{"id":1134,"remedy_name":"Ruta Graveolens","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the whole fresh plant of Ruta graveolens, commonly known as rue or garden. rue, a perennial herb in the Rutaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration and. serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with. homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  musculoskeletal,  ocular,. neurological, and psychological disorders , particularly those involving sprains, eye strain, and. restlessness. It is noted for symptoms such as bruised pains, visual fatigue, and aggravation from. overexertion, often worsened by cold, damp weather, rest, or lying down, and ameliorated by. warmth, motion, or rubbing. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  musculoskeletal  conditions (e.g.,  tendonitis,  sprains),  ocular. conditions (e.g., eye strain, asthenopia),  neurological conditions  (e.g., sciatica, neuralgia), and. psychological conditions (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder). It suits patients. with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by bruised pains, eye strain, restlessness, stiffness,. or  overexertion sensitivity , typically exacerbated by cold, damp weather, rest, overexertion, or. stress, and often seen in individuals with sensitive, restless constitutions. The remedy is particularly. relevant for those with musculoskeletal or ocular conditions, often presenting with symptoms like. tendon soreness or visual fatigue, commonly observed in patients with tendonitis, eye strain, or. sciatica triggered by overexertion, cold, or prolonged rest.","modalities":"Worse from: Cold (weather, air, drinks), damp weather, rest, overexertion, lying down,. pressure, touch, reading, screen time, stress, morning, evening, solitude, prolonged focus.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Stupefaction. Thought and compre hension slow. Feeling of intense lassitude, weakness and \ndespair. Indifference. Disinclined to work. Quarrels and contradicts. Inclined to anger and vexation. Morose, \npeevish, fretful. Disposed to weep. \n \n \nFrequent anxiety, with despondent thoughts and fear. Fear of death during fe ver. Anxious restlessness. \nAnxious all day, as though he had done something wrong. Fear that someone will come to arrest him. \nMelancholy, dissatisfied with life, and sad. Dissatisfied with himself and others. Mistrustful. Suspicious, \nimagines that he is always being deceived. Delusion someone is behind him. Starting from sleep from slightest \ntouch. Desire for light. Stupefaction. Thought and compre hension slow. Feeling of intense lassitude, weakness and \ndespair. Indifference. Disinclined to work. Quarrels and contradicts. Inclined to anger and vexation. Morose, \npeevish, fretful. Disposed to weep. \n \n \nFrequent anxiety, with despondent thoughts and fear. Fear of death during fe ver. Anxious restlessness. \nAnxious all day, as though he had done something wrong. Fear that someone will come to arrest him. \nMelancholy, dissatisfied with life, and sad. Dissatisfied with himself and others. Mistrustful. Suspicious, \nimagines that he is always being deceived. Delusion someone is behind him. Starting from sleep from slightest \ntouch. Desire for light.","Vertigo":"Whirling vertigo, which causes falling when rising in morning. Vertigo when seated, when walking in \nopen air. \nVision - Amblyopia dependent upon anomalies of refraction. Amblyopia from writing by artificial light. \nDisturbances of accommodation . Obscuration of vision as if one had looked too long and intently at an \nobject. Blurred vision with burning, aching in eyes and strained feeling. Blurred vision from fine sewing, reading \ntoo much, worse using eyes in evening. Letters seem to run together. Dim vision, as if a shadow were flitting \nbefore objects. Green circle around light in evening. \nCOMMENTS - The vulnerary power of Ru ta does not appear to have been known before the provings were \nmade, but an old use of the remedy for impaired sight due to eyestrain, cor responded to symptoms from the \nprovings. \n\u201cHis eyes feel as if he had strained the sight too much by reading,\u201d \u201cweak, pressive-like pain in right eye with \ndimness of surrounding \nobjects, as if from having looked too long at an objects that was fatiguing to the eyes,\u201d \u201ca feeling of heat and \nburning in the eyes and pain in them when he reads (in the evening and by candle -light).