SBL Ranunculus bulbosus

Common Name: Buttercup
Source: Derived from the bulb of Ranunculus bulbosus.

Key Benefits and Indications

General Action

• Herpes Zoster: Effective for treating herpes zoster, particularly with vesicular eruptions that may appear with or be preceded by intercostal neuralgia.
• Chronic Sciatica: Relieves long-term sciatica pain, which is worsened by movement or changes in weather.
• Corns and Sensitive Soles: Relieves burning pain and sensitivity in corns on the soles of the feet.

Specific Symptoms and Conditions

Muscular and Neuralgic Pains

• Sciatica: Chronic sciatica, writer’s cramp, and professional neuroses, worsened by slightest movement, wet or stormy weather, or evening.
• Chest and Rib Pain: Helps relieve chest pains, including intercostal rheumatism, neuralgia, myalgia, and pleura inflammation due to cold exposure or physical exertion.
• Shoulder Pain: Muscular pain, especially in the margins of the shoulder blades in women from activities like needlework or playing piano.
• Pain Type: Pain is generally sharp, stitching, and shooting in nature.

Head and Eyes

• Headaches: Relieves irritable headaches, especially in the forehead and around the eyeballs.
• Scalp Sensation: Creeping sensation on the scalp.
• Eyes:
  • Useful for day-blindness and mist before eyes.
  • Pressure, smarting, and irritation in the eyes as if from smoke.
  • Herpes on the cornea, with photophobia and intense pain.
  • Vesicles on the cornea causing severe discomfort.

Chest and Abdominal Complaints

• Pain in Chest: Relieves pains in the sternum, ribs, and intercostal spaces, often associated with rheumatism.
• Chilliness in Chest: Especially when walking in the open air.
• Rheumatic Pain: Stitches in the chest, especially between the shoulder blades, worsened by inspiration or movement.
• Tender Abdomen: Relieves tenderness and soreness in the abdomen when touched.

Skin Conditions

• Burning and Itching: Relieves intense burning and itching on the skin, particularly from herpetic eruptions, including shingles with bluish vesicles.
• Corns and Sensitive Skin: Relieves discomfort from corns, hard excrescences, and horny skin, especially on finger-tips and palms.
• Blister-Like Eruptions: Treats vesicular and pustular eruptions on the skin.

Modalities

• Worse: Symptoms worsen with exposure to open air, motion, contact, wet or stormy weather, and evening. Cold air can provoke all symptoms.

Dosage and Administration

• Standard Dose: Take 5 drops in half a cup of water 3 times daily.
• Alternatively, medicate globules and take as prescribed by a physician.

Precautions

• Maintain a 15-minute gap before or after meals when taking the medicine.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding: Consult with a homeopathic practitioner before use.
• Avoid tobacco and alcohol during the treatment.

Side Effects

• No known side effects when taken as prescribed.
• Homeopathic remedies do not interfere with other medications, including allopathy or ayurvedic treatments.

Terms and Conditions

• Homeopathic products are taken based on symptom similarity, and results may vary depending on the condition.
• It is advised to consult a physician before purchasing or starting treatment, and avoid self-medication.