Following medicines work on injury/pain: Actaea Racemosa This remedy is also called Cimicifuga.

It is extraordinarily effective in womens diseases, specially those complicating pregnancy. Actaea Racemosa is very useful for joint pains. The tissues hurt like an abscess. There is a lightning type of pain in the muscles of the neck and back, spreading in all directions. Rest relieves the discomfort, while movement makes it worse. Antidotes: Aconite, Baptisia Potency: 30 to CM

Arnica Montana Arnica is the best remedy when the joints get twisted and sprained badly during a fall or an accident. It will offer visible relief in a few hours. The other remedies were combined with Arnica because sometimes it is not a superficial injury, rather some muscle has also become weak. Bryonia is effective for the deep muscular injuries and is also a muscle tonic. In Causticum, the muscles are flabby and may predispose to hernia. If the symptoms are on the right side, a combination of Arnica, Belladonna and Bryonia will do the job, while the symptoms on

the left side respond better to a combination of Arnica, Ledum and Lachesis. When the back gets sprained or strained as a result of jerky movements, it can settle down after a while. Sometimes, it becomes chronic. The previously damaged muscles and ligaments become weak and stiff or flabby further. Arnica is quite helpful in such a condition; although it does not have a direct effect on the muscles. Cimicifuga is more appropriate for deep-seated muscular conditions. If the backache becomes chronic, initially Arnica should be combined with Bryonia. However, if the relief is only temporary, Arnica should be combined with Rhus Tox. Rhus Tox is very effective in deepseated muscular ailments. Rhus Tox is very beneficial is cases of muscular paralysis. It strengthens and invigorates the muscles. It is useful in case of a dilated heart also. In chronic paralyses, it is given along with Sulphur. Calcarea Carb, being chronic of Sulphur and Rhus Tox, may also be indicated to prolong their useful effects. Adjuvants: Aconite, Ipecac --Antidote: Camphor Potency: 30 to CM. LACHESIS (The Venom of the hooded cobra called Surucucu) In the case of Lachesis, the ailment attacks the left side though it does not remain localised there. It shifts towards the right side of the body after some time. This is a very clear symptom,

which, if associated with worsening of the condition at night, definitely warrants the use of Lachesis. Adjuvants: Lycopodium, Hepar Sulph, Nitric Acid Antidotes: Arsenic, Mercury Potency: 30 to 1000 Ledum Ledum is prepared from a plant, with a distinctive strong smell. In traditional medicine, the extract of the plant is used in the treatment of headache, heart attack and for expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. In homoeopathic form, it has been found very useful in the treatment of insect bites and joint pains. The poisonous effect of Ledum very much resembles snake venom. Like Lachesis, its ailments begin on the left side, are more intense in the upper part of the body than the lower, start mostly at the feet or the leg and then spread from below upwards. Like Arnica, Ledum is also closely related to injuries. Particularly, when used along with Arnica and Hypericum it proves to be much more effective. Ledum is of special use inthe treatment of old injuries, leaving deep residual effect, or in the treatment of injuries caused by pointed objects like nails and thorns, etc. Ledum susceptible wounds emit a lightning type of pain, even after having apparently been healed for years. In this situation, if the patient happens to get convulsions or severe muscular spasms, Ledum proves to be the best remedy.

Ledum is also very useful in the treatment of injuries penetrating through the surface linings of the bone (periosteum). However, for the associated damage to the nerve fibres around the bone, Hypericum is much more effective. Similarly, if the nerves are damaged following surgery and the pain continues then Hypericum is found to be more useful than Ledum. Arnica in a high potency is useful in treating the sprain at the heel, but not for the residual pain due to injury to the nerve fibres. Ruta and Bellis prove to be of much greater advantage in this situation. Persistent swelling and chronic pain of the ankle resulting from repeated ligamentous sprains responds better to Equisetum. Ledum may also be very beneficial if the chronic swelling is due to the involvement of the joints. Chronic ill effects of repeated ankle injuries are better treated with Ruta, Bellis and Equisetum. Potency: 30 to 200

RHUS TOXICODENDRON (Poison Ivy) Rhus Toxicodendron is better known by its short name, Rhus Tox. It is prepared from a wild plant called bichhoo booti (poison ivy). Its poison produces severe intractable itching. The patient contracts high fever. The appetite is lost. There is nausea and severe headache. The glands become enlarged inside and out. Sores develop inside the mouth and on the tongue. In 1798, a French doctor accidentally found out that this particular poison cured a serious skin disease of a patient. The doctor subsequently tried this in the treatment of various skin

diseases, paralyses and joint pains and found it very useful. For homoeopathic use, the leaves of the plant are ground in the humid season. Rhus Tox is indispensable for homoeopathic doctors. It is used in the treatment of many diseases. The most important symptom of Rhus Tox is burning and inflammation leading to the formation of large blisters. In fact, the largest blisters associated with skin disease are found only in Rhus Tox. In Anacardium and Cantharis, blisters are also found but they are relatively small. Rhus Tox benefits the burns patients immensely. It must be given at once and in high potency. Besides this, Rhus Tox is highly beneficial in the treatment of paralyses. Right-sided paralysis (hemiplegia) gets better with Rhus Tox and Sulphur used alternately. Even if the patient does not show the whole spectrum of Rhus Tox symptoms, he could still benefit to some extent. Rhus Tox is also very useful in the treatment of severe strains and sprains of the back due to faltered muscles and ligaments of the back. It may also be very useful in the treatment of chronic sprains of the ankles if other remedies have not been of avail.