Physostigma venenosum(Mother Tincture)
Trituration of the bean.
Common Name: Physostigma, Calabar Bean, Eserinum
Causes & Symptoms for Physostigma venenosum
- Convulsions and twitchings muscular prostration. Violent trembling all over the body.
- Fluttering tremors,dread of cold water is grand keynote.
- Involuntary muscles are excited to active movements, Stiff all over as after taking cold.
- Weakness felt on change of weather, and on cold, bracing days indicates Physostigma.
Mind and Head
- Exhaustion, cannot remember anything. Difficult thinking, cannot concentrate the mind.
- Confusion and dizziness, dull, heavy, oppressive headache, intolerable pain over both eyes.
- Constriction as from a bandage or tight cap pressed down indicates Physostigma
Eyes, ear, nose
- Intense burning pain and effusion into the eyeball. Sharp stitches in right eyeball, better by motion in open air.
- Sharp pain in supraorbital region, sharp, shooting pains, and drawing, twisting sensation in eyes.
- Lids heavy, cannot bear to raise them, congestion of the eyes, with tonic spasms, rigidity
- Sharp, shooting pains in the ears. Hissing, buzzing, ringing in the ears.
- Twitchings in nose and involuntary expansion of nostrils indicates Physostigma
Mouth and Throat
- Numbness of lips, numbness and tingling of tongue and lips.
- Profuse salivation, thick, leathery saliva. Constriction of throat
- Tonsils enlarged, swollen, elongated uvula indicates Physostigma
Stomach and abdomen
- Sensations of contraction and tension. Weak feeling in stomach.
- Burning in stomach with hot eructations, prickling, sharp pains, darting pains
- Severe pain in umbilical region, shooting pains, colicky pains, dull pain in groins.
Stool and Anus
- Stool irregular and loose, evacuation painful, rectum protruding, swollen and very sensitive.
- anus sore and inclined to protrude, piles indicates Physostigma
Urinary complaints
- Frequent desire to urinate, often ineffectual. Sore feeling in region of kidneys.
Male complaints
- Frequent erections with but slight desire. Strong-smelling sweat about genitals.
Female complaints
- White discharge worse by exercising during the day. Pain as if menses were coming on, Menses irregular.
Neck and Back
- Stiffness in neck. Backache in renal region, restless all night, no better in all positions
- Pain in back between hips, with numbness of womb indicates Physostigma.
Extremities
- Stiffness or bruised feeling in the joints. Shooting pains down limbs
- Neuralgic pains in the limbs. Hands feel cold, then hot and red.
- Stiffness in hip and knee indicates Physostigma
Generalities
- Loss of muscular power, prostration, feeble, slow pulse, cold, perspiring skin, cold extremities
- The association of muscular prostration in any form, of which labored respiration is one with any affection is a keynote of Physo.
- Worse walking, stepping, jar of misstep. Worse from bathing, from change in weather
- Better in cool open air.
Side effects of Physostigma venenosum
- There are no such side effects. But every medicine should be taken following the rules as given.
- It is safe to take the medicine even if you are on other mode of medication like allopathy medicines, ayurvedic etc.
- Homeopathic medicines never interfere with the action of other medicines.
Dosage and rules while taking Physostigma venenosum
- Take 10 drops in half cup of water three times a day.
- We recommend you to take under physicians guidance.
Precautions while taking Physostigma venenosum
- Always keep a gap of 15 minutes before or after meals when you take medicine.
- If pregnant or breastfeeding, ask a homeopathic practitioner before use.
- Avoid eating tobacco or drinking alcohol during the course of medication.

