SBL Dolichos Dilution is a valuable and versatile homoeopathic medicine prepared from the whole pod of Dolichos pruriens (Mucuna pruriens), a plant belonging to the Leguminosæ family. It acts powerfully on the skin, nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, and liver. Practitioners use this remedy for intense itching without eruption, neuralgia, jaundice with severe pruritus, teething troubles in children, and constipation during pregnancy. Symptoms typically worsen at night. Dolichos pruriens also relieves herpes zoster and respiratory discomfort accompanied by chest pain. The medicine plays an important role in both chronic and acute conditions involving nerve hypersensitivity, skin irritation, and hepatic dysfunction.
Common Names
Hindi: Jangali, Jara
English: Cowhage, Cow-itch
Therapeutic Uses of SBL’s Dolichos pruriens
Skin Irritation and Herpetic Conditions
Dolichos pruriens relieves intense, persistent itching over the entire body, especially at night. Scratching aggravates the itching and fails to produce relief, even without visible eruptions. The remedy also improves jaundice accompanied by severe skin itching. It clears dry, tettery eruptions on the arms and legs that often appear in ring-shaped patterns resembling herpes zoster. Dolichos also helps herpetic eruptions beneath the left axilla that spread toward the sternum and spine with burning and smarting pain.
Gum Pain and Teething Difficulties
The remedy reduces soreness and tenderness of the upper gums in teething children. It eases swollen, inflamed, and painful gums that interfere with eating or drinking. Dolichos pruriens relieves severe gum pain that worsens at night and disturbs sleep, especially when local applications fail.
Throat and Facial Pain
Dolichos pruriens relieves pain in the throat just below the angle of the lower jaw, particularly on the right side. Patients often describe the sensation as a splinter lodged vertically in the throat. Swallowing intensifies the pain and produces marked local soreness.
Abdominal Bloating and Liver Swelling
The medicine improves abdominal bloating and swelling caused by sluggish digestion. It relieves abdominal fullness with constipation, especially during teething or pregnancy. Dolichos pruriens also supports liver health by reducing hepatic swelling and jaundice, particularly when stools appear pale or white.
Constipation and Stool Irregularities
Dolichos pruriens corrects constipation caused by inactive bowels during dentition or pregnancy. It also addresses white, clay-colored stools associated with liver dysfunction and eases worm-related abdominal discomfort in children.
Irritating Cough and Breathing Difficulty
The remedy relieves dry, irritating cough that appears at bedtime or soon after lying down. It also eases wheezing, labored breathing, and sharp stitching pains in the upper lobes of both lungs.
Twitching and Clonic Spasms
Dolichos pruriens reduces neuralgic pain following herpes zoster. It controls muscle twitching and clonic spasms of the extremities and supports nerve–muscle coordination in chronic neurocutaneous disorders. In severe spasmodic episodes, patients may lose consciousness with fixed eyes and open eyelids.
