Gnaphalium polycephalum
Remedy of sciatica with numbness alternating with pain. Intense sciatic pain along the nerve, alternating with or followed by numbness and tingling. Better from sitting in a chair, flexing the leg. Rheumatic pains.
Source
Prepared from the fresh plant of Gnaphalium polycephalum (Asteraceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Sciatica — the chief indication. Intense pain along sciatic nerve alternating with numbness and tingling. Pain better from sitting in a chair with legs flexed. Numbness follows pain or alternates with it. Right side more often affected. Chronic lumbago. Rheumatic pains in joints.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable during pain. Dull.
General Symptoms
Sciatic nerve and joints. Worse from motion, cold, damp, lying down, stepping. Better from sitting in a chair, flexing leg, warmth, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Back
Chronic lumbago. Pain extending down sciatic nerve.
Extremities
Sciatica — intense pain alternating with numbness. Better from sitting in a chair. Tingling, formication. Right side more often. Pain from hip to foot along the nerve. Cramps in calves.
Abdomen
Colic with diarrhea. Irritable bowel.
Modalities
Better From
Sitting in a chair, flexing leg, warmth, rest, drawing legs up
Worse From
Motion, cold, damp, lying down, stepping, walking, weather changes
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Specific for sciatica with numbness.
Clinical Indications
Sciatica (with numbness alternating), chronic lumbago, rheumatic pains, numbness of extremities
Comparative Materia Medica
Colocynthis has sciatica better from pressure and heat but without the numbness. Magnesia phosphorica has sciatic pain better from warmth and pressure. Rhus tox has sciatica better from continued motion. Chamomilla has sciatica with numbness but driven from bed by pain.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Cudweed is a gentle herb. Non-toxic. Used in folk medicine for respiratory and digestive complaints. Safe in all potencies.
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