DR KESSLER’S HOMEOPATHY BOOK

RUTA GRAVEOLENS
Common Rue
Rue is considered a national herb of Lithuania.
Effects of common Rue
IDEA: Sprains, strains of tendines, bruised bones
Myositis: Sensation of great weakness and desperation. Pain upper thighs. Legs give way
when getting up from a chair. Upper thighs and hips are very weak (Phos., Con.).All parts of
the body are painful as if beaten up. Complaints after physical overworking especially the
flexor tendines.
“Bruised” injured bones. Periosteum and cartilage. Complaints from straining flexor
tendons especially. Tendency to the formation of deposits in the periosteum, tendons, and
about joints, especially wrist. All parts of the body are painful, as if bruised. Lameness after
sprains. Sprains (after Arnica, Rhus tox). Headache; sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; as if
crushed shattered, beaten to pieces; eyes, over strain of ocular muscles. Feeling of intense
lassitude, weakness and despair. Eyes and vision from straining eyes and too much reading.
Jaundice.Rectal irritation, prolapsus and lower large intestinal cancer (Phytolacca).
Headache caused by over exertion of eyes. Red eyes.
Worse: lying down, from cold, wet weather. Going down the stairs
Compare: Ratanhia, Carduus. Rectal (irritation); Jaborandi, Phytolacca, Rhus tox, Silicea,
Arnica