Use in Skin Care and Remedies

“Cleverest spirits of the woods are mandrakes,
Long-bearded manikins with short, stubby legs,
A wrinkled sex as long as a thumb,
But no one knows from whence they come. ”
Heinrich Heine (ad hoc translation from the German)

Heine’s description captures the essence of the mandrake, which appears to belong to the netherworld of the gnomes. For only a short time each year it puts forth its green crown of leaves, so old-looking with their furrowed skin, just above the surface of the earth. It bears short-stemmed, whitish-green flowers which hardly seem flower-like at all. Instead, growing as close to the root as they do, the flowers send part of their flower character down into the root, which exudes a sweetish, narcotic fragrance. The fruit also lies heavily on the earth. Its sulphurous smell and its yellow-orange colour represent a highly metabolic anti-pole to the earth-cool plant. In early summer only the fruit remains visible above the earth. As soon as the fruit is ripe the leaves withdraw entirely back into the dominant root.

The mandrake helps treat rheumatic complaints in the WALA Medicines Betula/Mandragora comp.* and Cartilago/Mandragora comp.*, and painful diseases of the musculoskeletal system in WALA Rhus toxicodendron comp.*.


* Prescribing information for the preparations mentioned (the indications are derived from the anthroposophical understanding of man and nature):

Betula/Mandragora comp., Globuli velati
Indications: Stimulation of the anabolic metabolism in painful degenerative and chronic inflammatory disorders of the musculoskeletal system, e.g. inflammation of the joints (arthritis), degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis), subacute muscular and articular rheumatism.
Warning: This medicinal product contains sucrose and lactose.

Cartilago/Mandragora comp., Globuli velati
Indications: Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) in the inflammatory stage; primary chronic rheumatoid arthritis (polyarthritis).
Warning: This medicinal product contains sucrose and lactose.

Rhus toxicodendron comp., Globuli velati
Indications: Harmonisation of the sensitivity organisation in painful disorders of the musculoskeletal system, e.g. nerve pain (neuralgia), nerve inflammation (neuritis), muscle pain (myalgia).
Warning: This medicinal product contains sucrose and lactose.

* For information on risks and side-effects please read the pack insert and ask your doctor or pharmacist.