Sambucus Nigra, a very common plant in Italy, is also an effective homeopathic remedy to relieve respiratory problems and rheumatism.
Description of Sambucus Nigra
Elderberry, a very common plant in our area, belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family. In homeopathy the remedy Sambucus Nigra is used in the form of mother tincture, obtained from fresh leaves and flowers .
Useful in diseases of the respiratory system, febrile states, rhinitis, asthma, acute rheumatic affections of the joints, feeling of heaviness with numbness of the joints, with pain and swelling in the lower and upper limbs.
It contains as essential ingredients essential oil, tannins, unrutoside, glucoside sambunigroside, in flowers; tannins, pectins, traces of essential oil, organic acids, mineral trace elements, in fruits. The first to describe and classify the species was Carl von Linné, better known as Linnaeus, the father of the modern biological and scientific classification of living organisms. Del Sambuco flowers and fruits are used.
The rest of the plant is poisonous because it contains the glycoside sambunigrin.
When using Sambucus Nigra
The homeopathic remedy Sambucus Nigra works at the level of the respiratory tract, muscles, joints, kidneys, sweat glands. Furthermore, the remedy is particularly suitable also for children with respiratory tract diseases. Sambucus nigra is indicated in the following main cases:
- Sore throat, hoarseness, cough, tracheitis and laryngitis, acute rhinitis, pertussis and nasal obstruction in children, phlegm and thick mucus
- Arthritis, acute rheumatic pains and affections, pains in the shoulder blades, back pain, neck, spine
- Numbness of the lower and upper limbs
- Kidney problems
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Doses and administration
As for the doses of the homeopathic remedy Sambucus Nigra we recommend the dilution 5 CH, 1 to 3 granules every 10 - 15 minutes, lengthening the times with the improvements.
To whom is Sambucus Nigra recommended?
The subject Sambucus Nigra is a person with a strong tendency to panic . The shock represented by the state of panic is followed by anxiety, agitation, tremors and suffocation.
The Sambucus Nigra type can easily have delusions, with frightening visual hallucinations. She snores and sweats at night and has a feeling of suffocation.
