LEGUMINOSAE group remedies in Homeopathy

Dr T K Jithesh  

Homoeopathic Medicines made out of Leguminosae group of plants and their preparation, properties and clinical indications

1. Derris pinnata. Sub-order PAPILIONACEAE
2. Astragalus campestris.
3. Astragalus cicer.
4. Astragalus excapus.
5. Astragalus glycyphyllos.
6. Astragalus gummifer.
7. Astragalus menziesii
8. Astragalus mollissimus.
9. Balasamum peruvianum.
10.Balsamum tolutanum. – Balsamum toluiferum.

11.Baptisia confusa acetica.
12.Baptisia tinctoria.
13.Cicer arietinum.
14.Dolichos pruriens.
15.Ervum ervilia. – Vicia ervilia.
16.Ervum lens. – Lens esculenta.
17.Faba vulgaris. – Vicia faba.
18.Galega officinalis.
19.Genista tinctoria.
20.Hedysarum Ildefonsianum.
21.Indigo tinctoria.- Indigofera tinctoria.
22.Jequirity. – Abrus precatorius.
23.Jequiritol.
24.Kino australience.
25.Kino malabar.
26.Kino pterocarpi.
27.Laburnum. – Cytisus laburnum.
28.Lathyrus latifolius.
29.lathyrus sativus.
30.Lathyrus sylvestris.
31.Melilotus alba.
32.Melilotus altissima.
33.Melilotus officinalis.
34.Mucuna urens.
35.Ononis natrix.
36.Ononis repens.
37.Ononis spinosa. – Ononis arvensis.
38.Oxytropis campestris.
39.Oxytropis lamberti.- Astragalus Hornii,Ast.Lamberti,Ast.legum.
40.Phaseolus lunatus.
41.Phaseolus nanus.
42.Phaseolus vulgaris.
43.Physostigma venenosum.
44.Physostigminum – Eserinum.
45.Physostigminum salicylicum.
46.Piscidia.
47.Pisum sativum.
48.Robinia pseudacacia.
49.Sarothamnus scoparius. – Genista scoparia.,Cytisus scoparius.
50.Trifolium alpinum.
51.Trifolium arvense.
52.Trifolium dubium.
53.Trifolium elegans.
54.Trifolium pratense.
55.Trifolium repens.
sub-order CAESALPINIEAE
56.Cassia alata.
57.Cassia fistula.
58.Cassia occidentalis.
59.Copaiva. – Balsamum copaivae.,Balsamum copaivae siccum.
60.Gymnocladus canadensis.- Gymnocadus dioicus.,Gym.distica.
61.Haematoxylon campechianum.
62.Joanesia asoka. – Saraca indica.
63.Senna. – Cassia acutifolia.,Cass.angustifolia.,Cass.senna.
64.Tamarindus indica.
65.Tongo odorata.
sub-order MIMOSEAE
66.Acacia farnesiana.
67.Catechu. – Acacia catechu.
68.Mimosa humilis.
69.Mimosa pudica.

Short remedies in brief

Derris pinnata :

• Common Name : Cochin China.
• Is afraid of killing someone with a knife.
• Sense of smell exalted.,Intolerable smell after frequent  sneezing.
• Neuralgic headache of rheumatic origin.
• Pain in loose teeth.<night, >heat.
• Copious salivation with aphthae and thready viscid mucous.
• Leucorrhoea with menstruation twice a month.
• Walks as if stepping on down.
• <touch.

Astragalus menziesiI :

• Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, stomach.
• Emptiness in stomach with weakness. Emptiness relieved by eating.
• Pain in face bones.
• Headache.

Astragallus mollissimus :

• Antics.
• Emaciation, sunken eye balls , lusterless hair and feeble movements.
• Irregularities in gait and paralytic affections.
• Loss of muscular co-ordination.
• Purring sensation in right foot outer side from heel to toe.
• Icy coldness of left calf.

Balsamum peruvianum.

• Bleeding from right nostril without coryza.
• Phthisis of mucous type. Cough, mucous and purulent expectoration.
• Indolent ulcers. Rhagades of nipples and fingers. Fissured and chapped lips. ( Externally in all these conditions )
• Externally in scabies. ( All parts are gently rubbed with it at night and a bath taken in the morning. )

Baptisia confusa acetica :

• Congestion of fore part of head.
• Hectic flesh after tea.
• Right molar felt too long < pressure.
• Jaw joints stiff and painful.
• Sciatica left side.
• Pain in left hypochondrium, oppression, fullness, and actual dyspnoea, impelling the patient to assume an erect position.

Cicer arietinum :

• Lithiasis, Jaundice, Liver affections.
• Diuretic.

Dolichos pruriens :

• Itching without eruptions.
• Jaundice.
• Haemorrhoidal diathesis.
• Right sided.
• Pain below right angle of jaw as if a splinter were embedded vertically.
• Colic from getting feet wet.
• Constipation with intense itching; bloated abdomen.

Galega officinalis :

• Backache, Debility.
• Anaemia and impaired nutrition.
• Increases the quantity and quality of milk in nursing women;
• Improves appetite.

Genista tinctoria : Contains scopolamin.

• Frontal headache and vertigo, worse motion, better open air and eating.
• Dry throat, awakes with waterbrash.
• Itching eruption on elbows, knees and ankles.
• Promotes diuresis in dropsical conditions.

