Raphanus sativus
Remedy of post-operative gas and abdominal distension. Incarcerated flatus — gas accumulates and cannot pass either up or down. Abdomen enormously distended. Useful after abdominal surgery. Hysteria with globus.
Source
Prepared from the fresh root of Raphanus sativus var. niger (Brassicaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Incarcerated flatus — the keynote. Gas accumulates in the abdomen and cannot be expelled either upward (eructation) or downward (flatus). Abdomen enormously distended, hard, tympanitic. Post-operative ileus. Globus hystericus. Nausea without ability to vomit. Useful after abdominal surgery.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious from abdominal distension. Hysteria with globus. Weeping.
General Symptoms
Abdomen primarily. Worse from lying down, after eating, after surgery. Better from walking, passing gas (if possible).
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Nausea without vomiting. Cannot eructate. Gas trapped.
Abdomen
Enormously distended — hard, tympanitic. Incarcerated flatus — gas cannot pass up or down. Post-operative gas. Colic from trapped gas. Rumbling without passage. Paralytic ileus.
Throat
Globus — ball sensation rising.
Female Genitalia
Hysterical symptoms with abdominal distension.
Modalities
Better From
Walking, passing gas, eructation (when possible), warm applications
Worse From
Lying down, after eating, after surgery, rest, suppressed eructation
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used specifically for trapped gas and post-operative distension.
Clinical Indications
Post-operative gas, incarcerated flatus, paralytic ileus, abdominal distension, globus hystericus, inability to eructate or pass flatus
Comparative Materia Medica
China has distension but with more debility. Lycopodium has bloating but in lower abdomen, 4-8 PM. Carbo vegetabilis has distension but with desire for air and fanning. Opium has post-operative ileus but with stupor.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Black radish is a common food vegetable. Non-toxic. Used in European naturopathy for liver and gallbladder support. Safe in all potencies.
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