Gratiola (HMT)

📖 Gratiola (HMT) Introduction

Gratiola, though rarely used, is notably important in some diseases. It is known for causing profound ne rvous, mental and physical weakness. If there is nervous exhaustion, mental and physical weakness along with othe r specific ailments, the administration of Gratiola in such cases will promptly cure the symptoms. In Gratiola, there is a type of stinging irritation of the eyes. The eyesight is hazy like looking through a cobweb. Ther e is a peculiar t ype of colour blindness, in which green appears to be white. The patient complains that it is as if sand particles are irritating the eye. Melancholia in women is probably related to Gratiola. Gratiola presents a unique paradox that wome n apparently feel weak, but deep down they may experience passionate excitement of sexual organs. Young girls, if so afflicted, tend to be immodest and shameless. They must be treated to control their passions and desires. Gratiola will work if other associated symptoms are not very complex. In responding to heat and cold, the constitution of Gratiola patient is like that of Pulsatilla. Gratiola works better on left-sided ailments like Lachesis. Its sexual excitement resembles that of Taraentula. However, Taraentula is good for ri ght-sided sympto ms. Gratiola symptoms are mostly localised, while in Lachesis symptoms shift from left to right. Gratiola is useful in some kinds of colds. If nasal secretions enter the stomach, it causes severe spasms, in the form of twisting and curling of the stomach. Gratiola is useful in common stomach problems associated with the swelling of th e upper lip and this is true about Pulsatilla as well. Sometimes Gratiola annuls the effect of Coffea. Similarly, Coffea works the same way against Gratiola . The symptoms of both these remedies are similar. Although th e nervous infirmity peculiar to Gratiola is not as pronounced in Coffea. Yet, it is said that Gratiola resembles Coffea. One thing is clea r that if one cannot sleep in the early part of the night and other sy mptoms of Coffea are not present, then this indicates Gratiola . In Gratiola, typically, swallowing relieves the throat’s discomfort . But in Gratiola, swallowing ameliorates the pain. Therefore, Gratiola patient drinks fluids in sips so that the discomfort at the throat may be relieved. The Gratiola patient feels dizzy while eating, more so after having finished eating. Closing the eyes , reading, and getting up suddenly also produces dizziness, showing that the patient is anaemic or has low blood pressure. Another type of stomach upset is associated with nausea and distension of the stomach due to gas. In Gratiola nausea disappears as soon as food is taken. Usually in nausea, one does not feel like eating, but in Gratiola, strangely enough, the treatment for nausea is eating food. Acidity of the stomach can be relieved by food intake, but returns after a short while. Acidity of the stomach is not necessarily due to Hydrochloric acid (HCl). Very often, due to a lack of hydrochloric acid, food remains undi gested, producing various other acids. In the case of hyperacidity of the stomach, nausea or belching cause a reflux of the acidic contents of the stomach into the distal part of the food pipe (oesophagus). The patient feels burning behind the breast bone (sternum) and feels tightness of the chest, as in angina. In Gratiola, there is a feeling of burning all over, but an inflammation and a burning sensation of the reproductive organs, male and female both, can provoke unusual and unnatural physical reactions. In the Gratiola patient, typically there is palpitation after passing stools. Homoeopathic physicians must prep are a library of similarly acting remedies, store them in their memory and then sub-classify them according to their peculiar, distinctiv e features. Then alone will they be able to make proper diagnoses. If they do not do so, they will always remain confused and find di fficulty in treating their patients properly. Potency: 30 to 200