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Ledum Palustre

Ledum palustre
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Ledum Palustre
PreparationTincture of dried small twigs and leaves collected after flowering begins. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clarke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Ledum is a very old and well tried remedy, and one whose characteristics stand out clearly.

With these there can be no mistake in identifying its place, where it will prove its value.

The full Roberts text, by section

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Arnica, Hamamelis, Ruta, in conditions following injuries.

Eyes

(Ledum palustre)

RHEUMATIC OPHTHALMIA OF LEFT EYE.

EXCESSIVE PHOTOPHOBIA WITH SEVERE PAIN UPON ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE LIDS, PRESSING PAIN IN HEAD AND EYE, AS IF PRESSED ASUNDER THEN OUT OF ORBIT, WITH GREAT LACHRYMATION AND < AT NIGHT.

STICKING IN EYES AS FROM SAND IN EYE.

LEFT EYE MOST AFFECTED.

Ears

(Ledum palustre)

RHEUMATIC STITCHES IN RIGHT EAR.

HARDNESS OF HEARING, SENSATION AS IF OBSTRUCTED WITH COTTON.

Chest

(Ledum palustre)

Spasmodic constriction of chest when walking or ascending.

HEMOPTYSIS ALTERNATING WITH COXALGIA OR RHEUMATISM.

NECK AND BACK . — (Ledum palustre)

TEARING DRAWING PAINS IN NECK TO INSERTION OF DELTOID MUSCLE.

PAINFUL STIFFNESS OF BACK AND SCAPULAE.

PAINFUL STIFFNESS OF THE LOINS ON RISING FROM A SEAT.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Ledum palustre)

PAINFUL PRESSURE IN SHOULDER JOINTS < FROM MOTION.

RHEUMATIC PAIN IN JOINTS OF THE ARMS.

GOUTY NODES ON HANDS AND FINGER JOINTS, DRAWING PAINS FROM HANDS UPWARD.

BORING PAINS IN FIRST JOINT OF THUMB WITH FEELING OF STIFFNESS.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Ledum palustre)

PRESSURE AND LAME RHEUMATIC PAINS IN RIGHT HIP JOINT < MOTION.

RHEUMATISM ALTERNATING WITH HEMOPTYSIS.

AFTER STANDING LONG ON FEET SUDDEN VIOLENT PAIN IN HIP JOINT WITH SENSATION OF BOILING WATER IN JOINT, UNABLE TO STAND FOR SOME TIME UNTIL PAIN SUBSIDES.

Sprained feeling in all positions but < by walking.

RHEUMATIC PAINS GOING FROM BELOW UPWARD ; JOINTS PALE, SWOLLEN, TENSE ; HOT STINGING DRAWING PAINS < WARMTH OF BEDCLOTHES, MOTION AND EVENING, GOUTY RHEUMATISM BEGINS IN LOWER LIMBS AND ASCENDS ; JOINTS HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF NODES AND EVEN STONE IN THEM ; ESPECIALLY VALUABLE AFTER ABUSE OF Colchicum.

TEARING PRESSURE IN KNEE JOINTS AND LOWER LEG < ON MOTION.

CRACKING AND CREAKING OF KNEES.

TENSIVE PAIN AND SWELLING IN KNEE WHEN WALKING.

STIFFNESS OF KNEES.

PAINS SEEM TO EXTEND FROM KNEE TO HIP, WANTS LEG RUBBED FROM KNEE UPWARD TO HIP ; TREMOR OF LIMB WHEN SITTING OR ATTEMPTING TO WALK OR STAND.

ACUTE TRAUMATIC SYNOVITIS WITH MUCH EFFUSION AND COLDNESS OF PART ; SWELLING AND TENSION AND STITCHES IN KNEES WITH RHEUMATIC PAINS.

PINCHING, GRASPING PAINS IN LEFT HAMSTRING < AT NIGHT.

DRAWING PAINS FROM UPPER PART OF CALF TO POPLITEAL SPACE ; CANNOT LIE ON LEFT SIDE.

SWELLING OF LEGS EXTENDING ABOVE CALVES WITH TENSIVE PAIN, < EVENING. RENDING PAINS IN PERIOSTEUM, SWELLING OF FEET AND LEGS UP TO KNEES PURPLE AND MOTTLED, > WHEN HOLDING FEET IN ICE WATER.

RHEUMATIC PAINS WITH SWELLING, > APPLYING COLD.

PRESSURE IN BONES OF ANKLE AND LOWER LEG, < MOTION, < MORNING.

STIFFNESS AND RIGIDITY OF FEET < MORNING.

GOUTY WITH TEARING PAINS IN TOES ; GOUTY NODOSITIES IN JOINTS.

SWELLING OF FEET ; IN ANKLES ; IN KNEES WITH VERY SEVERE PAIN ON STEPPING.

PAIN IN ANKLES AS FROM A SEVERE STRAIN OR MISSTEP.

VIOLENT PAIN IN JOINT OF LEFT GREAT TOE WHILE WALKING IN MORNING.

BORING IN FIRST JOINT OF RIGHT GREAT TOE.

BALL OF GREAT TOE PAINFUL, SWOLLEN, TENDONS STIFF, < STEPPING.

BONE PAINS IN LEGS.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL — (Ledum palustre)

LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT HIP JOINT.

RHEUMATISM BEGINS IN LOWER LIMBS AND ASCENDS.

PRESSIVE PAINS IN KNEES AND WRISTS.

PAINS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF LIMBS AFTER TAKING WINE.

HARD NODES AND CALCAREOUS DEPOSITS WITH TENSE HARD SWELLING OF JOINTS.

CAN ONLY MOVE JOINTS AFTER APPLYING COLD WATER.

HABITUAL GOUT IN ARTICULATIONS OF HANDS, FEET AND GREAT TOE JOINTS.

AGGRAVATIONS . — (Ledum palustre)

EVENING.

BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

Motion

HEAT OF BED.

AFTER WINE.

AMELIORATIONS . — (Ledum palustre)

PUTTING FEET IN ICE WATER.

CONCOMITANTS . — (Ledum palustre)

WARMTH OF BED INTOLERABLE.

PAINS STICKING, TEARING, THROBBING.

EMACIATION OF AFFECTED PARTS.

AFTER ABUSE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.

AFTER BRUISE OF PARTS.

INTENSE COLDNESS ACCOMPANIES ITS FEVERS.

Complete text of the Ledum Palustre entry in Roberts - The Rheumatic Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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