# Equisetum

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Afternoon

## Keynote Indications
Affinity for the urinary organs. Pain in the kidneys  (especially right), in the bladder and 
urinary passages. Irritation of the bladder and kidneys. 
Urinary retention and dysuria, especially in women during pregnancy and after confinement. Constant desire 
to urinate and passes large quantities of clear, lightcolored urine without relief. 
Cystitis. Severe, dull pain tha t does not lessen after urination. Aching, full, tender bladder, not better after 
urinating. Pain in bladder as from distention. Pricking, burning, cutting pain in urethra while urinating.  
Dribbling urine in old women with involuntary stool. Much mucus in urine. Bedwetting (Lyc., Nat-m., Sil.. Sep.). 
 
 
Nocturnal bedwetting of children without causes except habit. Bedwetting when he dreams, he always sees 
a crowd of people. Pain in sacroiliac joints.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better in afternoon. Better lying down. Better continued motion. Worse right side. Worse 
movement. Worse touch. Worse pressure. Worse contact. Worse sitting down. Worse at c lose of urination.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Very irritable and easily fatigued.
- Very irritable and easily fatigued.

### Head
- Severe headache with intense pain in upper part of eyes or roof of orbit.
- Headache with heat of face 
without red ness.
- Constrictive feeling across forehead.
- Sticking and darting pains, changing locality.
- Constriction of whole scalp, as if drawn tightly over whole skull.
- Feeling of skin continuing to contract, continual 
desire to wrinkle up forehead.
- Severe headache with intense pain in upper part of eyes or roof of orbit.
- Headache with heat of face 
without red ness.
- Constrictive feeling across forehead.
- Sticking and darting pains, changing locality.
- Constriction of whole scalp, as if drawn tightly over whole skull.
- Feeling of skin continuing to contract, continual 
desire to wrinkle up forehead.

### Eyes
- Severe pain in roof of right orbit.
- Sharp pain in outer angle of right eye.

### Ears
- Dull, transient pain and stiff feeling behind left mastoid.
- Confused feeling in ears.
- Confusion of sounds, 
confused noises, fearful rumbling.

### Face
- Face flushed, feeling of heat.
- Disposed to frown.
- As if blood pressed into face.
- Heat and burning 
without redness.

### Throat
- Sharp sticking in throat.
- Urine - Copious amounts of watery urine.
- Urine flows only drop by drop.
- Profuse urination of clear, watery 
urine.
- Passes large quantities of clear, light -colored urine withoutrelief.
- Album inuria.
- Urine cloudy.
- Great 
excess of mucus on standing.
- COMMENTS - Equis, is a deep anti-sycotic.
- Pain in the kidneys, especially the right.
- Pain in the bladder and 
urinary passages, as from distention.
- Retention and dysuria, especially in women during pr egnancy and after 
confinement.
- Severe cystitis.
- Acute bladder infections, especially when passing large amounts of pale urine.
- Polyuria.
- Frequent urination or lack of urination.
- Paralysis of the bladder, urinary retention (Aeon., Apis., Caust.).
- Constant desire to urinate, passes large quantities of clear, light-colored urine without relief.
- Severe, dull pain 
that does not lessen after urination, irritation of the bladder, especially in women.
- Burning pain at the end of 
urination (Sars.).
- Diabetes with fre quent urination.
- General paralysis with loss of control over bladder and rectum.
- Multiple 
sclerosis cases with incontinence of the urine.
- For the side effects 
of strong diuretics.
- Loss of hair, and weak nails.
- Mending broken bones, can help retain calcium and prevent osteoporosis.
- Hot 
flashes.
- The tincture is a natural diuretic and tonic for weak kidneys, and is also good for hemor rhoids.
- Farrington noted the bedwetting with frequent painful urging to urinate, caus ing the patient to rise at night.
- According to Grimmer, this remedy cured a case of uterine cancer.

### Chest
- Sharp pain in region of heart, worse by inspiration.
- Kidneys - Nephritis.
- Diabetes insipidus.
- Weak and sensitive kidneys from abuse of  diuretics.
- Slight pain 
in right kidney, then in left, extending down left side of sa crum.
- Frequent urination at night.
- Deep pain in 
region of right kidney, extending to lower abdomen with urgent desire to urinate.
- Polyuria associated with 
diabetes.
- Frequent urging, with severe pain at the close of urination.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Excessive hunger, appetite greatly increased.
- Temperature - Creeping chills beginning below and creeping up back.
- Distended feeling.
- Sharp pains on either side of hypogastrium, extending to middle line.
- Dull, 
heavy pains in either side of lower abdomen and bladder with frequent desire to urinate, not better by urinating.
- Severe pain in lower abdomen with passage of fetid flatus.

### Urinary & Genital
- Violent erections in the afternoon.
- Soreness of testicles and cords, worse left.

### Extremities
- Pain in upper part of shoulders and in region of vertebra prominence, worse by least motion or contact.
- Pain in right shoulder to middle of upper arm.
- Pain in left shoulder with shi veringo vet body and great heat of 
head.
- Pain in right hip joint and near knee joint.
- Knees very weak on least exertion.
- Dull, heavy pain under left 
patella.
- On awakening, sharp pain inner side of left knee, better after moving about a short time.

### Neck & Back
- Pains in back, especially while sitting, better lying on back and walking.
- Right lumbar region painful.
- Heavy sensation like a lump in right lumbar region.
- Severe rheumatic pains in region of sacral-lumbar joint and 
through left hip joint extending down outer side of left leg, ending in front three inches above knee.
- Bladder - Frequent, profuse urination of clear, watery urine.
- Urgent desire to urinate with prickling, biting, 
itching, and soreness of meatus from contact and pressure, worse scrat ching.
- Retention of urine after 
childbirth.
- Retention and dysuria during pregnancy.
- Pricking in urethra a short distance back from meatus.
- Severe, dull pain in bladder.
- Feeling of fullness in bladder, not relieved by urinating.
- Profuse urination with 
burning in urethra and sharp pain at root of penis.
- Sharp, burning, cutting pain in urethra 
while urinating.
- Involuntary urination during daytime.
- Bedwetting, nocturnal and diurnal.
- Bedwetting in 
children with dreams or nightmares when passing urine.
- Obliged to rise several times at night to urinate.
- Incontinence in old women, with involuntary stools.
- Breasts - Sharp stitch in left breast, one inch to left and over nipple.

### Sleep
- Very sleepy, heavy eyelids.
- Sleep disturbed by tiresome dreams.
- Dreams of many persons, places 
and things.
- Dreams of crowds of people.
- Nightmare when passing urine.