Rhus Toxicodendron

William Boericke 1922

Swelling of inguinal glands. Pain in region of ascending colon. Colic, compelling to walk bent. Excessive distention after eating. Rumbling of flatus on first rising, but disappears with continued motion.

William Boericke 1922

Violent pains, relieved by lying on

William Boericke 1922

Pain between shoulders on swallowing. Pain and stiffness in small of

William Boericke 1922

better, motion, or lying on something hard; worse, while sitting. Stiffness of the nape of the

Gentle Pills monograph

Stiffness and pain on first motion easing with continued movement; lumbar strain from lifting; sacral weakness in damp cold.

William Boericke 1922

Rhu,s radicans (almost identical action): characteristics are, burning in tongue, tip feels ..SOrc, pains are often semilateral and in various paj,ts, 7jes£teii remote and successive. Many symptoms are hdtqrritfiter a storm has thoroughly set in, especially aftet asn ^electric storm. Has pronounced yearly . ajfgravation. [Laches,] Rhus diversiloba — California Poison-oak — (antidote to Rhus; violent skin symptoms, with frightful itching ; much swelling of face, hands and genitals ; skin very sensitive: eczema and erysipelas, great nervous weakness, tired from least effort; goes to sleep from sheer exhaustion) ; Xerophylluin (dysmenorrhoea and skin symptoms).* Compare, also: Arn.; Bapt.; JLach,; Ars.; Hyosc.; Op. (stupefaction more profound). Mimosa — Sensitive Plant - — (rheumatism. RHUS TOXICODENDRON — RHUS VENENATA 641 knee stiff, lancinating pains in back and

Gentle Pills monograph

6C–200C; sprain-and-strain states traditionally low potency repeated, constitutional damp-aggravated states single high.

William Boericke 1922

Sixth to thirtieth potency. The 200th and higher are antidotal to poisoning with the plant and tincture.

William Boericke 1922

Pain in ears, with sensation as if something were in them. Lohules swollen. Discharge of bloody DUS.

William Boericke 1922

Hot, painful swelling of joints. Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fascice. Rheumatic pains spread over a large surface at nape of neck, * loins, and

Gentle Pills monograph

Hot painful swelling of joints; tearing tendons worse at rest and first motion; trembling after exertion; limbs stiff, paralyzed-feel after damp exposure.

William Boericke 1922

Soreness of condyles of bones. Limbs stiff, paralysed. The cold fresh air is not toler^ ated; it makes the skin painful. Pain along ulnar nerve. Tearing down thighs. Sciatica; worse, cold, damp weather, at night. Numbness and formication, after overwork and exposure. Paralysis; trembling after exertion. Tenderness about knee-joint. Loss of power - m forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in the tips of fingers.

William Boericke 1922

Swollen, red, oedematous ; orbital cellulitis. Pustular inflammations. Photophobia; profuse flenv of yellow pus. Lids inflamed, agglutinated, .swollen. Old injured

William Boericke 1922

Circumscribed corneal injection. Iritis, after exposure to cold and dampness, and of rheumatic ongin. Eye painful on turning it or pressing, can hard! move it, as in acute retrobulbar neuritis. Profuse gush of hot, scalding tears upon opening lids.

William Boericke 1922

Jaws crack when chewing. Easy dislocation of jaw. [Ign.; Petrol.] Swollen face, erysipelas. Cheek bones sensitive to touch. Parotitis. Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse, evening. Crusta lactea. [Calc.; Viol, trie.]

William Boericke 1922

Swelling, ^ith intense itching of vulva. Pelvic articulations stiff when beginning to move. Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid. Lochia thin, protracted, offensive, diminished [Puls.; Secale], unth shooting upwards in vagina.

William Boericke 1922

Adynamic; restless, trembling. Typhoid; tongue dry and brown; sordes; bowles loose; great 640

William Boericke 1922

The effects on the skin, rheumatic pains, mucous memlirane affections, and a typhoid type of fever, make this remedy frequently indicated. Alotion always “limiters up” the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better tor a time from a change of position. Ailments from '■trams, overlifting, getting wet while perspiring. Septic conditions. [Erhitiac.] * Rheumatism in the cold reason.

