Ingredients
| Ingredient | Potency |
|---|---|
| Acidum nitricum | D6* |
| Aesculus | D2* |
| Collinsonia canadensis | D4* |
| Graphites | D8* |
| Hamamelis | D3* |
| Kalium carbonicum | D6* |
| Lycopodium | D5* |
| Nux vomica | D4* |
| Paeonia officinalis | D3* |
| Sulfur | D5* |
* Potency taken from the booklet’s Ingredient Index; not printed in the monograph.
Indications
Hemorrhoids, itching, pains, bleeding, anal fissures, anal prolapsus, anal eczema, plethora.
Mode of Action
- Acidum nitricum: Stabbing in the intestine, splinter pain, sensation of constriction during defecation with persistent pain after stool.
- Aesculus: Dryness and burning of external hemorrhoidal mucosa (dark red prolapsing hemorrhoids). Dull pains in sacral region, venous stasis.
- Collinsonia canadensis: Venous congestion in the pelvis, obstipation, flatulence, hematogenic hemorrhoids.
- Graphites: Constipation, glairy lumpy stools, flatulence, anal eczema, itching.
- Hamamelis: Varices, bleeding, hemorrhoids.
- Kalium carbonicum: Backaches, flatulence. Hard stools, burning anal node.
- Lycopodium: Meteorism, flatulence, dry stool with incomplete defecation. Hematogenic hemorrhoids with prolapse and anal spasm.
- Nux vomica: General hypochondria and dyspepsia, constipation, abdominal plethora, itching and painful hemorrhoids with tendency to hemorrhage. Rhagades. Persisting pain after defecation.
- Paeonia officinalis: Wet hemorrhoids, painful anal fissures.
- Sulfur: Remedy with extensive effectiveness, anal redness, itching, eczema, unhealthy skin.
Dosage
Generally 10-15 drops in some water 3 times daily. In acute pains, in the beginning of the treatment, 10-15 drops 4-6 times a day. After complete disappearance of the affliction, continue a treatment with 10-15 drops once or twice a day for a longer period of time.
It is of great importance to regulate the stools at the same time, in case of constipation. Therefore, laxative nutrition should be recommended for breakfast and supper such as: cooked fruits, linseed, green peas, rye-bread, sauerkraut, yogurt etc. Constipating foods such as: white bread, cacao, starches etc., should be avoided.
Remarks
In simultaneous liver complaints, use also R 7, 3 times a day 10-15 drops before meals, and twice a day 10-15 drops of R 13 after meals.
In varicosity and venostasis: additionally or in alternation with R 42. In anaemia resulting from bleeding hemorrhoids: additionally R 31. Sacral back pain in women: see R 50.
Data notes
- The monograph in the booklet prints no Ingredients line; this list was compiled from the booklet's own Ingredient Index (printed pp. 130-136), which names this product against each ingredient and potency below.