INDICATIONS  
     
Intercostal neuralgia.

MODE OF ACTION OF MAIN INGREDIENTS:  
     
The individual ingredients are homoeopathic to the symptoms of the intercostal region as follows:

Arsenicum album: Burning pains, ameliorated by warm applications. Midnight aggravations.

Colocynthis: Flashlike neuralgic or neurotic pains. Intercostal pains.

Ranunculus bulbosus: Organotherapeutic relationship to the chest-wall with violent pains. Neuralgic-rheumatic pain associated with restlessness, ameliorated by constant motion.
  
     
DOSAGE  
     
- Severe pain: 10 to 15 drops in some water in ½ - 1 hourly intervals
   
- As improvement sets in reduce the frequency to 1-2-3 hourly. To prevent relapsing conditions it is advisable to carry on the medication over a variable period of time: 10-15 drops once daily
  
     
REMARKS  
     
- In the presence of Herpes zoster or a previous history of this complaint give additionally R68 in alternation every ½ - 1 - 2 hours.
 
- Trigeminal- or facial neuralgias: give additionally R70
 
- In sciatica: compare R71
 
- In pleurisy: give additionally R24
 
- In osteo-arthritis of the thoracic vertebrae as the cause of intercostal neuralgia: give additionally R11
 
- In degenerative discs lesions and osteochondritis: compare R11
 
- Topically use Atomare-Beckeron R30 or Lumbagin R61