Scilla – Sea-Onion / Squill

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh, flashy bulb scales of the red variety of the plant Urginea maritima (L.), which occurs in the Mediterranean countries. N.O. Liliaceae.

The main indications are:

Laryngeal and bronchial catarrhs with difficult expectoration. Pleurisy with effu- sion. Oedema in heart and kidney disease. Tenesmus of the bladder. Strangury.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Urginea maritima var. rubra, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Fed- eral Gazette) for scilla: cardiac insufficiency; disorders in voiding from the urinary bladder; common cold.