PRUNUS SPINOSALiquid

Prunus spinosa, prepared from the flowering buds of the Blackthorn or Sloe, belonging from Rosaceae family, has a marked affinity for the urinary organs, head, and neuralgic conditions. It is particularly useful in treating tenesmus, bladder neuralgia, and bursting eye pain. The medicine addresses water retention, especially swelling in the feet and ankles, and supports relief from cramping, pressing, and shooting pains. It is also used in cases of herpes zoster, ascites, and respiratory oppression associated with circulatory strain.

Common Name
English: Blackthorn / Sloe

SBL’s Prunus spinosa can be helpful in the following conditions:

Headache & Neuralgia

• Treats pressing-asunder pain beneath the skull with intense head heaviness.
• Relieves sharp shooting from the right frontal bone through to the occiput.
• Supports neuralgic conditions affecting the head, especially with bursting or lightning-like sensations.
• Eases ciliary neuralgia with piercing pain in the right eyeball.

Eye & Vision

• Useful in ciliary neuralgia with violent eye pain radiating through the brain.
• Prunus spinosa eases bursting pain in one or both eyes—right eye pain radiates to occiput; left eye pain relieved by tear flow.
• Helps in managing irido-choroiditis and opacity of the vitreous humor.
• Soothes sensation as if the eyeball would burst.

Teeth & Mouth

• Treats neuralgic toothache, with sensation as if the teeth were forcibly extracted.
• Pain worsens on taking anything warm, indicating heat sensitivity.

Abdomen & Bladder

• Eases cramp-like pain in the region of the bladder, especially aggravated by walking.
• Helpful in managing ascites and general abdominal fluid retention.

Rectum & Stool

• Treats difficult, knotty, hard, nodular stools and rectal pain, as if a sharp object were being pressed inward.
• Prunus spinosa soothes burning in the anus following slimy, irritant diarrhea.

Urinary Tract Issues

• Addresses tenesmus of the bladder with frequent, ineffectual urges to urinate.
• Relieves neuralgic dysuria with pain and difficulty initiating urination.
• Useful when there is a peculiar sensation of urine reaching the glans but then receding, causing urethral pain.
• Patient must wait or strain a long time before urine is passed.

Respiratory & Cardiac

• Relieves wheezing and chest oppression, especially noticeable while walking.
• Eases anxious, short respiration during episodes of cardiovascular strain.
• Used in angina pectoris with furious heart pounding triggered even by slight motion.

Skin & Extremities

• Useful in herpes zoster with burning, sensitive skin eruptions.
• Prunus spinosa treats anasarca and morning lassitude after unrefreshing sleep.

• Soothes itching on the fingertips, often described as if they were frostbitten.