SANGUINARINUM NITRICUM

Adven Sanguinarina nitrica

Sanguinarina nitrica, the nitrate form of the alkaloid Sanguinarin, is a homoeopathic medicine with a marked affinity for the respiratory tract, mucous membranes, and head region. It is especially useful in catarrhal conditions involving the nose, throat, ears, and eyes. The medicine is commonly indicated in hay fever, chronic pharyngitis, nasal polyps, post-nasal drip, and respiratory complaints with thick yellow mucus and a feeling of obstruction or irritation in the air passages.

Common Name
English: Nitrate of Sanguinarin

Adven Sanguinarina nitrica can be helpful in the following conditions:

Headache & Sinus Complaints

• Helps relieve pressure in the forehead, temples, and root of the nose
• Useful in burning and aching pain over the scalp and around the eyes
• Supports sinus congestion with thick, yellow mucus discharge
• Helpful in headaches aggravated by motion or nighttime

Eye & Ear Complaints

• Helps relieve burning, aching eyes with hot lachrymation
• Useful in redness of conjunctiva and sensation of a film over vision
• Supports Eustachian tube catarrh with roaring or blocked ears
• Helpful in diminished hearing associated with nasal or throat congestion

Nasal Obstruction & Throat Complaints

• Helps manage chronic nasal obstruction and hay fever
• Useful in sneezing, burning coryza, and post-nasal drip
• Supports chronic catarrhal pharyngitis and nasal polyps
• Helps relieve throat dryness, roughness, soreness, and tightness
• Useful in tenacious mucus, quinsy, and hoarseness

Respiratory & Chest Complaints

• Helps relieve deep, hacking, rattling cough with chest tightness
• Useful in suffocative feelings caused by thick mucus in the airways
• Supports burning and pressure behind the sternum
• Helpful in cough with thick, yellow, sweet-tasting expectoration, especially after waking

Gastric & Digestive Complaints

• Helps manage gastric burning, foul belching, and abdominal rumbling
• Useful in sharp cutting abdominal pain with tendency toward diarrhea
• Supports bitter taste in the mouth with reduced appetite
• Helpful in frequent urination with yellow sediment

Neck & Musculoskeletal Complaints

• Helps relieve stiffness and soreness in the neck and shoulder muscles
• Useful in muscular discomfort aggravated by exposure to cold

Restlessness & Sleep Disturbances

• Helps manage irritability, restlessness, and disturbed sleep
• Useful in feverish states with tension and discomfort