Homeopathy II - First Aid - Ledum

Question 1

Ledum, Names

Answer 1

Ledum palustre, marsh tea.

Question 2

Use:

Answer 2

Any puncture wound.

Question 3

Mental picture:

Answer 3

• Often dislike company and want to be alone.

Question 4

General picture:

Answer 4

• Puncture wounds from stings, bites, nails, thorns.
• Pains are stabbing, tearing, throbbing.
• Affected area swells, is bluish and feels cold to the touch yet feels hot to the sufferer.
• > cold applications
• < heat.

Question 5

Indications (if they fit the symptom picture):

Answer 5

• Puncture wounds: Stabbings, insect bites, animal bites, thorns, stepping on a nail.
• Alongside oral use, tablets can be crushed and mixed with a small amount of water to bathe the wound.
• Long-lasting discolouration after injury ― black / blue spots turn green.
• Tetanus prophylactic.
• Blunt trauma to the eye (black eye). (Consider arnica too).
• Joint swellings e.g., gout, that are better for cold applications.

Question 6

Case example 1:

Answer 6

• 5-year-old child stood on a rusty nail.
• The area around the wound was pale with a darkened region at the puncture site.
• The parents were concerned about tetanus.
• Prescribed ledum 30C3 x daily for 3 days.
• It was also recommended the puncture wound be bathed in a solution of calendula and hypericum.
• Within 3 days the wound had healed beautifully with no complications.

Question 7

Case example 2:

Answer 7

• A child was hit in the face with a cricket bat and suffered blunt trauma to the right eye socket.

Prescribed:
* Arnica 200C every 4 hours for 24 hours for swelling and trauma.
* This was followed with ledum 30C 3 x daily for 3–4 days to speed up recovery.
* Note: If there is pain in the eyeball, consider Symphytum 30C 3 x daily until pain subsides.