Signatura rerum of few well known and lesser known Homoeopathy remedies

Dr KRUITI  SARASWAT ¹ ,  Dr SANJAY VERMA¹

  1.  PG Scholars , Dr. MPKHMCH&RC, Homoeopathy University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.  e-mail- saraswatkruiti@gmail.com,  vermasanjay1126@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
Since our BHMS days, we all are reading as well as using Doctrine of signature in practice. Here is a quick overview of the same, to polish our dear readers knowledge about some well known as well as lesser known remedies related to Doctrine of signature.

KEYWORDS:  Signatura rerum, doctrine of signature, well known, lesser known remedies

INTRODUCTION:
Natural things sometimes resemble to part/system of the human body. To know the similarity between natural things and human being we needs a sort of index. Index can be external feature of natural things. To love nature, we must be able to understand  its laws and to study its ways.

Doctrine of signature is a boon to humans from the superpower “The God” himself. Its our prime duty and responsibility to understand these clues from nature and use them for favour of mankind. 

Enlisted are few of the examples of doctrine of signature and its practical application while prescribing:

Scientific name	Common name	Doctrine of signature (  Signatura rerum)	Sphere of action (related to doctrine)
Arisaema triphyllum    ( Arum triphyllum)	Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Calcium oxalate crystals in its root, or corm, caused painful stinging when handled raw.	Effective in treating painful boils and bites, including snake bites.
Asclepias syriaca	Pleurisy root, Milkweed	Leaf of milkweed and sticky white sap oozes out.	Stimulate milk production in new mothers, catarrh with sticky discharge.
Blatta orientalis	Indian cockroach	Lives in cracks, cellars and damp places.	Asthma of people living in damp basements and cellars.
Bovista	Puff  Ball	On ripening, filled with blackish dust that breaks its husk with slight noise.	Bloatedness, flatulence, distension.
Bryonia alba	Wild hop	Roots are fleshy, bitter in taste, nauseating smell, yellowish, acrid.	Similar discharges.
Chelidonium majus	Celadine	Yellow colored latex.	Bilirubin dyscracias.
Colchicum autumnale	Meadow saffron	Bulb looks like gouty toe.	Gout of great toe.
Crocus sativus	Saffron	being brikck red in colour	produces hemorrhages of dark colour.
Digitalis purpurea	Foxglove	Flowers with blood colored dots.	Blood dyscrasias.
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Boneset	Leaves fuse around the stem, like broken bones knit back together with a scar.	Fever with breaking bone like pains.
Euphrasia officinalis	Eyebright	Black spot in corolla.	Eye symptoms marked.
Juglans regia	Walnut	Human brain.	Confusion of mind, sensation as if head floating in air.
Pulmona vulpis	– Fox’s lung	– Woxes were long winded	Asthma&Lung diseases
Pulsatilla nigricans	Wind flower, Weather cock	Changebility according to weather.	Changebility of symptoms.
Rhododendron	Snow  Rose	Grows in fogs and stroms of Siberian mountains.	Sensitivity to stroms.
Scrophularia nodosa	Common Figwort	Node-like thickenings of the roots.	Lymph nodes.
Sticta pulmonale	Lungwort	Lungs	Pulmonary complaints.
Taraxacum officinale	Dandelion	Stem yields a liquid when broken, Yellow color flower.	Diuretic, Jaundice, Liver disorders.
Tarentula hispanica	Spanish spider	Sensitive to drum beats.	Oversensitive to music.
Saxifraga paniculata	Saxifrages	Plants that could break  rock in order to grow.	To break renal stones.

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”

REFERENCES:

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