OENANTHE CROCATA

As prescribed by the physician

• Oenanthe crocata is a powerful and deeply acting homoeopathic medicine prepared from the fresh root of Oenanthe crocata (Hemlock Drop-wort), collected during its flowering period. Belonging to the Umbelliferæ family and found in marshy places, it exerts a marked influence on the nervous system, producing effects closely resembling epilepsy, tetanus, and apoplexy. This medicine is particularly indicated in convulsive disorders, epileptic seizures, puerperal convulsions, violent mental states, and spasm-related respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions. It is characterized by sudden loss of consciousness, risus sardonicus, tetanic rigidity, and bloody froth from the mouth. Profound coldness, violent vomiting, and loss of speech further define its toxic and therapeutic picture. Common Name English: Hemlock Drop-wort SBL’s Oenanthe crocata can be helpful in the following conditions: Nervous Weakness & Convulsions • Indicated in epileptic seizures with sudden falls, unconsciousness, and violent convulsions. • Oenanthe crocata is useful in status epilepticus, opisthotonos, and puerperal convulsions. • Assists tetanus, trismus, and stiffened limbs with clenched hands and rigid jaws. • Relieves violent twitching of facial and limb muscles with foaming at the mouth. • Aids in post-convulsive coma, drowsiness, or deep moaning sleep. Delirium & Hallucination • Marked delirium resembling alcoholic frenzy, with hallucinations and constant talking. • Suitable in epilepsy-related insanity and furious outbursts. • Supports mental conditions with aversion to being questioned, grasped at imaginary objects and complete loss of awareness. Headache & Apoplexy • Alleviates vertigo with nausea, syncope, and falling backward. • Used in apoplectic states with livid face, dilated pupils, and puffiness. Serous exudation of head. • Relieves violent headache, heat in the head, and hair loss after illness. • Face may be pale, bluish, or marked by convulsive twitching; lips often blue. Vision Disturbed & Loss of Speech • Eyes red, sunken or turned upwards; pupils contract then dilate with disturbed vision. • Tongue swollen, ulcerated, bitten; foaming, bloody mucus from mouth. Mouth dry and parched, blisters with loss of speech. Convulsive movement of teeth. • Throat sore and constricted; painful swallowing; inflammation of the esophagus. Stomach and Gastrointestinal Disturbances • Relieves nausea, hiccough, and violent, persistent vomiting of clear watery liquid or bloody. • Indicated in gastro-enteritis with pain, burning heat, vomiting, and distension. • Stools involuntary or diarrheal, with griping and extreme abdominal tenderness. Dysuria & Priapism • Oenanthe crocata is helpful in painful urination, turbid or reddish urine with heavy sediment. • Indicated in semi-priapism and sexual disturbances during convulsive states. Respiratory and Chest Complaints • Assists labored, convulsive breathing; sighing; stertorous respiration. • Alleviates cough with thick, frothy or bloody expectoration; worse at night. • Relieves aching chest pain and pleuritic discomfort. Pain in right side under the ribs with hepatized spots. Cardiovascular & Circulatory Weakness • Supports feeble, irregular pulse, often scarcely perceptible before convulsions. • Relieves pain in heart region and vascular hyperemia during crises. Limb Pain & Numbness • Useful in sciatica and crural nerve pain extending from the spine. • Relieves cramps in calves, numbness of limbs, and tetanic postures. • Assists opisthotonos and Pain along spinal column. Intense action of dorsal and lumbar muscles. Skin Eruptions & Fever • Manages rose-colored eruptions on face, trunk, and limbs. • Oenanthe crocata alleviates deadly coldness, pale extremities, profuse offensive sweating. • Indicated in fevers with cold, blue extremities or rising heat to the head. Sleep Disturbances • Patients become drowsy, snore loudly, and enter a deep unconscious state after convulsions.

• 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.

Storage: Store in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight and strong odours. Keep container tightly closed.