Spigelon

Indications:
Constitutional cephalalgia.

For the temporary relief of current and recurrent headache, congestive headache and headache with lightheadedness.

Composition:

Tablets:
Each 300 mg tablet contains:

Silicea 12X
(headache from fasting; pain begins at occiput, spreads over head and settles over eyes),

Thuja occidentalis 12X
(headache as if pierced by a nail; rapid exhaustion and emaciation) 60 mg each;

Belladonna 3X
(throbbing pain, especially in forehead; pain worse from light or noise),

Bryonia alba 3X
(bursting, splitting headache, worse from motion),

Gelsemium sempervirens 3X
(pain in temple extending into ear; feeling of band around head; occipital headache),

Melilotus officinalis 3X
(sick, frontal, throbbing headache, relieved by nosebleed),

Natrum carbonicum 3X
(headache from slightest mental exertion, worse from sun or hot weather),

Spigelia anthelmia 3X
(pain beneath temples extending to eyes; violent, throbbing headache) 30 mg each in a lactose base.

Oral drops:
Each 100 ml contains:

Silicea 12X,
Thuja occidentalis 12X
20 ml each;

Belladonna 3X,
Bryonia alba 3X,
Gelsemium sempervirens 3X,
Melilotus officinalis 3X,
Natrum carbonicum 3X,
Spigelia anthelmia 3X
10 ml each.
Contains ethyl alcohol 35% by volume.

Oral vials:
Each 100 ml contains:

Silicea 12X,
Thuja occidentalis 12X
0.2 ml each;

Belladonna 3X,
Bryonia alba 3X,
Gelsemium sempervirens 3X,
Melilotus officinalis 3X,
Natrum carbonicum 3X,
Spigelia anthelmia 3X
0.1 ml each
in an isotonic sodium chloride solution base.

Side effects:
None known.

Interactions with other medication:
None known.

Dosage:
Tablets: Adults and children above 6 years:
1 tablet sublingually dissolved completely in mouth 3 times daily or as directed by a physician.

in acute disorders 1 tablet every 15 minutes.

Infants and children to 6 years:
1/2 the adult dosage.

Oral drops:
Adults and children above 11 years:
10 drops orally 3 times daily, or as directed by a physician. Consult a physician for use in children under 12 years of age.

Oral vials:
Adults and children above 6 years:
In general, 1 vial 1-3 times daily.

Children to 6 years:
1/2 the adult dosage.

Unused portion of open vials should be discarded.
Not for injection.

Dosage forms:

Tablets: Bottle containing 100 tablets.
Oral drops: Dropper bottle containing 50 ml.
Oral vials: Pack containing 10 vials of 1.1 ml.

Pharmacological and clinical notes
Constituents Indications

Spigelia (Indian pink)
Neuralgic-rheumatoid pains, particularly in the left shoulder and left arm; angina pectoris (including that of intervertebral origin); headache (especlally on the left side); neuritis; neuralgia, particularly in the region of the left nervus trigeminus (suprainfraorbital, mental)

Belladonna (deadly nightshade)
Localized reaction phases, cerebral conditions of irritation with cramp and delirium, colic, neuralgia, dysmenorrhea

Bryonia (bryony)
Inflammation of all serous membranes, inflammatory rheumatism; stabbing pains, worsening at every movement, are characteristic

Gelsemium (wild jasmine)
Vertigo, stupor, headache (pain in the occiput, sensation of a tight band being tied round the head), cephalalgia in the eyeballs, cardiac pangs, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, dysmenorrhea

Melilotus officinalis (melilot)
Congestive headache, improved after nasal hemorrhage; plethora, possibly with preapoplectic conditions
(high blood pressure)

Natrium carbonicum (sodium carbonate)
Chronic catarrh of the mucosa, headaches, neuropathy, weather-related neurosis, great sensitivity to cold

Silicea (silicic acid)
Weakness of the connective tissues and constitutional weakness, neurasthenia, vertigo when looking up; condition improved by warmth and worsened by cold.

Thuja (Arbor vitae)
Constitutional remedy, neuralgia, neuritis, hemicrania (particularly in the left frontal eminence), consequences of chronic soakings

Based on the individual homeopathic constituents of Spigelon, therapeutic possibilities result for the treatment of headaches of various kinds and causation, especially those having a neuralgic basis such as cervical migraine, occipital and frontal neuralgia (trigeminal neuralgia), constitutional headache, e.g. after mental overstrain, without an anatomical or pathopsychological basis: as adjuvant, in addition to specific, precisely directed biotherapeutical measures, for headaches in the course of fever, influenza, tonsillitis etc., as well as after abuse of alcohol and (pre)menstrually.

The dosage is adjusted according to the disease, the clinical picture and the stage of the illness:

in conditions of acute pain, shock therapy on several occasions,
1 tablet or 10 drops every 15 minutes,

otherwise 1 tablet, dissolved on the tongue,
or 10 drops 3 times daily.

1 ampule daily in conditions of acute pain,

otherwise 1 ampule s.c., i.m., intracutaneous
(neurally, segmentally), i.v. once to 3 times weekly.

Spigelon can be taken at any age.

The preparation does not affect safety on the road.

An alternating prescription and mixing with other preparations is advantageous in many cases.

In headache of cervical causation, Alexander's posture correction should always be pointed out.

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