Rhododendron chrysanthum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
Rhododendron Chrysanthum
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Keynotes
Sensitive to windy weather, even if he is in house. Tearing, zigzag, boring, rapidly changing, descending, paralytic pains. .................... Confused and stupid; forgets his subject (Bar-c.). Headache, < early in bed, > eating. Throbbing in r. head. Deafness long after rising. Nostrils obstructed alternately. Tearing, jerking faceache or toothache; > food or warmth. Cool drinks lie heavy. Colic at navel. Pain from rectum to genitals. Diarrhœa, < fruit. Profuse, foul, urine. Drawing from spermatic cord into abdomen and thighs. Testes and glans feel crushed. Testes hard; pain alternately. Orchitis. Itching, sweaty, wrinkled scrotum. Hydrocele (of boys). Menses with fever. Bruised, sprained feeling in chest and wrists. Strong heart-beat. As of a weight hanging to feet. Wants to cross legs. Drawing, tearing in periosteum of long bones and under scalp. Rheumatism of hot weather (reverse-Rhus-t.). Formication; with sweat. Must cross legs to sleep.
Worse
Weather: BEFORE STORMS. Rough. Windy. Cold damp. Changing. Cloudy. Night. Midsummer. Wine. Rest.
Better
Heat. In sun. Motion (at once). Wrapping head. Gouty-rheumatic subjects. SENSITIVE TO WINDY OR STORMY, WET WEATHER.
Region
FIBROUS TISSUES: Forearm. Lower legs. Small joints. Bones. Genitals. Nerves. Vascular system. Single parts.
Relationships
Related: Rhus-t.
What the other books say about Rhododendron chrysanthum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Rhododendron chrysanthum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Rhododendron chrysanthum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Rhododendron chrysanthum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Rhododendron chrysanthum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/rhododendron-chrysanthum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.