Embelia Ribes Homeopathy: Uses for Worms, Headaches & Skin

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About

Embelia Ribes is a significant homeopathic remedy primarily known for its powerful anthelmintic properties, used to expel intestinal worms. It is also a key remedy for abdominal disorders, skin conditions, and headaches, particularly those of a congestive, throbbing nature.

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Keynotes

Violent itching at the anus, especially at night. Sensation of something alive moving in the abdomen. Headaches that feel like a tight band around the head or as if the head would burst.

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Constitution

Often suited to children suffering from worms, or adults with a history of parasitic infections and associated digestive and skin complaints.

🤒Symptoms Profile

● General Symptoms

Intense itching at the anus, abdominal colic with flatulence, congestive headaches, skin eruptions with itching, tapeworm and roundworm infestation, nausea, loss of appetite

● Mental Symptoms

Irritability, anxiety, restlessness, mental dullness, difficulty concentrating

● Physical Symptoms

Itching and crawling sensation at the anus and rectum, gripping abdominal pain with rumbling and flatulence, congestive headaches often in forehead or temples, skin eruptions with intense itching, nausea, foul taste in mouth

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Uses

Intestinal worm infestations (especially tapeworm), abdominal distension and colic, congestive headaches, pruritus ani, certain skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis, digestive weakness

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Modalities

Worse: At night, from warmth, from rest. Better: From cold applications, from motion, from passing flatus.

💊Dosage Information

Available Potencies

Mother Tincture, 3X, 6X, 30C, 200C

Recommended Dosage

Lower potencies (3X to 30C) are commonly used, especially for worm infestations. For chronic conditions, higher potencies (200C) may be used based on symptom similarity.