\u201d \nEyestrain, with burning and itching in the eyes. Eyestrain headaches (Onos.). Blurry vision. Contracted pupil. \nEyeballs ache. Paralysis of the eye muscles and neuralgias. Facial paralysis from catching cold in robust, \nsanguine persons. \n \n \nRheumatic paralysis of wrists and ankles. Affinity forthe joints, especially the tendons and ligaments. Joints \nfeel weak and bruised. Chronic weakness and inflammation. Struc tural abnormalities. Torn or overstretched \nligaments. Often ahistory of injury, remain ing weakness in injured spot. Often follows or is complementary to \nRhus-t. \nTwisting injuries to the spine (Arn., Hy per., Rhus-t.). Wrenching injuries. Injuries to the shin and face. Injuries \nthat are close to the bone. Bone injuries with tom ligaments, muscles o r nerves (Am., Calc-p., Symph.). Hard \nlump after injury (Am.). \nOvemse of joints, particularly the wrists. Dislocated joints, or the tendency to dislo cate. Weak ligaments or \njoints. Carpal tunnel syndrome (Caust.). Shooting pain in wrist (Rhus-t., Hyper.). Chronic shortening of tendon \ndue to ovemse. Fibrositis. Bursitis, tendonitis, from overuse. Chronic knee complaints. Frozen shoulder. \nThickening of the periosteum or nodules after injury (Bellis). \nStiff and aching (Am., Rhus-t.). Sharp pains (Hyper.). Deep, grinding pain. Sharp, tearing nerve pain. Drawing \npain, as if area is being pulled shorter. Feeling of lameness ever since injury. Worse sitting or lying down. \nChronic weakness after an injury. \nGnawing, grinding pains, especially in the shoulder. Pain worse in cold, damp weather. Stiffness, worse in the \nmorning, better from motion and heat (Rhus -t.). Coldness down the spine, leg or sciatic nerve. Tearing pain \ndown the sciatic nerve. \nGreat weakness, pain in limbs after a short walk. Limbs feel bmised, pain in small of back and loins. Tottering \nas if thighs were weak. Uneasiness and heaviness in legs, difficultly finding a comfortable position. All parts of \nthe body on which he lies, even in bed, are painful as if bruised. Restlessness.  \nSore spot on sternu m. Pain below right scapula and stitches in small of back. Back ache. Lying on back \nameliorates many conditions, has led to relief in cases of malignant disease of kidneys and bladder.  \nCramp in the tongue with embarrassed speech. Swollen tongue. Toothache  with digging pain. Dry sockets, \nwith achy pain. Slow pulse. Hangovers. Rhus poisoning, itching, inflammation, and rashes. Skin is red, swollen \nwith watery vesicles. \nRectal polyps. Constipation, since trauma to the area (Bell -p.), since childbirth (Sep.). Constipation from \ninactivity of rectum or impaction of feces following mechanical injuries. Hemorrhoids and impacted feces after \nan injury. \nProlapse of the rectum after confinement. \nProlapse is worse by stooping and crouching, comes on immediately on attempting a passage. Tearing stitches \nin rectum when sitting. Tearing in rectum and urethra while urinating. Sensation of nausea located in the \nrectum. \nRushmore cured with one dose of Ruta 900c (Fincke) a case of prolapse preceding a very difficult stool.  \nA prolonged use of Ruta 3x has cured ganglion in front of left wrist. \nCooper said, \u201cIt certainly acts strongly on deposits of scirrhus material in both the breasts and in the vagina \nand sometimes lessens the size of these.\u201d He used Ruta ointment, prepared by  extracting the plant in warm \nVaseline, as an application in broken cancer of the breast.","Head":"Heat in head, with anxious restlessness. Headachefrom eye-strain. Stitches, worse reading. Aches \nas if a nail is driven into it. Pain as from a nail after exces sive intoxicating drinks. Pressure over eyebrow. \nPulsative, pressive, in forehead. Head externally painful, as if  bruised or beaten. Periosteum sore. Erysipelas \nand swelling of forehead. Erysipelas of scalp, arising from wounds. Corrosive itching on scalp. Humid scabs \non head. Heat in head, with anxious restlessness. Headachefrom eye-strain. Stitches, worse reading. Aches \nas if a nail is driven into it. Pain as from a nail after exces sive intoxicating drinks. Pressure over eyebrow. \nPulsative, pressive, in forehead. Head externally painful, as if  bruised or beaten. Periosteum sore. Erysipelas \nand swelling of forehead. Erysipelas of scalp, arising from wounds. Corrosive itching on scalp. Humid scabs \non head.","Eyes":"Amblyopia. Asthenopia. Weakness of ciliary muscles. Spots on cornea. Eyes burn like fire. \nLachrymation in open air, not indoors. Pressure deep in orbits. Eyestrain with headaches. Weary pain while \nreading. Red, hot a nd painful from reading fine print, sewing (Nat -m., Arg- n.). Itching inner canthi. Tarsal \ncartilage feels bruised. Spasm in lower eyelids, when it ceases, lachrymation starts. Pres sure over eyebrow.","Ears":"Earache with scraping pressure. Itching lancinations in ear. Cartilages of ears as if bruised. Pain in ear \nand under mastoid process as from a bruise. Pain as from a blunt piece of wood.","Face":"Acne. Acne rosacea. Eruption of pimples on lips.  