Phytolacca – glands – sore throat

Although Phytolacca is used for a variety of complaints like sore throat, its main effect is on the glands.  Homeopathics are dilutions of substance to help the body heal

Pytolacca decandra (Phyt.) is a homeopathic remedy prepared from the root of the poisonous pokeweed plant, Phytolacca americana.

• swelling of cervical glands with pain and redness of the throat
• throat pain feels like a “burning hot ball”
• pain in the breast with nursing
• tendonitis or bursitis that is worse at night
• dental pain that feels better on clenching the teeth

Phytolacca Decandra (Phyt.) is a homeopathic remedy for problems of the glands, joints, and connective (fibrous) tissue of the body.

Affected glands will be hot, inflamed, and swollen which makes it a useful remedy for types of mumps and mastitis as well as other gland-related problems.

Connective tissue is also affected, especially ligaments and tendons of joints, and the person complains of being “sore all over” (eyeballs, breasts, kidneys, neck, shoulders, back, forearm, knees).

Pains worsen at night and during cold weather. They “wander” about the body or are felt as sudden shooting stabs or stitches.

Discharges, if any, are usually tough and stringy.

Mental-Emotional

• Weeping during menstrual period.
• Refuses to eat from pain of swollen tonsils or quinsy.

Head

• Tendency to sinusitis

Ear

• Increased sense of hearing during headache, especially on the right side.

Teeth

• Tendency to bite or clench teeth together.

Throat

• Acute or recurring tonsillitis.
• Inflamed, dark-red or bluish-red tonsils – worse on the right side.
• White spots on swollen, inflamed tonsils.

Breast

• Swollen, painful breasts before menstrual period.
• Swollen and stony-hard lumps.
• Mastitis, sometimes progressing to abscess.
• Breast pain radiates over whole of body, especially when nursing.

Musculoskeletal

• Pain where tendons attach to bone.
• Bone pains at night.
• Rheumatic pains during cold, wet weather.
• Rheumatic affections after tonsillitis.

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