FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUMLiquid

Fagopyrum esculentum is a notable homoeopathic medicine prepared from the buckwheat plant, recognized for its strong action on the skin, respiratory tract, head, and circulatory system. It is especially suited for conditions involving intense itching, visible arterial pulsation, post-nasal catarrh, and nervous irritability. Characterized by itching erythema, pruritus (especially in elderly patients), and reactive skin eruptions, Fagopyrum is highly beneficial in cases marked by cerebral congestion, offensive discharges, and flu-like nasal symptoms. It is particularly useful for both acute and chronic conditions where skin, vascular overactivity, and catarrhal irritation are prominent.

Common Name: Kuttu, Buckwheat

SBL’s Fagopyrum esculentum can be helpful in the following conditions:

Skin Eruptions and Intense Itching

• Aids in relieving intense pruritus, especially in elderly individuals (pruritus senilis).
• Fagopyrum esculentum helps manage itching that worsens with scratching or at night but improves with cold bathing.
• Supports in assisting sore, red blotches, vesicular and pustular eruptions, blind boils, and hot, swollen skin.
• Manages itching of knees, elbows, hands (deep-seated), and hairy areas.

Sore Throat with Swollen Tonsils

• Aids in sore throat with raw, excoriated sensations deep in the pharynx.
• Helps relieve elongated uvula and swollen tonsils, with associated burning.

Chest Oppression and Pulsation

• Aids in pain around the heart, radiating to the left shoulder and arm, better when lying on the back.
• Supports management of visible arterial pulsations, throbbing after lying down, and irregular, rapid pulse.
• Helps alleviate oppression of the chest and a light, airy sensation.

Headache and Mental Fatigue

• Supports cases of cerebral hyperemia with bursting, upward-pressing headaches.
• Helps relieve occipital headache and hot head sensations, better when bending backward.
• Aids in mental fatigue, forgetfulness, depression, and irritability.

Mucosal Irritation

• Helps manage itching and smarting of eyes and ears, often with swelling and heat.
• Aids in fluent coryza with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.
• Supports sore, red, inflamed nose and post-nasal catarrh with dry crusts and granular appearance of the posterior nares.

Indigestion

• Supports cases of persistent morning nausea, acid eructation, and bad morning taste.
• Helps with drooling and symptoms improved by coffee intake.

Vulval Itching and Leucorrhoea

• Fagopyrum esculentum supports relief from pruritus vulvae with yellow, irritating leucorrhea, worse at rest.
• Helps manage burning pain in the right ovary.

Extremities and Muscles Pain and Stiffness

• Aids in stiffness and bruised sensations in the neck, with the feeling that the neck cannot support the head.
• Supports pain in the shoulder radiating to fingers, and itching in arms and legs, worse in the evening.
• Helps relieve numbness and pricking of the feet and streaking limb pains.