# Drosera Rotundifolia (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **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).
Its leaves have a reddish, hair y structure on the surface, which
produce a secretion to attract insects and helps to digest them.  This
secretion glitters like dew in the sunlight.  The leaves remain spread
on the surface of the ground.  As soon as an insect comes near they
immediately close and the insect becomes their food.

In the 16
th century, Drosera became very famous in the treatment of
tuberculosis, but it killed  more people than it saved from the disease.
Besides tuberculosis, it was also used for the treatment of toothache,
insanity and problems related to childbirth.

In homoeopathy, the medicine is prep ared from an extract of the plant
and is commonly used for the treatment of cough.  Its use has mostly
been restricted to whooping cough.  It has a much wider range of
action in the treatment of convulsive disorders . Drosera is not only
of use in coughs, but is also used  for the treatment of convulsions
related to other diseases.  Therefore,  it is also useful in the treatment
of epilepsy.  The Drosera patient becomes very worried and anxious
after the convulsion and the subsequent unconsciousness.  Drosera is a
very highly effective remedy for the treatment of this confusion,
perhaps an aftereffect of the convulsion.

Drosera should also be used in the treatment of menopausal
syndrome because the symptoms of Drosera are very similar to that
of menopause, such as flushing of the face, selective congestion of
any part of the body and restlessness.

A Drosera patient is afraid of being alone and suspicious .  He will
not even trust his close friends.  Such symptoms are also seen in the
case of medicines prepared from snake venom.  A patient of the
constitution of Drosera is the victim of superstitions .  He is restless,
cowardly and a pessimist as well as  extremely irritable.  There is
headache, especially over the forehead, which radiates outward
through the cheekbones.  The patient feels dizzy in the open and has a
fear of falling on the left side.  A fe eling of severe cold and a stinging

pain on the left side of the face while the right side of the face is dry
and warm, are all typical features of Drosera.

Drosera may be of use to treat the cough arising out of irritation inside
the windpipe after taking food.

An epidemic cough spreads wide during the formation of pods on the
wild Acacia trees, Drosera is very useful in treating this cough.  In
Drosera, the windpipe f eels tight and contract ed. Drosera is very
useful for the treatment of the cough associated with constant irritation
in the throat, which is not reliev ed even after coughing.  Any kind of
cough which starts after midnight or which gets worse on talking will
respond to Drosera.  In children, bouts of whooping cough come on
as soon as the child puts his head on the pillow, and then continue for
two to three hours.  Constant co ughing makes them exhausted and
there is no relief.

If such a patient contracts fever, he feels very cold and shivers.  The
face is flushed, while the hands become cold.  There is complete
absence of thirst.  Typically, th e Drosera cough becomes worse on
lying down, laughing and singing or due to the warmth of the bed.

Antidote: Camphor
Potency: 6 or 30 up to 200

## Symptoms by System