RUTA GRAVEOLENS (RUE)
IS IMPORTANT FOR SPRAINS & STRAINS
Rue is a small, hardy, evergreen, aromatic shrub. been grown for centuries has in herb gardens as a medicinal plant. Like most other members of the family, the crushed leaves of rue produce a strong fetid aroma from oil glands which can be seen as small, translucent black dots on the leaves. The plant owes its specific name to this feature, graveolens meaning ‘strong-smelling’.
When a substance is made into a homeopathic remedy, then the Latin name is used to refer to that substance, hence the homeopathic name is Ruta graveolens or “ruta” for short.
Ruta is brilliant a first aid remedy for relief from sports injuries where there is severe sprains where the person has a torn or wrenched tendon, split ligament, or bruised periosteum (bone covering).
It is also the most common remedy indicated for not only recent injuries to the knee or elbow but can offer relief to old injuries. It is one of the remedies frequently used for “tennis elbow.”
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Myra Nissen, CCH
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