DR. RECKEWEG R28
Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea
Ingredients: Acidum sulfuricum D4, Aesculus D2, Crocus D4, Ferrum phosphoricum D8, Hamamelis D6, Secale cornutum D6, Ethanol, Aqua pur.
Indications:
Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea.
Acts on the smooth muscular fibres.
Conditions of exhaustion due to loss of blood.
Flushes of heat followed by perspiration.
Dull pains across the small of the back.
Mode of Action:
Acidum sulfuricum: Bleedings of any type, flushes of heat followed by perspiration. Exhaustion, weariness.
Aesculus: Characteristic effect: general venous stasis, worse when across the small of the back, pulsations all over the body. Uterine prolapsus with strange pain in lumbo-sacral region (left side), similar pains as experienced in pregnancy.
Crocus: Menstrual blood is dark or black, clotty. Feeling of something moving around in abdomen, without abortion.
Hamamelis: Indicated in haemorrhage. Headaches. Dark-coloured blood, sensation of pain in the affected parts. Exhaustion caused by loss of blood.
Secale cornutum: Acts mainly on the smooth muscular fibres; congestion, distress and uterine prolapsus. Primary effect upon contraction, secondary effect produces dilatation of smooth muscular fibres.
Dosage:
According to the severity, 4–6 times a day, 10–15 drops in some water before meals.
After improvement, reduce the dose to 10 drops 3 times daily.
Even after complete recovery, take the medicine for a longer period of time.
It will be advisable to take 5–10 drops twice daily (morning and night), for about 8 days before the next menstruation is due.
Remarks:
In menopausal women: see R10
In inflammation of pelvic organs: see R38, respectively R39
Those preparations may be given in addition to or in alternation with R28, provided the bleeding is caused by inflammation, cysts or similar conditions.
R42 in venostasis
Sacral pain in women: see R50
In anaemia: see R31
In dysmenorrhoea: see R75