Lips dry and sticky. Pain as if bruised in periosteum \nof facial bones. Spasmodic tearing in cheekbone. Itching and gnawing at face and on cheeks. Coldness \nbeneath left eye. Erysipelas in forehead with swelling. Facial paralysis after catching cold.","Mouth":"Woody taste. Dryness in mouth and throat. Mouth dry and glutinous. Profuse salivation and swelling \nof tongue. Cramp in tongue, causing embarrassment of speech. Boring pains in lower teeth. Gums bleed \neasily. \nNose - Pressive, hard aching at the root of nose, with nosebleed. Perspiration on back of nose.  \nPerspiration - Cold sweat on face. Perspires in morning in bed. Sweats after walking in open air.","Throat":"Sensation as if a lump in throat on empty swallowing. Larynx as if bruised.","Chest":"Short breath with tightness of chest. Painful spot on sternum. Sensation of cold ness or heat in chest. \nGnawing, biting and burning pains in chest. Tuberculosis after mechanical injuries to chest. Ill effects of \nmechanical injury to chest. \nConstitutions - Suited to robust, bloody persons and corresponds to hemorrhages from nose (with pressure \nat root), gums, and rectum. Anxious palpitations. Pulse somewhat accelerated only during fever. Cough with copious, thick, yellow expectoration, chest feels weak after. Waking  from cough, about \nmidnight. Violent cough, with expectoration of tough mucus and nausea. Shortness of breath from tightness \nof chest.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Epigastric region sensitive. Aching, gnawing pains in stomach. Tension in stomach, better drinking \nmilk. Pains in stomach after eating bread or crude and indigestible food. Burning, gnaw ing pain. Dyspepsia \ncaused by straining stomach when carrying heavy weight. Frequent odorless eructations. Hiccough, with \ndepression. Sudden nausea when eating, with vomiting of food. Nausea felt in rectum.  \nTemperature - Coldness and shivering, with great thi rst. Cold shivers run over back. Coldness running over \none side of head. Chills mostly left-sided, worse up and down back, shakes even near a warm stove. Heat of \nface and dull head. Frequent attacks of quick flushes of heat. Glowing heat on face, skin etc. Painful swelling of the spleen. Gnawing ache in region of liver. Gnawing and eating pain about \nnavel. Sick feeling in abdomen followed by soft stools. Pinching pain in abdomen after bread and butter. Cancer \nof lower bowel. Colic in children, from worms. Appetite normal, but aversion to everything as soon as he begins to eat. Disgust at first mouthful  with \na sensa tion of fullness and satiety in abdomen. Great thirst during chill. Violent thirst for ice cold water. \nHeadache from abuse of alcohol. Worse after eating bread, butter, eating meat, grapes, raw or indigestible \nfood.","Urinary & Genital":"Varicocele following a strain. Injury to genitals, testes. Hematocele in which the effusion is small and \nfirmly coagulated. Menses very irregular. Menses scanty, lasting but two days, preceded and followed by leucorrhea. \nCorrosive leucorrhea after irregular or suppressed menses. Symptoms worse at menstrual period. Vaginal \npruritus. Bearing-down pains. Prolapsed uterus. Metrorrhagia as a forerunner of miscarriage. Miscarriage, at \nseven months. Lameness and soreness all over with feeble contractions during labor. Sterility.","Extremities":"Bruised pains in tendons, joints, or bones, with a sensation of soreness or aching,. resembling tendonitis or sprains, worse with rest, cold, damp weather, overexertion,. or touch, often with stiffness or weakness. Joint stiffness or soreness, with a tendency to cracking or heaviness, resembling. osteoarthritis, aggravated by cold, rest, or morning, often with difficulty initiating. movement. Periosteal  pain  or  bone  soreness,  with  a  sensation  of  bruising  or  deep  aching,. resembling bone contusion, worse with pressure, cold, or lying on affected part, often. with tenderness or swelling. Tendency  to  musculoskeletal  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  cold-damp  or. overexerted states. Ocular:. Eye strain or visual fatigue, with