Hedysarum ildefonsianum :

• Gonorrhoea and inflammation of penis.
• Fingers contract with pain.

Indigo :

• Epilepsy with great sadness.
• Pure powdered indigo placed on the wound cures spider and snake poison.
• Stricture of oesophagus.
• Sciatica, pain from middle of thigh to knee.
• Pain in limbs worse after every meal.
• Fits begins with dizziness. Aura from painful spot between shoulders. Reflex spasms from worms.

Jequirity :

• Epithelioma, lupus, ulcers, granular lids.
• Purulent conjunctivitis, inflammation spreading to face, neck and chest.
• Granular ophthalmia. Keratitis.

Jequiritol :

• In cases of trachoma and pannus to engraft a new purulent inflammation.

Kino pterocarpi :

• Haemoptysis and haemorrhage from intestines.
• Otorrhoea with stitches in right ear.

Laburnum :

• Inflammation of stomach and intestines, with vomiting diarrhoea, headache, paleness of the face and cold skin.
• Wide spread anaesthesia. Convulsions.
• Cerebrospinal meningitis.
• Stupefaction. Unequally dilated pupils.
• Constant vertigo,intense sleepiness.
• Hydrocephalus.
• Excessive thirst, constant nausea , vomiting, burning pain in epigastrium.
• Grass green urine.
• Numbness and pain in hands.

Lathyrus sativus :

• Painless, spastic, motor paralysis.
• Exaggerated reflexes.
• Hypochondriacal.
• Vertigo when standing with eyes closed.
• Burning pain in tip of tongue.
• Sleepy, constant yawning.
• Knees knock against each other when walking; heel do not touch the ground.
• Gluteal muscles and lower limbs emaciated.
• Frequent urge to urinate, must hurry, else voided involuntarily.

Melilotus officinalis :

• Congestion and haemorrhages.
• Infantile spasms. Epilepsy from blow on head.
• Wants to run away and hide.
• Sick headache relieved by epistaxis or menstrual flow.
• Neuralgia around and over right side of head and neck.

Melilotus alba :

• Haemorrhages, congestive headaches, engorged blood vessels, spasms

Mucuna urens :

• Haemorrhoidal diathesis and diseases depending thereon.

Ononis spinosa

• Diuretic.
• Lithotripic.
• Chronic nephritis.
• Nosebleed worse washing face.

Physostigminum :
Slows action of heart and increases arterial tension; in ciliary spasm and spasmodic astigmatism due to irregular action
of ciliary muscles; blepharo-spasms; pupils contracted. Twitching of lids, soreness of eyeballs, blurring of vision after using
eyes, pain around eyes and head.

Piscidia :

• A nerve sedative.
• Insomnia due to worry, nervous excitement, spasmodic coughs.
• Pains of irregular menstruation; regulates  flow.
• Neuralgic and spasmodic affections.

Robinia pseudacasia :

• Hyperchlorhydria.
• Acidity accompanied by frontal headache.
• Intensely acrid eructation.
• Acrid and greenish vomiting.
• Nightly burning pains in stomach.
• Constipation with urgent desire.
• Nymphomania. Acrid fetid leucorrhoea.
• Inter menstrual bleeding. Herpes on vagina and vulva.

Trifolium pratense :

• Produces most marked ptyalism. Fullness of salivary glands followed by profuse flow of saliva.
• Cancerous diathesis.
• Infantile eczema.
• Mental failure, loss of memory.
• Hoarse and chocking; chills with cough at night.
• Whooping cough.
• Tingling in palms; Tibial ulcers.

Trifolium repens :

• Prophylactic against mumps.
• Feeling of congestion in salivary glands, pain and hardening, especially submaxillary, worse lying down.
• Mouth filled with watery saliva, worse lying down.
• Taste of blood in mouth and throat.
• Sensation as if heart would stop, with great fear, better sitting up or moving about; worse when alone, with cold sweat on face.

Copaiva :

• Acts powerfully on mucous membranes , especially that of urinary tract, the respiratory organs, and the skin, here producing a well marked nettle rash, colds and catarrhs.
• Sensitive to sharp sounds.
• Food tastes too salty.
• Gastric troubles during menstruation or following urtiucaria.
• Dysmenorrhoea, pains extending to the hip bones with nausea.
• Hives with fever and constipation.
• Chronic urticaria in children.

Gymnocladus canadensis :

• Sore throat. Dark livid redness of throat and tonsils.
• Headache with bluish white coating of the tongue.
• Hives.

Haematoxylon :

• Sense of constriction.
• Angina, sensation of a bar across the chest.
• Weak feeling with painful bearing down sensation at  menstrual period.

Jonosia asoca :

• Reflex uterine congestive headache.
• Desire for sweets and acids.
• Delayed menses, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia.

Senna :

• Acetonaemia.
• Constipation with colic and flatulence.
• Hepatomegaly.
• Oxaluria. increased specific gravity of urine.
• Hyperazoturia, phosphaturia, and acetonuria.

Tongo : diptrix odorata.

• Supraorbital neuralgia.
• Whooping cough.
• Tearing pains in hip joint, femur and knee especially left.

Mimosa pudica :

• Rheumatism.Knee stiff, lancinating pains in back and limbs.
• Swelling of the ankle.

Dr T K Jithesh   BHMS,MD(Hom)
Medical Officer, Dept. of Homoeopathy, Govt. of  NCT Delhi