Ruta, Rue

'Herb of Grace'
Sudab (Unani)
Sitav (Ayurveda)
Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562

Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Regulates Menstruation:
-promotes menstruation when delayed, suppressed or painful

2. Move the Blood, clears Stasis, Eases Pain:
-bruising, stagnant or congealed blood and for all Trauma with swelling and pain.

3. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-promotes Urine in Edema or urinary obstruction

4. Calms the Liver, Stops Wind:
-Hypertension, Tension Headaches

5. Resists Poison:
-‘The seed taken in wine, is an antidote against all dangerous medicines or Deadly poisons’. (Culpeper)

6. Clears Phlegm, Resolves Swellings:
-various swellings including Scrofula, Ganglions

7. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-cough with thick white or clear phlegm

8. Benefits the Eyesight:
-traditionally said to ‘quicken the Sight’ (Gerard); used to benefit Eyesight since Pliny.

9. Used for Melancholy:
-long used for Mental Illness

10. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:
-Traditionally said to be Aphrodisiac.
-Hernia (School of Salerno)

11. Kills Worms:

12. Externally:
-ointment, cataplasm or poultice formed by boiling the herb in Vinegar is applied to Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica
-as a wash for sore, red eyes, and various eye diseases; 1 drop of the diluted essential oil was previously applied directly to the eye
-topically for Infection and Ulcers of the Skin, and for Eczema.

Main Combinations:
Calamus & Rue

1. Obstructions of the Uterus, Menstrual pain and cramping and to promote Birth, Rue with ... available in PRO version
2. Promote Menstruation:
i. Rue with ... available in PRO version
ii. Rue with ... available in PRO version
3. Liver and Spleen obstruction,  ... available in PRO version
4. Cough, difficulty Breathing, pains of the sides, early stages of Edema, with ... available in PRO version
5. Cough:
i. with ... available in PRO version
ii. 'dangerous cough', with ... available in PRO version
6. Loss of appetite, with ... available in PRO version
7. Heart pain and Angina, with ... available in PRO version
8. Anemia, with ... available in PRO version
9. Preservative against infection:
i. with ... available in PRO version
ii.  with ... available in PRO version
10. Rabies, with ... available in PRO version
11. Poor or failing Eyesight  ... available in PRO version
12. Premature Ejaculation  ... available in PRO version
13. Spermatorrhea, Premature Ejaculation, with ... available in PRO version
14. To quench Lust, combine with ... available in PRO version
15. Swollen and inflamed Testicles from abstinence, combine with ... available in PRO version
16. Leukorrhea, with ... available in PRO version
17. Hernia, with ... available in PRO version
18. Lameness ... available in PRO version
19. Fistula in the corner of the Eye ... available in PRO version

Major Formula:
Decoction of Hyssop and Rue
Decoction of Elecampane and Rue
Decoction for Chlorosis
Electuary of Nuts (Mithridate)
Powder of Licorice (Unani)
Powder Against Rabies
Uterine Powder (Species Hysterica)
Oil for Lameness


Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy or when Breastfeeding (it can dry up milk)
2. Not used in Uterine Bleeding
3. Not used in Yin deficiency (very drying)
4. Some people may experience Melancholy or sleep disorders with use of Rue.
5. Phototoxicity can occur with usage of Rue.

Main Preparations used:
Tincture of Rue