a sensation of burning, dryness, or heaviness,. resembling asthenopia, worse with reading, screen time, close work, or overuse,. often with blurred vision or headache. Eye redness or irritation, with a tendency to lachrymation or soreness, resembling. conjunctivitis, aggravated by cold, dust, or prolonged focus, often with sensitivity to. light or strain. Orbital pain or pressure, with a sensation of aching or tension, resembling ocular. neuralgia, worse with cold, overexertion, or evening, often with twitching or spasms. Tendency to ocular hypersensitivity, with aggravation in overused or cold states. Neurological:. Shooting  or  aching  nerve  pains,  with  a  sensation  of  burning  or  electric  shocks,. resembling sciatica, worse with rest, cold, damp weather, or pressure, often with. numbness or tingling. Neuralgic pains in limbs or face, with a tendency to sharp or throbbing discomfort,. resembling trigeminal neuralgia, aggravated by cold, touch, or stress, often with. muscle twitching or spasms. Restlessness  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  trembling  or  fatigue,  resembling. peripheral neuropathy, worse with cold, overexertion, or night, often with irritability. or sensitivity. Tendency to neurological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in cold or stressed states. Psychological:. Restlessness or agitation, with a sensation of unease or inability to relax, resembling. generalized anxiety disorder, worse with stress, overexertion, cold, or night, often. with pacing or trembling. Ruta graveolens (Rue) 1696. Anxiety  or  nervousness,  with  a  tendency  to  worry  or  fearfulness,  resembling. adjustment disorder, aggravated by cold, emotional stress, or solitude, often with. palpitations or insomnia. Mental fatigue or confusion, with a sensation of dullness or overwhelm, resembling. mild  cognitive  impairment,  worse  with  stress,  overexertion,  or  cold,  often  with. difficulty concentrating. Tendency  to  psychological  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  stressed  or. overexerted states.","Neck & Back":"Backache from injury or strain, better pressure and lying on back. Bruised pain in coccyx, sacrum. \nSpine and limbs feel bruised. Vertebrae slip out of place easily. Coldness of spine, downwards. Drawing in \nnape of neck and in the shoulder blades. Tension and pressure in nape and shoulders. Pain in small of back, \ngroin and nape. Weak, bruised feeling in lower back. Lumbago worse morning before rising. Stitches in lumbar \nregion. \nBladder - Constant urgi ng to urinate, can hardly retain urine. If urine forcibly retained, could not pass \nafterwards, with severe pain. Urging with scanty urination. Sensations as if bladder were still full, after urinating. \nPressure in neck of bladder after urinating, painful closure (Apis). Sensations as if bladder is mov ing up and \ndown at every step. Scanty, green urine. Frequent urination at night. Incontinence at night, or even during day \nwhen walking. \nCausations - Ill effects of bruises, fractures, carrying heavy weights. Bone or joint injuries. Overuse of tendons. \nSprains. Going up and down stairs causes hamstrings \n _________________ Ruta graveolens to feel shortened and weak. Dyspepsia from straining stomach by \ncarrying heavy weights. Over-exertion of eyes.","Skin":"Easily chaffed from walking, riding, also in children. Flat, smooth, painful warts, on palms. Warts with \nsore pains. Corrosive itching over whole body, better scratching. Itching of skin from every attempt to eat meat. \nErysipelas after mechanical injuries of hands. Skin becomes easily chafed, from walking and riding.","Sleep":"Sleepiness during day, with stretching. Yawns, stretches and extends hands. Yawning and stretching, \nafter eating. Frequent waking at night, as if it were time to rise. Vivid, confused dreams.","Generalities":"As if a nail were driven into head. Head as if bruised or beaten. Eyes, a s if strained, as if a \nshadow flitting before them, as after looking too long and intently at an object, as if eyes were balls of fire. As \nif one were digging about in the ear with a blunt piece of wood. As of a lump in throat. Bladder as if constantly \nfull. Spine as if beaten and lame. Pain as if from a fall in periosteum. As if pain were in marrow of bone or as \nif bone were broken. Wrists as if sprained. Thighs as if beaten, as if weak. As if there were an ulcer on ankle. \nAll parts of body bruised at night, feeling as if it were time to rise."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}