Erigeron Canadensis – Canada Flea-Bane

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh flowering aerial parts of Conyza canadensis [L.] Cronq., a native of North America, Europe and Central Asia. N.O. Compositae.

The main indications are:

Bright red spurting haemorrhages, aggravated by any motion. Haemoptysis. Metr- orrhagia.

Apart from haemorrhages, the symptomatology also includes headaches with ring- ing in the right ear and – localised particularly on the right side – burning in the eyes, pain in the right eye and increased mucous secretion from the nose, as well as epistaxis (of bright red blood).

Especially in rainy weather there can be pains in the right elbow and in the carpal bones and wrists, also rheumatic drawing pain in the right thumb, and a pain in the left ankle, worse when walking. Violent pains in the knees (in rainy weather) also speak for Erigeron.

Haemorrhages also occur in the gums. Profuse haemorrhage from a tooth-socket has also been observed, as have a bad taste in the mouth and a sensation of a plug in the pharynx.

Erigeron is particularly indicated in a wide variety of haemorrhages from the fe- male genitalia, when they occur in gushes and are associated with painful urination. The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Conyza canadensis, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for erigeron canadensis: bleeding of the uterus and urinary bladder; bleed- ing associated with haemorrhoids; inflammations of the stomach, liver and gallblad-

der.