Rumex crispus
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Rumex crispus
Yellow Dock. Polygonaceae.
For the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes.
Extremely sensitive to open air ; hoarseness ; worse evenings ; after exposure to cold ; voice uncertain.
Tickling in throat pit, causing, dry, teasing cough.
Dry, incessant, fatiguing cough ; worse from changing air or room (Phos., Spong. ) ; evening after lying down; touching or pressing the throat pit; lying on left side (Phos. ) ; from slightest inhalation of cold air;
covers head with bedclothes to make air warmer; little or no expectoration.
The cough is < in cool air or by anything which increases the volume or rapidity of inspired air.
Sensation of lump in throat; descends on swallowing, but returns immediately.
Raw sensation in larynx and trachea when coughing (Caust.).
Urine; involuntary with cough (Caust., Puls., Scil.).
Early morning diarrhoea; from 5 to 10 A. m. (Aloe, Nat. s.. Pod., Sulph.) ; stools painless, profuse, offensive; sudden urging, driving out of bed in morning.
Skin: itching of various parts; < by cold, > by warmth; when undressing, uncovering or exposing to cold air (Hep., Nat. s., Olean.).
Phos., Sang., Sulph.
Amelioration. — Warmth; keeping mouth covered to exclude cold air.
What the other books say about Rumex crispus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Rumex crispus in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Rumex crispus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Rumex crispus in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Rumex crispus — Keynotes, pp. 244–245. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/rumex-crispus. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.