About
Eryngium Aquaticum is a homeopathic remedy primarily known for its profound effects on the urinary and nervous systems. It is a key remedy for conditions involving painful urination, urinary retention, and severe neuralgic pains, especially in the head and face. It is also considered a remedy for certain types of fevers and rheumatic complaints.
Keynotes
Intense burning and pain before, during, and after urination; urine is scanty, hot, and passed drop by drop with violent tenesmus; severe neuralgic pains, especially over the right eye; sensation as if a string were tied tightly around a part; great restlessness with pain.
Constitution
Not strongly defined; often useful for acute, painful conditions rather than a deep constitutional type.
🤒Symptoms Profile
● General Symptoms
Severe neuralgic headaches, intense burning and pain during urination, urinary retention, strangury, violent pain in the kidneys, restlessness, rheumatic pains, fever with chills, pain in the nape of the neck
● Mental Symptoms
Restlessness, anxiety accompanying physical pain, irritability, mental confusion, dullness of mind
● Physical Symptoms
Burning in urethra, strangury, pain in kidneys radiating to bladder and urethra, violent headache over right eye, pain in nape of neck, rheumatic pains in limbs, fever with chilliness and thirst
Uses
Cystitis, urethritis, prostatitis, renal colic, neuralgic headaches (especially supraorbital), rheumatic pains, intermittent fevers, urinary retention post-partum or post-catheterization
Modalities
Worse: from motion, touch, cold air. Better: from warmth, rest, bending double.
💊Dosage Information
Available Potencies
6C, 30C, 200C, 1M, Q (Mother Tincture)
Recommended Dosage
Typically 30C to 200C potency, repeated based on symptom intensity and acuity. Lower potencies (6C, 30C) may be used more frequently for acute urinary symptoms.
🔗Relationships & Affinities
🫀 Organ Affinity
Urinary system (kidneys, bladder, urethra), Nervous system, Head, Musculoskeletal system
🤝 Complementary
Cantharis, Apis mellifica, Berberis vulgaris
🛡️ Antidotes
Camphora, strong coffee
⚠️Important Cautions
Should not be repeated unnecessarily once symptoms improve. In severe urinary retention or renal colic, seek conventional medical care. Use with caution in very high potencies without professional guidance.
🔗Related Plant Remedies
Need Personalized Advice?
Chat with our AI homeopath to find if Eryngium Aquaticum is right for your symptoms