Rhus aromatica
rhus-aroFragrant Sumach Renal and urinary affections, especially diabetes. Enuresis due to vesical atony; senile incontinence. Hæmaturia and cystitis come within the range of this remedy.
Rhus aromatica — Materia Medica
Rhus aromatica — black letter · Margaret Lucy Tyler
{Allen, Hering and Hahnemann). Worse in the house, relieved by walking in open air {Puls.). Sad, begins to weep without knowing why. Very restless mood. Great apprehension at night ; cannot remain in bed. On rising such dizziness, it seemed she was going to fall forward and backward. Inflammation of the Ey e s. Very sore around.the right eye. The eyes are closed, or greatly swollen and inflamed. Great swelling of the lids. Left eye closed from swollen lids. Inflammation of the lids. Eyes red and agglutinated with matter in a.m. Eyes agglutinated with purulent mucus in a.m. Heaviness and stiffness of lids, like a paralysis : difficult to move the lids. Nasal mucus runs in profusion out of nose, as in the most severe coryza in a.m., after rising from bed (Nux). Frequent, violent, spasmodic sneezing. Great swelling of the face. Yawning so violent and spasmodic : causes pain in maxillary joint which is in danger of being dislocated. Sore sensation with redness ut afex of tongue. Tongue dry. Salivation. Throat much swollen externally, maxillary and parotid glands greatly enlarged. Parotid and submaxillary glands hard and swollen. Great thirst. Thirst and dryness of throat. Acute diseases take on a typhoid form—dysentery. Peritonitis, Pneumonia, Scarlatina, Diphtheria. Typhoid fever : mild temperament ; mild delirium ; at times may try to jump out of bed or try to escape. . . . Mental and physical restlessness. Constantly tosses about bed, lies first on one side then the other, one moment sitting up, the next lying down. At beginning of disease wants to lie perfectly quiet on account of great weakness— prostrate—indifferent.
Rhus aromatica — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
(“ Rhus radkans, also called toxicodendron” Hahnemann.) Rhus is a native of North America, and is one of those most valuable medicines which we owe to the domestic practice of the North American Indians :—Baptisia, Gelsemium, Cattlophylum, etc. It was proved and included in his Materia Medica Pura by Hahne mann, as “ a remarkable and valuable medicinal substance He notes “ a great number of characteristic peculiarities in its action ”, and says : “ To mention one only : we observe this curious action (which is found in very few other remedies, and in these never to such a great degree), viz. the severest symptoms and sufferings are excited when the body or the limb is at rest and kept as much as possible without movement”' And adds, “ the opposite, an increase of the symptoms by movement, is much more rarely observed”. Then he contrasts the action of Rhus with that of Bryonia. Here, “ with almost identical symptoms ”, there is “ the striking amelioration by avoiding all movement ” of Bryonia, “ exactly the opposite of what Rhus does”. Hahnemann calls them “ these two antagonistic sister remedies” and tells of their inestimable value in the disastrous war pestilence of 1813, when these patients were “ dying in thousands while the doctors carried on vain disputations as to the presumed internal nature of the disease”.* Hahnemann treated it symptomatically with Rhus alternated with Bryonia, as the symptoms changed and demanded the one or the other remedy.
Rhus aromatica — urinary · William Boericke
Pale, albuminous. Incontinence. Severe pain at beginning or before urination, causing great agony in children. Constant dribbling. Diabetes, large quantities of urine of low specific gravity (Phos ac; Acet ac).
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