Tribulus terrestris
Remedy of sexual debility and urinary complaints. Prostatic enlargement with difficult urination. Sexual weakness with frequent emissions. Used in Ayurvedic medicine for reproductive and urinary tonic.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Tribulus terrestris (Zygophyllaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Sexual debility with frequent emissions and weakness. Prostate enlargement — difficulty starting urine, dribbling. Renal colic. Urinary calculi — gravel. Sexual tonic — supports testosterone and libido (per traditional use). Frequent, painful urination. Used in Ayurveda as Gokshura for reproductive health.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Depressed from sexual debility. Anxious about health.
General Symptoms
Genito-urinary. Worse from sexual excess, cold. Better from warmth, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Male Genitalia
Sexual weakness — emissions, impotence. Prostatic enlargement with urinary difficulty. Supports testosterone (traditional). Sexual tonic.
Female Genitalia
Sexual debility. Leucorrhea. Reproductive tonic.
Urinary
Difficult urination from prostate. Renal colic. Gravel, calculi. Burning during urination. Frequent urging.
Back
Lumbar ache with urinary symptoms.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, rest
Worse From
Sexual excess, cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Genito-urinary tonic.
Clinical Indications
Sexual debility, prostatic enlargement, urinary calculi, renal colic, impotence, spermatorrhea
Comparative Materia Medica
Sabal serrulata is the premier prostate remedy. Conium has prostatic enlargement with ascending paralysis. Chimaphila has prostate with straining to urinate.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Tribulus is widely used as a sports supplement and in traditional medicine (Ayurveda, TCM). Non-toxic in normal doses. May interact with diabetic and blood pressure medications. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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