Fumaria Officinalis – Fumitory

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts of the flowering plant Fumaria officinalis L. N.O. Papaveraceae.

The main indications are:

Blood-cleansing remedy for homotoxic overloading. Tuberculosis. Disturbances in liver function.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Fumaria officinalis, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for fumaria officinalis: chronic, pruritic eczema associated with hepatic disorders.

The drug picture of Fumaria officinalis was composed in July 1993 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Mental symptoms were predominant with this remedy. Mental confusion and great difficulty in concentrating. Feeling of mental spaciness. Sadness and alternat- ing moods. Fears. Vivid dreams.

Fatigue and weariness. Worse at 4 p.m. Throat tightness. Sharp abdominal pains. Cramping abdominal pain. Flatulence and distention. Diarrhea and loose stools. Skin eruptions.

Mind

Anxiety when alone or about the future. Aversion to company. DIFFICULT MENTAL CONCENTRATION as if things are moving slowly. Cursing. DELUSIONS that the body and thoughts are separated, or being in an earthquake, or that she is about to be injured by

her friends, or she is being watched. Discontented and discouraged. DREAMS of dead bodies, fighting, rape, or swimming. VIVID DREAMS. Excitable. Hurry. Irritable. Melancholy. Changeable moods. Self critical. SADNESS. Aware of time passing. Peace- ful and calm but feeling depressed. DESIRE TO WEEP or weeping from slight emotion.

Generalities

Food desires of sweets and in particular chocolate. Chilliness. Heaviness of the body. LASSITUDE AND FATIGUE. Lying on the left side aggravates.

Head

Tightness in the forehead. Pain that extend to the temples. Pain in the forehead be- hind the eyes. Temple pain that extends to the neck. Head pain better from pressure.

Eye

Heaviness in the eyes making it difficult to keep them open. Stinging pain in the eyes. Swelling and puffiness of the eyes. Photophobia and tired eyes.

Nose

Congestion in the sinuses improves. Sneezing.

Mouth

Sore, raw pain on the tip of the tongue.

Taste Metallic taste. Throat

TIGHTNESS IN THE THROAT. Scratchy throat.

Stomach

Appetite increased or decreased. Nausea. Cramping pain after eating. Thirst for small quantities.

Abdomen

DISTENSION after eating. FLATULENCE under the left ribs. PAIN THAT IS CRAMPING in  the solar plexus or lancinating pain.

Rectum

Constipation with ineffectual urge. Sensation of diarrhea or diarrhea. Flatus like rotten eggs.

Stool

Sweet odor to the stools. Stools long and thin. Stools sticky. Frequent. LOOSE

STOOLS.

Bladder

Increased frequency of urination.

Urine

Strong odor to the urine.

Genitalia, Male

Nocturnal seminal emissions.

Genitalia, Female

Clear or white vaginal discharge as if from yeast. Delayed menstruation. Cramps and heavy flow with the onset of menses.

Chest

Sharp pains in the left side of the chest under the ribs like pulled muscles.

Back

Tightness in the back over the right kidney. Red eruptions in the scapula and lower thoracic’s. BACK PAIN. Cutting pain on the right side. Lumbar pain. Stiffness on wak- ing. Cervical tension on the right side. Sudden weakness in the lumbar region

Extremities

Cramps in the elbow and chest. Numbness and tingling in the upper right limb on waking in the morning like pins and needles.

Sleep

Heavy sleep. Sleepiness in the afternoon after eating. Unrefreshing sleep with dif- ficult waking.

Skin

Dry and scaly growth of the skin which are sore to the touch. Skin eruptions. Goose bumps.