ARALIA RACEMOSA

Aralia racemosa is a valuable and important homoeopathic medicine prepared from the fresh root of Spikenard, a plant native to rich woodlands of the U.S.A., and belonging to the Araliaceae family. This medicine is known for its marked action on the respiratory system, particularly in spasmodic asthma and nocturnal cough, as well as its effects on the digestive tract, rectum, and female reproductive system. Aralia racemosa is especially suited to individuals who experience sudden asthma attacks upon lying down, accompanied by a raw, burning sensation behind the sternum and in the lungs. It also supports cases involving obstructive respiration, acrid leucorrhoea, and rectal disorders, making it a multifaceted medicine for conditions involving mucous membrane irritation, respiratory obstruction, and general prostration.

Common Name: Spikenard

SBL’s Aralia Racemosa can be helpful in the following conditions:

Asthma and Respiratory Obstruction

• Aids in dry, wheezing asthma with a sense of impending suffocation and rapidly increasing dyspnoea.
• Manages loud, musical whistling on both inspiration and expiration—worse during inspiration.
• Relieves respiratory attacks aggravated on lying down; patient is obliged to sit up to breathe.
• Supports constant need to clear the chest to improve inspiration.
• Relieves spasmodic night cough that awakens the patient after first sleep and prevents further rest.
• Relieves raw, burning soreness behind sternum and in both lungs, especially intense behind the sternum.
• Supports alternating lung discomfort depending on body position—initially affecting the right lung.
• Aralia racemosa manages cough caused by throat tickling or sensation of a foreign body.
• Aids in early-stage cough with scanty sputum, progressing to warm and saltish expectoration.
• Supports easy raising of loose phlegm after rising in the morning.

Rectal Disorders and Prolapsus

• Aids in sensation of impending diarrhoea, though only small amounts of soft yellow stool are passed with difficulty.
• Supports prolapsus ani where rectal mucous membrane descends like a tumour.
• Relieves aching pain in the rectum post-stool, extending upwards on the left side.
• Manages rectal irritation and incomplete evacuation symptoms.

Acrid Leucorrhoea and Pelvic Discomfort

• Relieves acrid, offensive leucorrhoea associated with bearing-down pains.
• Supports pelvic discomfort linked to mucous discharges and uterine heaviness.

Nasal and Throat Irritation

• Relieves smarting soreness of the posterior nares caused by acrid mucus.
• Manages soreness of the alae nasi as if cracked or fissured.
• Aids in easing mild nausea and discomfort in the throat.

Gastrointestinal Affection

• Supports faint nausea in both throat and stomach.
• Aids in managing vague intestinal sensations that precede diarrhoea.
• Relieves early digestive upset and functional discomfort after eating.

Fear

• Supports patients with persistent fear of lung disease that cannot be shaken off.

General Weakness and Malaise

• Aralia racemosa relieves marked prostration and “half-sick” feeling accompanied by nausea.