# Ceanothus (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Ceanothus is a tea-like shrub growin g wild in the state of New Jersey,
USA.  It is used in the treatment of symptoms related to the spleen .
The spleen is commonly afflicted by malaria.  Such patient suffers
from deficiency of Haemoglobin (red blood content) - anaemia.  Its
symptoms are in general, more prominent on the left side.  The side
feels heavy and swollen.  If only the liver is enlarged, the upper part of
the belly feels hard on the right side ; but if both spl een and the liver
are enlarged, both sides feel har d.  To my knowledge, there is no
better treatment for splenic disord ers than Ceanothus.  When the
spleen is hardened, the blood vessels al so harden.  This results in high
pressure in the veins of the spleen and liver (chronic portal
hypertension); Ceanothus lowers this pressure.  The commonly
described high blood pressure (hypertension) is usually related to the
heart and the kidneys. However Cea nothus should be used in portal
hypertension due to the liver and spleen derangement.

Very often, anaemic women suffer from continuous vaginal
bleeding, which is like thin, diluted bl ood. Ceanothus is very useful
for combating this situation too.

The patient of liver and spleen often suffers either from constipation
or diarrhoea. The Ceanothus patient usually has diarrhoea.  Urination
is frequent, the urine being frothy a nd greenish in colour.  It contains
both bile pigment and sugar .  In this regard, another medicine,
Tinospora Cordifolia is worth men tioning.  This is an ayurvedic
medicine specially used for spleen  problems and has be found to be
quite useful.

The symptoms of Ceanothus aggrav ate on movement and from lying
on the left side.

Potency: Mother Tincture or 1X

## Symptoms by System