Eupatorium purpureum
Remedy of urinary complaints with deep aching in kidneys. Vesical irritation and dysuria. Renal colic with violent urging. Enlarged prostate with difficult urination. Pain in hips and back. Homesickness.
Source
Prepared from the fresh root of Eutrochium purpureum (Asteraceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Deep aching in kidneys. Bladder irritation with constant urging. Dysuria — painful, difficult urination. Renal colic. Enlarged prostate with obstructed flow. Vesical catarrh. Pain in sacral and hip region with urinary complaints. Homesickness — deep longing. Gravel and stones in urinary tract.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Homesick — deep longing for home. Depressed. Restless. Irritable.
General Symptoms
Urinary system and joints. Worse from motion, cold, damp, left side. Better from warmth, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Urinary
Deep aching in kidneys. Constant desire to urinate. Dysuria — cutting, burning during urination. Vesical catarrh — mucus in urine. Renal colic. Gravel, calculi. Hematuria. Frequent urging.
Male Genitalia
Prostate enlarged with difficult urination. Frequent nightly urging. Weight and dragging in perineum.
Female Genitalia
Threatened abortion. Uterine atony. Dysmenorrhea with vesical irritation.
Back
Deep aching in sacrum and hips. Stiffness. Pain with urinary symptoms.
Extremities
Aching in hips and joints. Weakness.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, rest
Worse From
Motion, cold, damp, left side, urination
Constitutional Type
Those with chronic urinary complaints. Enlarged prostate. Kidney stone formers. Homesick individuals.
Clinical Indications
Cystitis, renal colic, kidney stones, prostatic enlargement, vesical catarrh, dysuria, homesickness, threatened abortion
Comparative Materia Medica
Berberis has kidney pain radiating in all directions. Cantharis has violent burning dysuria. Chimaphila has urinary obstruction from prostate. Solidago has kidney remedy action but less vesical involvement.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Gravel root is used traditionally for kidney and urinary complaints. Contains hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in some species — use with caution internally in crude form. Safe in potentised forms.
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