CLEMATIS ERECTA

Clematis erecta is a homoeopathic remedy prepared from the tincture of leaves and stems of the plant Clematis erecta, belonging to the Ranunculaceæ family. It is primarily suited to scrofulous, rheumatic, gonorrhoeal, and syphilitic constitutions, with a particular affinity for the skin, glands, and genito-urinary system, especially the testicles. Clematis is highly effective in addressing neuralgic pains, glandular swellings, urinary issues, and sleeplessness. Its characteristic symptoms include twitching muscles, distant pulsations, and complaints relieved by perspiration.

Common Names: Virgin’s Bower, Upright Virgin’s Bower

SBL’s Clematis erecta can be helpful in the following conditions:

Neuralgia & Nervous Agitation

• Helps in neuralgic pains in various parts of the body, often relieved by sweating.
• Clematis erecta supports distant pulsation sensations throughout the body.
• Manages muscle relaxation or twitching with general weakness.
• Aids in disturbed sleep with great sleepiness and exhaustion.

Headache & Scalp Eruptions

• Manages boring pain in the temples with a confused sensation; better in open air.
• Aids in moist, pustular, and sensitive eruptions at the occipital base of the scalp.
• Supports in itching of the scalp around the occiput.

Eye Inflammation & Sensitivity

• Helps in heat and air-sensitivity in the eyes; must keep them closed.
• Aids in chronic blepharitis with swollen meibomian glands.
• Supports cases of iritis with marked cold sensitivity.
• Manages pustular conjunctivitis, flickering vision, and inflamed, protruding eyes.

Facial Swelling & Neuralgia

• Supports in white blisters on the face and nose, as if sunburnt.
• Aids in swelling of submaxillary glands with hard, throbbing tubercles; worse on touch.
• Helps in facial neuralgia extending to the eye, ear, and temple; relieved by holding cold water in the mouth.

Dental Complaints

• Manages toothache worse at night and from tobacco use.
• Aids in painful teeth that feel unnaturally long.

Digestive Weakness and Diarrhoea

• Helps in weakness of all limbs after eating, accompanied by arterial pulsation. Sensation of hard constriction in the lower abdomen. Loose stools, with burning and itching at the anus.

Orchitis and Pain in Spermatic Cord

• Aids in ilio-scrotal neuralgia with bruised sensation in testicles.
• Manages orchitis and testicular swelling, especially on the right side.
• Supports violent erections with sharp stitches in the urethra.
• Helps in testicles that feel heavy or retracted, with pain along the spermatic cord; worse on the right side.
• Supports conditions resulting from suppressed gonorrhoea.

Scanty Urine with Urethral Stricture

• Helps in tingling in the urethra after urination.
• Manages frequent, scanty urination with burning at the orifice.
• Aids in interrupted or dribbling urinary flow, especially at night.
• Supports feelings of urethral constriction and incomplete bladder emptying.
• Helps in pain along the spermatic cord and in early stages of urethral stricture.

Skin Affections & Glandular Swellings

• Manages red, burning, scaly, vesicular, and scabby eruptions with intense itching.
• Aids in skin complaints worse from washing with cold water, particularly on the face, hands, and occiput.
• Supports hot, painful, and swollen glands, especially the inguinal glands.
• Clematis erecta helps in glandular indurations, tumors of the breast, and varicose ulcers.