📖 Eupatorium Perfoliatum (HMT) Introduction

Eupatorium 323 Commonly, Eupatorium is known as Bone Set medicine because it has been in vogue for the treatment of bone pains for a long time. In the Eastern States of America, old ladies have been using it in the form of home-made tea for the treatment of the common cold. It is very useful in the treatment of influenza, malaria and other fevers that cause severe bone pains in the body . It is one of the top most treatments for Dengue fever , which results from the bite of a tiny mosquito found in dry, hilly areas. It s peculiar characteristic is that there is severe pain in the bones all over and in the back, which is unbearable. Eupatorium does not offe r complete cure but relieves the suffering to a great extent. This feve r has to take its course of seven days in any case. Once the patient recovers from this, he develops antibodies and will never get Dengue fever again. This medicine is considered to be one of the best against influenza and is also very useful in th e treatment of the common cold. Eupatorium must be put to use when the common cold is associated with severe body aches and headache. It will protect the patient from further complications. In Eupatorium, the bone pains are associated with a feeling of chills . This symptom is also found in malaria so Eupatorium is also useful for the treatment of malaria. The chill is felt more from 6 o’ clock to 9 o’ clock in the morning. The symptoms of Eupatorium start with the sunrise while the symptoms of Natrum Mur usually get worse after 9 o’ clock. If malaria appears in the form of epid emic and Eupatorium is found beneficial in some patients, then mo st other patients will benefit from Eupatorium as well. To begin with, there is intense thirst. Even in the winter, the patient wants to drink extremely cold water, which will cause a chill in the body, but the thirst will still not get quenched. The patient keeps himself well covered. When the chill comes to an end and his temperature has risen, he starts vomiting and sweats profusely. However, this sweating does not lower the temperature. The vomited material contains bile. The severer the chill at the outset the more is the feeling of heat after getting feve r. If the temper ature is 103ºF, the Eupatorium 324 patient feels like it is 106ºF. In ot her words, his feelings for both cold and heat are equally enhanced. Once the fever is at its climax, the patient stops sweating. He starts sweating when the fever goes down. This sweating actually hastens the te mperature to decrease. However the patient develops a severe headache which is a little bizarre because in the case of malaria, when the fever goes down due to profuse sweating, his headache also gets better. This peculiar observation, i.e. the fever is coming down but the he adache is getting worse, is only found in the nature of a patient of Eupatorium. Physicians have been warned prev iously regarding the treatment of malaria and it is repeated here once again. In malaria, no medicine should be given while the fever is coming on. Unless the fever starts subsiding, no medicine should be given. The best time for the treatment to be given is between two malarial attacks. If during that time, the properly indicated medici ne is administered, either the patient will not get a new attack of malaria or the next one would be very mild. It may so happen for two or three days; every subsequent bout of fever will be milder and milder, so much so that the patient will be completely cured. Eupatorium has also been successfully used in the treatment of rheumatism. In the patient of Eupatorium, the joints swell and lumps appear over them. There is pain al ong the course of the nerves. The gouty pain is mostly on the big toe. Rheumatism patients usually suffer from headache. They feel nauseated and become dizzy in the morning, The dizziness is reduced in the evening. A patient of Eupatorium feels pain behind the eyeballs . For the treatment of pain in the eyes, Ge lsemium and Bryonia can be useful adjuncts. When the patient develops diarrhoea, the stools are copious and greenish in colour and thin like water. There may be griping also. Sometimes, the stools are scanty to start with and then become plentiful causing severe dehydration and weakness. After that, the patient becomes constipated, which lasts many days. In Eupatorium, the cough is very troublesome. There is pain over the chest and the whole body sh ivers. The patient is oversensitive to cold. Eupatorium, being a treatmen t for the common cold, is also effective on the lungs. Eupatorium 325 The patients of Eupatorium are depressed by nature. The body tends to be swollen (oedematous). If such oedema is noticed during the course of influenza or malaria, one should think of Eupatorium. The ailments of Eupatorium recu r once again after 21 days. The patient feels comfortable while kept busy in talking. Eupatorium has an effect on the mucous membrane s of the stomach, liver and the air passages. Usually, it is useful in the treatment of ailments found in humid regions, but can also be fo und beneficial in completely dry weather (such as Dengue fever). Potency: 30 to 200