APIUM GRAVEOLENSLiquid

Apium graveolens is a valuable and important homoeopathic medicine prepared from the Common Celery plant, specifically the seeds and stalks, belonging to the Umbelliferæ family. It is particularly suited for cases involving urinary retention, female complaints, rheumatic pains, sleep disturbances, and skin disorders. Apium graveolens acts as a mild sedative and is recognized for its ability to manage throbbing headaches, nausea with abdominal pain, and itching skin eruptions. It is also beneficial for hypersensitive individuals who feel unrefreshed by sleep and experience restless mental activity at night.

Common Name: Celery

SBL’s Apium graveolens can be helpful in the following conditions:

Urinary Retention and Abdominal Colic

• Aids in obstinate retention of urine, with painful abdominal pressure.
• Relieves sharp sticking pain in the left iliac region, passing to the right side, with a sense of impending stool.
• Supports cases of nausea, which increases with abdominal pain.
• Apium graveolens manages soreness and sensitivity in the abdomen with loose stools or diarrhea.

Headache with Unrefreshing Feeling

• Relieves throbbing headaches, especially those improved by eating.
• Supports individuals with mental fidgets, night-time restlessness, and overthinking that prevents sleep.
• Aids in cases where patients wake between 1 to 3 a.m. feeling unrefreshed, yet not physically tired.
• Helpful in managing sunken eyeball sensation and itching in the inner canthus of the left eye.

Ovarian Pain and Tender Nipple

• Supports dysmenorrhœa with sharp, short ovarian pains, better when lying on the left side with legs flexed.
• Relieves tenderness in nipples and uterine discomfort associated with premenstrual tension.
• Aids in pelvic pain linked to left-sided ovarian discomfort, relieved by flexion and rest.

Rheumatic Pain

• Relieves rheumatic pain in the neck muscles and sacral region.
• Manages growing pains in young individuals or adults with a constitutional tendency to muscular aching.

Tickling Cough with Chest Tightness

• Aids in tickling, dry cough with intense constriction over the sternum.
• Relieves dyspnoea and tightness of the chest, especially on lying down.
• Supports swollen throat sensations, associated with shortness of breath and drawing pain through to the back.

Skin Burning and Itching Disorders

• Apium graveolens manages itching blotches, burning skin sensations, and creeping feelings under the skin.
• Aids in urticaria with shuddering, especially in hypersensitive skin.
• Supports healing in granulating ulcers with profuse discharges.