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Filipendula ulmaria

Filipendula ulmaria

Botanical name: Filipendula ulmaria

Family : Rosaceae

Common name: spiraea ulmaria ,Hardhack, Meadow-sweet, Queen-of-the-meadow, Dropwort

Habitat :  Native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia

Part used: Root

Actions : Anti-inflammatory and analgesic

Inside story

·         The leaves and flowering stems are anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, aromatic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic and tonic.

·         The flower head contains salicylic acid, from which the drug aspirin can be synthesized.

Indications

·         Cramp in muscle of forearm on lifting anything.³

·         Veins in hands distended. ³

·         Heaviness in lower limbs as if full, esp. on ascending steps. ³

·         In the flexor muscles of the forearm a feeling as if cramp would come on; whenever he attempted to lift anything heavy, a real cramp occured, that disappeared in the afternoon (eighth day).¹

·         In the afternoon, heaviness in the lower extremities, as if full, especially on ascending steps (eighth day). ¹

·         In the afternoon great exhaustion, with stretching of the limbs and yawning (seventh day). ¹

·         Weak, prostrated, and weary with sleep; was obliged to lie down after dinner and sleep for a few hours; after the sleep he was somewhat refreshed (eighth day). ¹

·         After the midday nap there was an indefinite feeling of discomfort over the whole body, as after illness, or like a foreboding of fever, a kind of unsteadiness while walking or moving about, disappearing after moving about, towards evening (seventh day). ¹

·         Spiraea and Gaultheria contain salicyl. acid. ⁷

·         Bojanus proved Spiraea ulmaria, taking substantial doses. A leading symptom was the production of heat, general and local.⁴

References

1.       Allen T.F., Encyclopedia of pure materia medica

2.       Boerricke W., Homoeopathic materia medica

3.       Clarke, J. H, A dictionary of practical materia medica

4.       Murphy R, Homoeopathic remedy guide

5.       Practicalplants.org,. "Filipendula Ulmaria (Meadowsweet) - Practical Plants". 2016. Web. 12 Jan. 2016.

6.       Scu.edu.au,. "Filipendula Ulmaria - Southern Cross Plant Science - SCU", 2016. Web. 15 Jan. 2016.

7.       Vermeulen F., Concordant materia medica