{"id":18089,"remedy_name":"Drosera Rotundifolia (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Sundew"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Drosera is a plant which is carnivorous  in nature (it devours insects).\nIts leaves have a reddish, hair y structure on the surface, which\nproduce a secretion to attract insects and helps to digest them.  This\nsecretion glitters like dew in the sunlight.  The leaves remain spread\non the surface of the ground.  As soon as an insect comes near they\nimmediately close and the insect becomes their food.\n\nIn the 16\nth century, Drosera became very famous in the treatment of\ntuberculosis, but it killed  more people than it saved from the disease.\nBesides tuberculosis, it was also used for the treatment of toothache,\ninsanity and problems related to childbirth.\n\nIn homoeopathy, the medicine is prep ared from an extract of the plant\nand is commonly used for the treatment of cough.  Its use has mostly\nbeen restricted to whooping cough.  It has a much wider range of\naction in the treatment of convulsive disorders . Drosera is not only\nof use in coughs, but is also used  for the treatment of convulsions\nrelated to other diseases.  Therefore,  it is also useful in the treatment\nof epilepsy.  The Drosera patient becomes very worried and anxious\nafter the convulsion and the subsequent unconsciousness.  Drosera is a\nvery highly effective remedy for the treatment of this confusion,\nperhaps an aftereffect of the convulsion.\n\nDrosera should also be used in the treatment of menopausal\nsyndrome because the symptoms of Drosera are very similar to that\nof menopause, such as flushing of the face, selective congestion of\nany part of the body and restlessness.\n\nA Drosera patient is afraid of being alone and suspicious .  He will\nnot even trust his close friends.  Such symptoms are also seen in the\ncase of medicines prepared from snake venom.  A patient of the\nconstitution of Drosera is the victim of superstitions .  He is restless,\ncowardly and a pessimist as well as  extremely irritable.  There is\nheadache, especially over the forehead, which radiates outward\nthrough the cheekbones.  The patient feels dizzy in the open and has a\nfear of falling on the left side.  A fe eling of severe cold and a stinging\n\npain on the left side of the face while the right side of the face is dry\nand warm, are all typical features of Drosera.\n\nDrosera may be of use to treat the cough arising out of irritation inside\nthe windpipe after taking food.\n\nAn epidemic cough spreads wide during the formation of pods on the\nwild Acacia trees, Drosera is very useful in treating this cough.  In\nDrosera, the windpipe f eels tight and contract ed. Drosera is very\nuseful for the treatment of the cough associated with constant irritation\nin the throat, which is not reliev ed even after coughing.  Any kind of\ncough which starts after midnight or which gets worse on talking will\nrespond to Drosera.  In children, bouts of whooping cough come on\nas soon as the child puts his head on the pillow, and then continue for\ntwo to three hours.  Constant co ughing makes them exhausted and\nthere is no relief.\n\nIf such a patient contracts fever, he feels very cold and shivers.  The\nface is flushed, while the hands become cold.  There is complete\nabsence of thirst.  Typically, th e Drosera cough becomes worse on\nlying down, laughing and singing or due to the warmth of the bed.\n\nAntidote: Camphor\nPotency: 6 or 30 up to 200","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}