William Boericke 1922

restlessness. Intermittent; chill, with dry cough anc restlessness. During heat, uticana. Hydroa. Chilly, aj if cold water were poured over him, followed by heal and inclination to stretch the

Gentle Pills monograph

Headache in occiput better warm wrap and motion; scalp sensitive; vesicular eruptions with burning itching.

William Boericke 1922

Feels as if a bo.ird were strapped on tlu forehead. Vertigo when rising. Heavy

William Boericke 1922

Brain feels loose and a^ if struck against skull on walking or rising. Occipital pain. Scalp sensitive ; w’orse on side lain on. Headache in occiput [KJnis lad.] ; painful to touch. Humid eruptions on scalp ; itching greatly.

William Boericke 1922

Hypertrophy from overexertion. Pulse quick, weak, irregular, intermittent, with numbness of left arm. Trembling and palpitation when sitting still.

Gentle Pills monograph

Restlessness that only continued motion satisfies: stiffness on first moving, better as it loosens, worse from cold damp.

William Boericke 1922

Swelling of ankles. Legs tremble).

William Boericke 1922

Swelling of glans and prepuce — dark-red erysipelatous ; scrotum thick, swollen, oedemaious. Hehing intense.

Gentle Pills monograph

Listless yet cannot rest in any position; apprehension at night with thoughts of suicide but lacks courage; dream of great exertion and of rivers.

William Boericke 1922

Listless, sad. Thoughts of suicide. Extreme '>\\\tlessness, zvith (outmued change of position. Delinuin, with fear of being poisoned. [Hyos.] Sen- Si))him becomes dondy. Great apprehension at night, lannot remain in bed.

Gentle Pills monograph

Worse: rest, first motion, cold damp everything, night. Better: continued motion, warmth, dry weather, rubbing.

William Boericke 1922

Jl\)rse, cold, wet rainy weather anc after rain; at night, during rest, drenching, wdicn lyin.t on back or 'fi^ht side. Better, dry weather, motitjii; walkMgi‘^i;fiahge of posftiijfi, ^^ubbing, warm applications, from "stretching -put' fjdlHi;. / t *■* \ j '

William Boericke 1922

Teeth feel loose and long; gums sore. Tongue red and cracked; coated, except red triangular space at the tip; dry and red at edges. Corners of mouth ulcerated; fever-blisters around mouth and chin. [Nat. mur ] Pain in maxillary joint.

William Boericke 1922

Sneezing, coryza from getting wet. Tip of 638

William Boericke 1922

Nosebleed on stooping.

William Boericke 1922

Diarrhoea of blood, slime, and reddish mucus. Dysentery, with tearing pains down thighs. Stools of cadaverous odor. Frothy, painless stools.

Gentle Pills monograph

Complementary Bryonia (thermal-motion opposite pair), Calcarea, Causticum; compare Arnica (bruising without the motion-relief).

William Boericke 1922

Complementary: Bry: Calc, finer In urticaria follow with Bovisia. Inimical: Afh. Antidotes: .Inacard.; Croton.: Jfrjrr.,' Cyfrip., Plumbago (eczema of vulva) ; Graph.; Bry,; Rhod.

William Boericke 1922

Tickling behind upper sternum. Dry, teasing cough from midnight until morning, during a chill, or when putting hands out of bed. Haemoptysis from overexertion; blood bright red. Influenza, with aching in all bones. [Eup. perf.] Hoarseness from overstraining voice. [Arn.] Oppression of the chest, cannot get breath with sticking pains. Bronchial coughs in old people, worse on awaking and with expectoration of small plugs of mucus.

William Boericke 1922

Red, swollen; itchinfi iiitcusc. Vesicles herpes; urticaria: pemphigus; erysipelas: vesicular sup purative forms. Glands swollen. Cellulitis.

Gentle Pills monograph

Red, swollen, itching intensely with vesicles burning after scratching; cellulitis-like states; shingles clusters with stinging.

William Boericke 1922

Dreams of great exertion. Heavy sleep, a‘ from stupor. Sleepless before midnight.

William Boericke 1922

Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst. Bitter taste. [Cupr.] Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating. Desire for milk. Great thirst, with dry mouth and

William Boericke 1922

Pressure as from a stone. {Bry.; Ars.] Drowsy after eating.

William Boericke 1922

Sore, with swollen glands. Sticking pain on swallowing. Parotitis, left side.

William Boericke 1922

Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment. Dysuria, with loss of