Helonias dioica
van H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Helonias finds its place in weak, delicate women with muscular rheumatism of the back and hips, when associated with the menstrual and uterine troubles which mark this remedy.
It has done good work in the course of diabetes mellitus when rheumatic symptoms appear.
NECK AND BACK
Burning and heat in dorsal region between lower part of scapulæ.
Pains in back with lame stiffness and weight.
Piercing from sacrum to uterus.
Sharp spasmodic pain running to crest of left ilium.
Severe aching in lumbar and sacral region with burning and tired feeling.
Lameness and stiffness in lumbosacral region.
Aching in sacrum and down into buttock.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Severe pain in right hip joint < during motion.
Numbness of feet going off by motion; felt only when sitting still.
AGGRAVATIONS
At night.
CONCOMITANTS
PROLAPSUS UTERI.
MENORRHAGIA WITH ULCERATED CERVIX.
MENSES TOO PROFUSE.
SUGAR IN URINE.