About
Symphytum, known as 'Knitbone' for centuries, is the prime remedy for injuries to bones, periosteum, and cartilage. It promotes callus formation in fractures and is invaluable for injuries from blunt instruments. It has a special action on the eye, particularly for trauma to the orbit and eyeball.
Keynotes
Called the 'bone setter' remedy. Promotes union of fractures. Pricking stitching pain in injury site. Old injuries to periosteum that never healed. Eye injuries from blows with obtuse objects. Facilitates callus formation.
Constitution
Anyone with bone injuries. Those whose fractures heal slowly. Patients with osteoporosis or poor bone healing.
🤒Symptoms Profile
● General Symptoms
Non-union of fractures, injuries to periosteum and cartilage, pricking pain in fracture site, black eye from blunt injury, stumps painful after amputation, eye injuries from blunt force
● Mental Symptoms
Generally not strongly marked. May have irritability from pain of injury. Anxiety about healing.
● Physical Symptoms
Pain in fractures with pricking sensation. Non-union of bones. Eye injuries swelling and ecchymosis after blunt trauma. Stumps remain painful. Old injuries flare up. Bones feel bruised.
Uses
Promotes healing of fractures, non-union of bones, injuries to bones from blunt objects, black eye, pain in old fracture sites, phantom limb pain, injuries to eyeball, cartilage injuries
Modalities
WORSE: Touch, pressure on injury, motion of injured part. BETTER: Rest, warmth.
💊Dosage Information
Available Potencies
6C, 30C, 200C, also topically as poultice
Recommended Dosage
30C three times daily for fractures until well healed. 200C for old fracture pain. Can be used both internally and externally (compress).
🔗Relationships & Affinities
🫀 Organ Affinity
Bones, periosteum, cartilage, eyes
🤝 Complementary
Calcarea Phos (bone nutrition), Ruta (periosteum)
🛡️ Antidotes
None well established
⚠️Important Cautions
Set bone properly before using - Symphytum promotes rapid healing. Do not take orally long-term in plant form (pyrrolizidine alkaloids).
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