Symphytum 200 Uses, Benefits – Symphytum Officinale Homeopathy

• For injuries to bones, cartilages; periosteum; with excessive pain
• Stitches remaining in old injuries, worse touch
• Fractures; non-union of bones
• Blunt injuries to the eye

Source: Vegetable kingdom
Synonyms: Comfrey, Knitbone
Family: Boraginaceae

Introduction and History: Symphytum may be considered the orthopedic specific of herbal medicine. According to Gerarde, ‘The roots of Comfrey stamped, and the juice drunk with wine, help those that spit blood and heal all inward wounds and burstings. The same bruised and laid to in manner of a plaster, do heal all fresh and green wounds and are so glutinous, that it will solder and glue together meat that is chopped in pieces.

Preparation and Parts Used: Tincture of fresh root – stock collected before flowering and in autumn.

Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It mainly acts on bones, fibrous tissues and joints.

Ailments From: Fractures, injures to eyes, bone, periosteum; falls, blows, sexual excesses.

Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms

1. It facilitates union of fractured bones.
2. It lessens the peculiar pricking pain.
3. Symphytum favours callous formation; when trouble is of nervous origin.
4. There is irritability at the point of fracture; periosteal pains after wounds have healed.
5. INJURIES – it is suited for mechanical injuries; blows, bruises, thrusts on the globe of the eye. There is pain in the eye after a blow by an obtuse body like, a snow ball striking the eye.

Important Characteristic Features

Fracture and injuries: An excellent remedy for fractures and injuries. It facilitates union of fractured bones, lessens the peculiar prickling pain and favours callous formation when trouble is of nervous origin. Irritability at point of fracture; periosteal pain after wounds have healed. It is useful for mechanical injuries; blows, bruises, thrusts on the globe of the eyes.

General Modalities

Aggravation: Injuries, blows from blunt instruments, touch, sexual excesses.

Remedy Relationships

Complementary: Arn, Calc-p.

Follows well: Arn.

Dosage: 6 to 200c potency.

Repetition: Bears repetition well.

Therapeutic Value: Blows, Bruises, Fractures, Injuries.