Ruta – Rue

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts gathered at the beginning of the flowering period of Ruta graveolens L., a native of the Mediterranean coun- tries and Eastern Europe. N.O. Rutaceae.

The main indications are:

Eye-strain, eyes burn like fire. Sore, bruised feeling all over the body. Ganglion on the wrist. Rheumatism of the wrists.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Ruta graveolens, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for ruta: compression wounds; contusions, dislocations; physical overexertion, vari- cose veins; rheumatism, especially afflicting the spine.