Rumex crispus
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Dry, sensitive mucous membranes. Stickiness, with burning. Every cold affects the joints. Sharp pains; neuralgias, etc. Obesity. .................... Eyes burn, indoors; puffed in A.M. Dry posterior nares. Sneezing attacks. Sodden complexion. Hawks out much tenacious mucus. Throat feels hollow. Ravenous appetite. Borborygmi. Sudden, profuse, foul, early morning diarrhœa (5-9 A.M.); after catarrh; in phthisis. Respiration < wind. Suffocative choking. Dyspnœa, on retiring. EVERY BREATH OF COLD AIR CAUSES TICKLING, as from a feather or dust, IN THROAT-PIT, AND CONTINUOUS COUGH; > closing or covering mouth or head. Profuse, frothy expectoration. Pain from r. ovary to back. Pain, rawness or burning under clavicle (l); as if the air penetrated there. Chest sore. Pain under sternum; under l. nipple. Heart seems impeded, then heavy pulsation through chest. Pain in l. shoulder on coughing or raising arm. Right scapula. Spasmodic cramps in ankles and feet. Skin itches if exposed to air. Acne vulgaris on back. Sudden sleepiness.
Worse
COOL AIR: INHALING. Open air. Raw changes. Uncovering. Night. Pressure; on trachea.
Better
Covering mouth. Wrapping up.
Region
Mucous membranes: Larynx. Trachea. THROAT-PIT. Bowels. Nerves. Skin. Left side; chest. Joints. Ankles.
Relationships
Related: Caus. Seneg.
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 Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Rumex crispus 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. Rumex crispus — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/rumex-crispus. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.