SAMBUCUS NIGRA (Elder)
Sambucus nigra is a short acting
Homoeopathic remedy. It is used for respiratory troubles when suffocation is
the prominent symptom. Homoeopathic mother tincture is prepared from fresh leaves
and flowers. It was proved and added to Materia medica Pura by Dr. Christian Friedrich
Samuel Hahnemann MD. The leaves of Sambucus has offensive odor so it was used
by gardeners to keep of caterpillars from the plants. Leaves are also used as
ointment and flowers are used for preparing medicated tea. Its berries are used
to preparing elderberry juice.
The
key symptom of this remedy is catarrhal affection of air passage with
suffocation. The main cause of catarrh is due to oedema in the parts of the
body; in nasal mucosa, bronchial tract and especially on legs, instep and feet.
When oedema affects the nasal mucosa, the nasopharynx gets narrowed and baby are
snuffles and preventing breathing and nursing. Another peculiar symptom of
this remedy is persisting sweat day and night during working period, sweat are disappear
while sleeping. Sambucus usually adopted to the person who are previously robust
and fleshy but suddenly become emaciated. Adopted to the scrofulous child with
affection of respiratory problems.
*** Respiratory symptoms:
Sambucus is useful for cold-cough,
whooping cough, asthma, lung effusion and pulmonary tuberculosis. Sambucus
respiratory conditions are aggravated mostly at mid night and from 2-3 a.m.,
during rest, from cold, motion, from lying down and reduce by sits up
in the bed, by pressure. Nose is totally stuffed and difficulty in
breathing. Patient inspired air but cannot expired properly. So,
during respiratory affection snuffles of infants prevents nursing. Dry coryza
when it occurs in lower respiratory tract it causes dyspnea. The child awakes
suddenly with feeling suffocated and become air hunger. The face become blue
and cyanosed looking. Patient may inspire well but cannot expired air and
sighing expiration. Hoarseness with mucous rattling inside the chest
without expectoration. Cough become deep and associated with spasm. Respiratory
attack is passed off and then repeat again is the other characteristic symptom
of this remedy. Chest become oppressed with lancinating pain feeling inside
the sternum. If the person is old lady, this condition is relieved by
profuse urination, which is due to accumulation of large amount of fluid in
abdomen and legs. Respiratory symptoms may precede the fever paroxysm. There is profuse debilitating sweat
persist in day and night in working period and disappear while sleeping.
*** Fever:
During fever dry heat all over the
body without feeling thirsty. Patient have great fear of uncovering. Patient properly covering the whole-body during fever. Fever with
profuse perspiration especially during night. Profuse perspiration day and
night but when wake up marked on face. In intermittent fever, chills over the
whole body with cold hands and feet, followed by intolerable dry heat. Pulse
generally small and very rapid during intermittent fever.
*** Mind symptoms:
Great tendency to get fright. Fright may cause suffocative attack. Peevish, during which
everything makes bad impressions. Periodical delirium with visual hallucination.
*** Modalities:
Generally, Sambucus symptoms are
aggravated at mid night, on sleep, lying down, uncovering, cold application,
motion, on left side, mental emotion, anxiety, grief. Symptoms are ameliorated
on rest, sitting erect, applying pressure.
*** Dose: 3rd to 200 potency.
*** Repetition: Single dose according to symptoms similarity. Avoid repetition
during aggravation time.
*** Duration of action: 3-4 hours (Dr. Clarke).
*** Relationship:
·
Antidoted
by: Arsenicum album, Camphor.
·
Compare: Opium: effects of fright, Mephitis: Night attack of
cough, Lachesis: Peculiarity of perspiration, China and conium: Sweats
as soon as closing the eyes, Thuja: Sweats on uncovered part, Pulsatilla:
Sweats of one side, Nux vomica: Fear of uncovering, Tuberculinum: fatty
people emaciated suddenly.
___Amatul
Zami Aditi
Student
(final year B.H.M.S.)
Govt.
Homoeopathic Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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