Secale Cornutum

See also : Ergot

Health benefits of Secale Cornutum

• The primary use of this medication is to treat problems of the circulatory system, wherein the muscle fibers of the arteries narrow down resulting in spasms. This, in turn, causes the extremities to become very cold and severely blanched. In addition, patients suffering from this condition also experience numbness of the extremities, something akin to Raynaud's syndrome (a vascular disease where blood does not flow adequately to the extremities) accompanied by sporadic cramps in the calf muscles. In severe cases, they may also develop gangrene and begin to lose parts of the extremities, such as the fingers, toes and ear lobes. The most common symptoms of this condition may comprise an ice-cold sensation on the surface of the skin, especially when touched, while there is a burning sensation and heat underneath the skin.
• to alleviate the symptoms of senile gangrene (a condition wherein soft tissues die due to lack of blood supply resulting from sclerosis of blood vessels) as well as other skin disorders.
• Indicated for Restlessness, Cramps, Insomnia, Varicose veins.
• Presently, ergot or Secale cornutum forms an important element of a medicine that regulates loss of blood after a miscarriage or childbirth.
• excellent remedy for a number of women's health problems. Homeopathic physicians prescribe secale to cure constriction of the uterus muscle fibers, which is generally accompanied by soreness and blood loss. The symptoms of this condition usually comprise cramps during menstrual period accompanied by dark, profuse blood loss and incessant seeping of watery blood that continues till the subsequent menstrual period.
• also effective in treating gastro-intestinal disorders, especially in the instance when the abdomen is highly susceptible to touch and there is a burning sensation throughout the abdominal region. In such conditions, the patients have an abnormal and famished appetite even while they may be suffering from diarrhea making them weak and weary. Such patients usually have a great desire to have acids and lemonade and crave for bread and concentrated wine. Despite the ravenous appetite and harsh diarrhea endured by these patients, they vomit mucus, and all foodstuff and beverages they might have taken. The color of the vomited material is dark brown, something similar to a ground coffee fluid. In fact, taking secale also helps to cure diarrhea that is accompanied with an ice-old sensation in different parts of the body.
• providing relief from headaches and menstrual problems since it has the aptitude to inhibit the circulation of blood.
• also a medication for treating congestive headache, which begins from the back of the head and makes the sufferer's face look pale. People suffering from congestive headaches have their head pulled backwards, while they also suffer hair loss. In addition, the hair turns out to be dry.

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Secale cornutum is a homeopathic remedy often used for patients who feel cold to the touch but the person refuses to be covered. It is a remedy often used for the elderly. Other indications for its use include numbness and a crawling feeling on the skin "as if mice were creeping on parts of body." This homeopathic remedy is made from the fresh shoots of the rye plant.