Granatum
Remedy of tapeworm with excessive hunger. Nausea and vertigo with tapeworm. Gnawing, pinching abdominal pains. Salivation. Itching of anus. Feeling of something alive in abdomen.
Source
Prepared from the bark of the root of Punica granatum (Punicaceae/Lythraceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Tapeworm — the classical anthelmintic. Nausea, vertigo, and salivation with worms. Gnawing, pinching pains in abdomen — as if something alive. Excessive hunger yet emaciates. Itching, crawling at anus. Palpitation with worm symptoms. Used traditionally for tapeworm expulsion.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious, fearful. Vertigo with nausea.
General Symptoms
Worms. Worse from eating, motion. Better from rest, lying down.
Physical Symptoms
Abdomen
Gnawing, pinching pains — as if something alive. Tapeworm. Colic from worms. Hunger yet emaciates.
Stomach
Nausea with vertigo and salivation. Excessive hunger.
Rectum
Itching, crawling at anus. Tapeworm segments passed.
Head
Vertigo with nausea from worms.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, lying down
Worse From
Eating, motion
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Tapeworm remedy.
Clinical Indications
Tapeworm, worm colic, nausea with vertigo from worms, excessive hunger with emaciation
Comparative Materia Medica
Filix mas is another tapeworm remedy. Cina has worms with irritability. Teucrium has pinworms.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Pomegranate root bark contains pelletierine — a potent anthelmintic. Toxic in large crude doses: nausea, vomiting, visual disturbance, weakness. The fruit is a common food and non-toxic. Use potentised forms for internal medicine.
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