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.