Ruta Graveolens 200 Uses, Benefits – Ruta Graveolens Materia Medica

• Phthisis after mechanical injuries to chest
• Eyes burn, ache, red, hot like balls of fire
• Prolapse of rectum immediately on attempting a passage, from slightest stooping

Source: Vegetable kingdom
Synonyms: Rue Bitter herb
Family: Rutaceae
Prover: Dr Samuel Hahnemann
Duration of Action: Upto 30 days

Introduction and History: The common Rue of our gardens is a native of southern Europe. It was formerly of great repute in medicine for epilepsy, hysteria, hydrophobia, weakness of sight (from excessive reading), ozaena, epistaxis, foul gumboils, flatulent colic in hysterical women and inertia of bowels, having cured them empirically.

Habit and Habitat: Southern Europe.

Preparation and Parts Used: Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Ailments From: Injuries of bones, bruises, fractures, sprains, carrying heavy weights, overexertion of eyes.

Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It mainly acts on fibrous tissues, flexor tendons, joints, ankles, wrists, cartilages, periosteum, uterus and skin.

Physio-pathological Changes (Pathology): Acts on fibrous tissues, joints producing rheumatism. Acts on bones, fibrous tissues, wrists causing formation of deposits or nodes in the periosteum, tendons and about the joints, especially wrists.

Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)

1. ANXIETY, as from a troubled conscience.
2. Patient has a disposition to quarrel and to contradict.
3. Feels unfit for labour.
4. Patient is cross and suspicious; imagined he was always being deceived.
5. Patient is dissatisfied with himself and others, and is disposed to weep.
6. Melancholy and moral dejection towards the evening.
7. Slowness of conception.
8. There is frequent absence of mind.

Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms

Cause

1. It is a useful medicine for bad effects of falls, injuries, bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum.
2. It is useful for sprains, periostitis, erysipelas, fractures, especially dislocations.
3. Bruised, lame sensation all over, as after a fall or blow; worse in limbs and joints.
4. There is lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles.

Soreness: All parts of the body upon which he lies are painful, as if bruised.

Restlessness: Patient is restless, turns and changes position frequently when lying.

Phthisis

After mechanical injuries to chest.

There is aching in and over the eyes, with blurred vision, as if they had been strained.

Worse after using eyes at fine work, watchmaking, engraving or looking intently.

AMBLYOPIA OR ASTHENOPIA from over exertion of eyes or anomalies of refraction; from overuse in bad light; fine sewing, over reading at night; misty, dim vision, with complete obscuration at a distance.

Eyes: Eyes burn, ache, feel strained; eyes hot, like balls of fire; spasms of lower lids.

Constipation: Constipation from inactivity or impaction following mechanical injuries.

Prolapse of rectum: Rectal prolapse immediately on attempting a passage; from the slightest stooping, after confinement, from frequent unsuccessful urging.

Urinary: Pressure on the bladder as if constantly full; continues after urinating; could hardly retain urine on account of urging, yet if not attended to, it is difficult afterwards to void it.

Urine: Urine is scanty; green urine; involuntary.

Warts: Flat, smooth warts on palms of hands with sore pains.

Backache: Backache is relieved by lying on the back.

Important Characteristic Features

Injuries: All the complaints of Ruta are often brought on from straining the part; overstraining or overexertion of parts, but principally confined to parts that are of a tendinous character; aponeurotic fibres; white fibrous tissue; the flexor tendons especially those that are overstrained by exertion. Ruta often suits various surgical conditions; periosteal troubles from injury where the flesh is thin over the bone, as over the tibia. Bruises go away slowly and leave a hardened spot; thickening of periosteum; a knotty, nodular condition, it remains sore; slow repair. Lump in the periosteum that has existed for months or years; sensitive, sore and nodular; as a result of a blow with a stick or a hammer, or from bumping the shin bone. Gradually increasing contraction of flexors, so that the hands become permanently flexed; the foot becomes flexed so that the sole becomes increasingly concave, and the toes are drawn under from overstraining and violence to the flexors.

Eyes affections: It is a very useful medicine for affections of eyes due to overuse, watchmaking, sewing, etc. Aching in and over the eyes, with blurred vision, as if they had been strained. Amblyopia or asthenopia from overexertion of eyes or anomalies of refraction; from overuse in bad light; fine sewing, over reading at night; misty, dim vision, with complete obscuration at a distance. Eyes burn, ache, feel strained; eyes feel hot, like balls of fire; spasms of lower lids. Worse after using eyes at fine work, watchmaking, engraving or looking intently.

General Modalities

Aggravation: Overexertion, injury, sprains, eyestrain, cold air, damp wind, wet, lying, sitting, pressure of an edge, stooping, during menses, consuming uncooked or indigestible food, exertion, ascending or descending steps.

Amelioration: Lying on back, warmth, motion, rubbing, scratching.

Remedy Relationships

Complementary: Calc-p.

Antidoted by: Camph.

Antidotal to: Merc.

Compatible: Arn, Calc, Caust, Lyc, Ph-ac, Puls, Sulph, Sul-ac.

Comparison

Eye strain from sewing, worse in warm room, better in open air: Nat-m, Ruta, Arg-n.

Walking ameliorates all symptoms: Iod, Rhus-t, Ferr-p, Ruta.

Strain or injuries of single muscles: Ruta, Rhus-t.

Dosage: 3 to 200 potency.

Repetition: Bears repetition very well.

Therapeutic Value: Amblyopia, Bone diseases, Bruises, Constipation, Enuresis, Eye affections, Facial paralysis, Fracture, Haemorrhage, Injury, Prolapse of uterus, Sciatica, etc.