Vegetables are always presents on our table, but
even more – in spring and summer. In homeopathy they are used equally with
other plants such as herbs, flowers, trees, and even fruits. Samuel Hahnemann
made the first homeopathic proving of a vegetable and this is the red hot
pepper, Capsicum annuum, which is
included in the Materia Medica Pura.
Here I present some of the most popular and used
vegetables, that are used in homeopathic practice as remedies, with its
inherent healing properties. Here I indicate the key symptoms of remedies with
educational purpose and they can not be used for treatment, without taking into
account the total picture of the case, which can be done by a qualified
homeopath.
Asparagus – Asparagus officinalis
– Frequent urination with stitching pains in orifice of urethra.
– Palpitation, with oppression
of chest.
Beet – Beta vulgaris
– Chronic catarh.
– Tuberculosis.
– Hemorrhoids.
Celery – Apium graveolens
– Pain in abdomen extending to
rectum.
– Intense constriction over
sternum.
– Skin itching, aggravates after
undressing.
Dock – Rumex crispus
– Cough, agg. going from warm to
cold.
– Cough, agg. uncovering,
undressing, breathing, talking, change of weather.
– Intense itching of skin agg.
uncovering and undressing.
Garlic – Allium sativum
– Ailments from voracity and
overeating with meat.
– Obstructed flatulence with
painful, distension pains; pressing abdominal pains <
stepping, > stooping forward.
– Involuntary urination in old
men with enlarged prostate.
Green bean – Phaseolus
– Heart problems, palpitation
with rapid, irregular pulse and slow breathing.
Marrow – Cucurbita pepo
– Big remedies for taenia.
– Intense nausea immediately
after eating.
– Vomiting during pregnancy.
Nettle – Urtica urens
– Urticaria wirh burning heat,
itching and stinging > warm.
– Urticaria after eating
shellfish and after stinging of insects.
– Pain in right deltoid.
Onion – Allium cepa
– Coryza from smell of flowrs;
coryza with acrid nasal discharge and eye secretion bland, accompanied with
headache < warm room, > open air.
– Cutting, tearing pains in
larynx and irritation during cough.
Parsley – Petroselinum
– Acute gonorrhea, with itching
in urethra.
– Sudden, irresistible desire to
urinate, with burning pains from perineum throughout whole urethra.
Pepper, red, hot – Capsicum annuum
– Homesickness, nostalgia,
sadness, melancholy, alcoholism.
– Burning pains and redness of
face.
– Inflammation of throat;
burning pain and heat in throat.
Potatoes – Solanum tuberosum
– Nausea accompanied with
vomiting and diarrhea.
– Heaviness of tongue, with
brown, moist fur; speechless, stammering.
Radish – Raphanus
– Obstruction flatulence,
accumulation and incarceration of gas.
– Nymphomania.
Sorrel – Rumex
acetosa
– Lower
lid puffed; elongated uvula.
– Pain
all down esophagus < swallowing.
– Complete
paralysis of body.
Tomato – Lycopersicon esculentum
– Sharp pain in right deltoid
and pectoral muscles.
– Influenza, profuse, watery coryza
with headache and pains in left side of body after influenza.
Some common vegetables are absent, such as
cucumber, but they are little studied or have not been proven. The remedy Lactuca virosa (wild lettuce) is often
confused with the garden lettuce (Lactuca
sativa), but these are two different plants and therefore not included
here.
