Ingredients
| Ingredient | Potency |
|---|---|
| Arsenicum album | D12 |
| Colocynthis | D12 |
| Ranunculus bulbosus | D2 |
| Rhus Toxicodendron | D30 |
Indications
Intercostal neuralgia.
Mode of Action
The individual ingredients are homoeopathic to the symptoms of the intercostal region as follows:
- Arsenicum album: Burning pains, ameliorated by warm applications. Midnight aggravations.
- Colocynthis: Flashlike neuralgic or neurotic pains. Intercostal pains.
- Ranunculus bulbosus: Organotherapeutic relationship to the chest-wall with violent pains.
- Rhus Toxicodendron: Neuralgic-rheumatic pain associated with restlessness, ameliorated by constant motion.
Dosage
Severe pain: 10 to 15 drops in some water in 1/2-1 hourly intervals. As improvement sets in reduce the frequency to 1-2-3 hourly. To prevent relapsing conditions it is advisable to carry on the medication over a variable period of time: 10-15 drops once daily.
Remarks
In the presence of Herpes zoster or a previous history of this complaint 1 give additionally R 68 in alternation every 1/2-1-2 hours.
Trigeminal- or facial neuralgias: give additionally R 70. In sciatica: compare R 71.
In pleurisy: give additionally R 24.
In osteoarthritis of the thoracic vertebrae as the cause of intercostal neuralgia: give additionally R 11.
In degenerative discs lesions and osteochondritis: compare R 11. Topically use Atomare-Beckeron R 30 or Lumbagin R 61.