Secale cornutum(Mother Tincture)

Tincture of The fresh spurs collected just before harvest.

Common Name: Spurred Rye. Ergot of Rye

Causes & Symptoms for Secale cornutum

• A useful remedy for old people with shriveled skin – thin, scrawny old women, Loss of other fluids, debility, or skin affections.
• It works in many who escape immediate death are reduced to a cachectic state, from which they never recover, have limbs distorted and senses impaired.
• The body is at times rigid, at times rigidity alternates with relaxation, especially seen in the hands, either clenched or have the fingers spread widely apart
• Suited to thin, scrawny women, feeble and of cachectic appearance, women of irritable, nervous temperament, of pale, sunken countenance.
• Secale cornutum has a great affinity for the uterus, during labor when the pains are irregular, too weak, feeble, for after-pains.

Mind and Head

Fear of death with great anxiety, stupid, half-sleepy condition, moaning.

Loss of consciousness. Attacks of vertigo, Semilateral headache, Scalp sore, Vertigo as from intoxication indicates Secale cornutum.

Eyes, ear, nose

Pustulous conjunctivitis worse from warmth, mist, spots, convulsed eyes.

Secale cornutum relieves the sensitiveness of hearing, even slightest sound re-echoed in head.

Nose feels stopped yet watery discharge runs from it.

Mouth and Throat

Swelling of face. Tingling in face. Lips and mouth painfully contracted.

Muscular twitchings, usually begin in face and then spread all over body.

Bleeding from gums, Dryness of mouth, with thirst indicates Secale cornutum.

Stammering, embarrassed, indistinct, weak speech.

Burning sensation or troublesome tingling or crawling in throat.

Stomach and abdomen

The stomach is violently contracted, Continuous nausea, worse after eating indicates Secale cornutum.

Retching and vomiting of bilious, crude matter.

Great anxiety and pressure in pit of stomach, with great sensibility to touch.

Colic, with pains in sacrum and thighs, frequent risings, and vomiting. Burning sensation in abdomen.

Twitching of abdominal muscles. Liver enlarged is resolved with Secale cornutum.

Stool and Anus

Constipation, with continued and ineffectual want to evacuate.

Expulsion of worms with loose, frequent evacuations indicates Secale cornutum.

Urinary complaints

Incontinence or retention of urine. Enuresis of old people, pale, watery, or bloody urine is resolved with Secale cornutum.

Male complaints

Weak memory after exhausting coition, numerous erections, even after coition.

Female complaints

For suppression or non-appearance of the milk. Pains in the loins as from false labor pains.

Neck and Back

Pain in back and small of back. Tingling and insensibility in back.

Extremities

Limbs become cold, pale, and wrinkled, Trembling of limbs.Weakness, heaviness, and torpor of limbs.

Numbness, insensibility, and coldness of limbs, especially tips of fingers and toes indicates Secale cornutum.

Contraction of hands, feet, fingers, and toe is relieved with Secale cornutum.

Jerks and convulsive movements in limbs which are better by stretching the parts violently.

Degeneration of pulp of nails, the nails are raised.

Skin

Secale cornutum relieves the small and painful boils that mature very slowly, heal slowly.

Miliary eruption, especially on chest and nape of neck. Swelling and pain without inflammation, coldness, blue color.

Generalities

Small wounds bleed persistently.

Another characteristic sensation is numbness, tingling as if ants crawling all over, better from rubbing.

Tingling, crawling, with numbness and insensibility in finger-tips.

Violent and wandering spasmodic pains indicates Secale cornutum.

Unsteady gait, unsteadiness of the whole body, trembling, rapid sinking of strength.

Side effects of Secale cornutum

There are no such side effects. But every medicine should be taken following the rules as given.

It is safe to take the medicine even if you are on other mode of medication like allopathy medicines, ayurvedic etc.

Homeopathic medicines never interfere with the action of other medicines.

Dosage and rules while taking Secale cornutum

Take 10 drops in half cup of water three times a day.

We recommend you to take under physicians guidance.

Precautions while taking Secale cornutum

Always keep a gap of 15 minutes before or after meals when you take medicine.

If pregnant or breastfeeding, ask a homeopathic practitioner before use.

Avoid eating tobacco or drinking alcohol during the course of medication.