Trillium pendulum
Remedy of profuse hemorrhages from uterus, especially at menopause and after childbirth. Bright red, profuse flooding with faintness. Sensation as if hips and back would fall apart. Must be tightly bound.
Source
Prepared from the fresh root of Trillium pendulum (Melanthiaceae/Trilliaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Profuse uterine hemorrhage — bright red, gushing, with faintness and sinking at pit of stomach. Sensation as if sacroiliac joints are falling apart — must be tightly bound. Menopausal flooding. Post-partum hemorrhage. Threatened miscarriage with bright bleeding. Hemorrhage at every two weeks (too frequent menses).
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious during hemorrhage. Faintness with flooding. Desire to be bound tightly.
General Symptoms
Hemorrhagic remedy — uterine primarily. Worse from motion, coughing, least exertion. Better from tight binding, rest, cold, sitting.
Physical Symptoms
Female Genitalia
Profuse uterine hemorrhage — bright red, gushing, flooding. Menses every two weeks. Menorrhagia at menopause. Post-partum hemorrhage. Threatened miscarriage with bright blood. Leucorrhea — acrid, yellowish. Prolapse. Bearing-down.
Back
Sensation that sacroiliac joints and hips are falling apart — must be tightly bound. Backache with hemorrhage. Sacral pain.
Stomach
Faintness, sinking at pit of stomach with hemorrhage. Craves cold air.
Rectum
Bleeding hemorrhoids. Bloody stool.
Modalities
Better From
Tight binding, rest, cold, sitting up
Worse From
Motion, coughing, least exertion, warm room
Constitutional Type
Women with hemorrhagic tendency. Menopausal women with flooding. Post-partum.
Clinical Indications
Uterine hemorrhage (bright, profuse), menopausal flooding, post-partum hemorrhage, threatened miscarriage, sacroiliac laxity, too-frequent menses
Comparative Materia Medica
Sabina has uterine hemorrhage but with pain from sacrum to pubis and dark clots. Ipecacuanha has bright hemorrhage with constant nausea. China has hemorrhage with debility and periodicity. Secale has dark, non-clotting blood with aversion to warmth.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Beth root is used in herbal medicine as a uterine tonic and astringent. Low toxicity in normal doses. Large doses may cause GI irritation and uterine contractions — use caution in pregnancy. Safe in potentised forms.
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