spasmodic jerks of muscles of the injured arm. Arn. was continued three \ndays, by which time all traumatic fever had subsided. Symph. 3c was given, one drop in half a tumbler of water, \na teaspoonful morning and evening. The splints were removed the ninth day and the bone was found to be \nconsolidated. The cure was entirely without pain. \nF. H. Brett cured himself of inguinal rupture by rubbing the part with tinctur e of the root. On another occasion, \na blow on the lower part of the back from a fall resulted in a secondary affection of the spine in the mid -dorsal \nregion, a protuberance as if from a light dislocation appearing at the spot. Again Symph. was applied. The  \ntenderness at the point subsided after three applications, and in a few days the protuberance disappeared. \nBrett mentioned a case he had heard of a diseased arm that had begun to mortify. It was dressed with a \npoultice of comfrey root and this \u201cdrew off the mortified substance. The arm became sound again.\u201d \nCooper noted that one patient, just before her marriage, had a dangerous attack of scarlatina, leaving \nabscesses on both sides \nof the neck and great internal swelling, so that she could swallow only liq uids and those with great difficulty. \nThe external swelling extended from ear to chin and was hard and very painful. Poultices of comfrey root were \napplied. The pain was immediately relieved and her abscesses decreased rapidly until they were entirely \nabsorbed without external opening so far as the patient could remark. \nFor bone tumors, osteomyelitis, bone ulcers. Sarcomas. Bone cancers of the jaw or bones (Hecla.). Bone \ncancer, even if there is no bone injury (Calc -p., Hecla.). Non-union of fractures. Brok en bones that don\u2019theal \nwell. Acutely for osteoporosis, or osteogenesis imperfecta (Calc., or Calc -p. chronically). Stump pain after \namputation of a limb (Hyper., All-c., Coff., Calen.), strong aching pains. \nSpinal diseases after trauma and injury. Injuries that result in a lump or tumor. For swellings, nodules and \ntumors in bones and limbs after an injury (Bell -p. and Con. after injury to soft tissue). Tailbone injuries (Arn., \nHyper.), with an aching pains. \n \n \nBlows to the eyes (Led., Arn.). Corneal abrasions. Hernias (Nux-v., Calc., Lyc.). As a compress for mastitis. In \ntincture for stomach ulcers. Pain about navel, worse sitting. \nPains across epigastrium from one side to the other, when sitting. Griping pain.","Urinary & Genital":"Testicles become painful and tender, prevent walking. Backache from excessive sexual indulgence, \nwith spermatorrhea. Menses stopped. Leucorrhea.","Extremities":"Bone pain or soreness, with a sensation of deep aching or bruising, resembling. fractures, worse with touch, pressure, motion, or cold, often with slow healing or. non-union. Joint stiffness or swelling, with a tendency to rigidity or tenderness, resembling. osteoarthritis, aggravated by touch, motion, or dampness, often with crepitation or. deformity. Periosteal pain or sensitivity, with a sensation of throbbing or burning, resembling. periostitis, worse with touch, pressure, or night, often with swelling or warmth. Tendency to musculoskeletal hypersensitivity, with aggravation in touched or moved. states. Traumatic:. Contusions or bruising, with a sensation of soreness or heaviness, resembling soft. tissue injuries, worse with touch, cold, exertion, or pressure, often with discoloration. or hematomas. Sprains or strains, with a tendency to swelling or weakness, resembling ligamentous. injuries, aggravated by touch, motion, or weight-bearing, often with slow recovery or. instability. Post-surgical  pain  or  delayed  healing,  with  a  sensation  of  aching  or  sensitivity,. resembling post-operative recovery, worse with touch, pressure, or cold, often with. scarring or adhesions. Tendency to traumatic hypersensitivity, with aggravation in touched or exerted states. Ocular:. Eye pain or sensitivity, with a sensation of bruising or burning, resembling traumatic. iritis, worse with touch, light, pressure, or motion, often with photophobia or tearing. Corneal irritation or abrasion, with a tendency to foreign body sensation or redness,. resembling  corneal  abrasion,  aggravated  by  touch,  light,  or  blinking,  often  with. blurred vision or conjunctival injection. Orbital pain or swelling, with a sensation of pressure or soreness, resembling orbital. contusion, worse with touch, pressure, or cold, often with ecchymosis or diplopia. Tendency to ocular hypersensitivity, with aggravation in touched or light-exposed. states. Chronic Pain:. Generalized aching or soreness, with a sensation of stiffness or fatigue, resembling. fibromyalgia, worse with touch, motion, cold, or overexertion, often with muscle. tenderness or trigger points. Symphytum officinale (Comfrey) 1908. Chronic  back  pain  or  sciatica,  with  a  tendency  to  shooting  or  burning  pain,. resembling lumbar strain, aggravated by touch, motion, or dampness, often with. reduced mobility or spasms. Post-traumatic pain or sensitivity, with a sensation of aching or rawness, resembling. complex regional pain syndrome, worse with touch, pressure, or cold, often with. allodynia or hyperalgesia. Tendency to chronic pain hypersensitivity, with aggravation in touched or moved. states.","Neck & Back":"Backaches from excessive sexual indulgence, or from violent motion. Low back pain from injury, \noverexertion, or excess sexual activity. Spinal injury. Pain in back from a fall. Pott\u2019s disease from a fall. Decay \nof vertebrae. Caries of spinal and other bones. \nBreasts - Sore breasts. \nCausations - Broken bones. Injures to eye, bone, periosteum. Falls. Blows from blunt instruments. Sexual \nexcess.","Skin":"Cold.","Generalities":"As if upper lid passed over an elevation on closing eye. As if ears were stopped up."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}