Cistus Canadensis – Rock-Rose

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts in bloom of Helianthe- mum canadense [L.] Michx., a native of North America. N.O. Cistaceae.

The main indications are:

Eruptions on the hands and fingers. Hard callosities on the palm of the hand, fis- sures. Tendency to glandular swellings, scrofula, caries. Cracked skin, fissured, bleeding easily. Diarrhoea accompanying complaints. Dryness of the oral and pha- ryngeal mucosa, throat as if varnished. Every cold goes to the throat. Sensation of coldness. Cold air is disagreeable.

Characteristic symptoms of Cistus Canadensis are the aggravation of complaints by unpleasant excitement and changes of mood, as well as the most extreme sensi- tivity to draughts, and a sensation of coldness in the chest.

As well as in catarrhal conditions and rheumatic/neuralgic complaints (including neuralgia in the arm), Cistus is indicated in herpes zoster and vesicular eczema, and also in colic with diarrhoea and in swelling of the lymph-nodes.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Helianthemum canadense, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cistus canadensis: itching lichenoid skin diseases; lymphadenitis; mas- titis; pulmonary diseases.