Indication

(syn. Polygonum acre), a homoeopathic medicine prepared from the whole plant of the Polygonaceae family, is a lesser-known but valuable medicine acting chiefly on the urinary tract, mucous membranes, and skin. It is especially suited to conditions marked by strangury, burning in bladder, haematuria, and irritant action on mucous outlets. It also finds use in inflammatory affections of skin and kidneys, with soreness and excoriation.

Common Name

English: Water Pepper / Smartweed
Hindi: Bishkatali / Lal Jwarla

can be helpful in the following conditions:

Burning & Strangury

• Helps in painful, frequent urging to urinate with burning sensation.
• Strangury with difficult passage of urine, sometimes mixed with blood.
• Smarting and excoriating pains along urinary passages.

Mucous Membrane Irritation

• Irritates mucous outlets with burning, redness, and soreness.
• Helpful in cases of haematuria and catarrhal bladder irritation.
• Burning in rectum and anus after stool, with excoriation.

Redness of Skin & Eruptions

• Produces erysipelatous inflammation with redness and burning.
• Helps in itching, smarting eruptions, and excoriated skin surfaces.
• Helpful in conditions of rawness, heat, and painful sensitivity of skin.

Haemorrhagic Tendency

• assists in tendencies of haemorrhage from mucous surfaces.
• Bright red bleeding with soreness and burning pains.
• Helpful in bleeding from urinary or rectal tract.

General Weakness and Restlessness

• Marked burning, smarting, and excoriation throughout the system.
• Pains often associated with restlessness and aggravation after urination or stool.
• General weakness and irritability from urinary or mucous irritation.

Dosage

As prescribed by the physician.

Safety

• Read the label carefully before use.
• Do not exceed the recommended dose.
• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store in a cool, dry place; avoid sunlight and heat.
• Avoid strong smells (onion, hing, mint, garlic) during use.
• Allow 15 minutes gap between two homoeopathic medicines, 30 mins gap between Homoeopathic medicines and food, or one hour gap between Homoeopathic medicines or another system of medicines.

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