Rhus toxicodendron
rhus-toxPoison-ivy The effects on the skin, rheumatic pains, mucous membrane affections, and a typhoid type of fever, make this remedy frequently indicated. Rhus affects fibrous tissue markedly-joints, tendons, sheaths-aponeurosis, etc, producing pains and stiffness. Post-operative complications. Tearing asunder pains. Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position. Ailments from strains, overlifting, getting wet while perspiring. Septic cond
Rhus toxicodendron — Materia Medica
Rhus toxicodendron — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Variola. Sore, bruised or STIFF. Flesh feels beaten or torn loose. Dislocative sensation. Twitching muscles. Crawling. Numbness. Trembling. Burning, swelling and lividity. Cellulitis. Acrid, rusty-red, meat water or musty secretions; causing eruptions. Scraping, gnawing or tearing loose in periosteum. .................... Sad, anxious, depressed or beclouded. Slow answers. Low delirium. Whirling vertigo; then headache. Shattering or loose feeling in brain; < jar. Board-like pressure in forehead. Painfully stiff scalp, > lying on it. Pain behind eyes; < motion. Eyelids, stiff; adherent; dry; firmly closed. Profuse, hot, gushing tears. Photophobia. Vertical diplopia. Saccular conjunctivitis. Red, sensitive tip of nose; it drips water. Roseola. Nose-bleed; at night. Violent aching in bones of nose. Face-ache. Maxillæ crack; easily dislocated; pains in. Red spot on l. cheek. Swelled, stiff face. Dry, cracked, crusty lips; herpes on. Sordes. Bloody saliva runs during sleep. Teeth feel loose. TONGUE; RED TRIANGLE AT TIP; coated diagonally or on one side only; dry red center; cracked, stiff, sore. Coppery or straw-like taste. Red, puffy, itching fauces. As of chamois skin stuck on tonsils. Sorethroat (l) in A.M.; with swelled glands. Craves cold drinks, although they < cough, chill, etc. Vomits from coughing, lying on back, etc.; fecal. Abdomen sore; swashing in; as of a lump in. Ileocæcal symptoms. Stools watery, frothy or bloody; foul; brick red; slimy; gelatinous; involuntary or with tenesmus, < drinking. Piles, < lifting. Genitals, œdema, < prepuce; itching; swelled. Nephritis. Metritis; septic. Chest pains on using arms. Dry, hoarse, tearing, tormenting cough, from tickling behind upper sternum; with bloody taste. Sudden hypostasis or œdema of lungs. Palpitation; > motion. Heart; feels tired; hyper-trophy; pains going down l. arm. Shingles. Stiff neck. Inter-scapular pain, < swallowing.
Rhus toxicodendron — mind · James Tyler Kent
Most of the mental symptoms of Rhus are such as prevail during low forms of fever, especially in typhoid. There is then incoherent talking; answers questions hastily. There is anxiety, apprehensions, and fear. Intense fear at night. The complaints of Rhus often come on in the night. The mental symptoms are worse at night. The delirium is worse at night. The fears and anxiety are worse at night. The chronic mental symptoms of Rhus are despondency, mental prostration, inability to sustain a mental effort, disgust for life and thoughts of suicide. He wants to drown himself yet he has fear of death. He desires to die yet he has not the courage to commit suicide. In many instances he is filled with suicidal- thoughts; sadness and weeping yet he knows not why. Irritability and anxiety as if he had met with some misfortune, restlessness, anxiousness and nervous in the extreme in acute and chronic complaints. Colds settle throughout the body and limbs. He is full of dizziness as if intoxicated; staggers, when walking.
Rhus toxicodendron — general · H.C. Allen
Adapted to persons of rheumatic diathesis. Bad effects of getting wet, especially after being over-heated. Ailments: From spraining or straining a single part, muscle or tendon (Calc., Nux-v.); overlifting, particularly from stretching high up to reach things; lying on damp ground; too much summer bathing in lake or river. Affects the fibrous tissue, especially (Rhod.—serous, Bry.); the right side more than the left. Great restlessness, anxiety, apprehension (Acon., Ars.); cannot remain in bed, must change position often to obtain relief from pain (from mental anxiety, Ars.). Restless, cannot stay long in one position. Great sensitiveness to open air; putting the hand from under the bed- cover brings on cough (Bar-c., Hep.). Great thirst, with dry tongue, mouth and throat. Pains: As if sprained; as if a muscle or tendon was torn from its attachment; as if bones were scraped with a knife; worse after midnight and in wet, rainy weather; affected parts sore to touch.
Rhus toxicodendron — modalities · James Tyler Kent
The complaints of this remedy come on from cold damp weather, from being exposed to cold damp air when perspiring. The patient is sensitive to cold air and all his complaints are made worse from cold and all are better from warmth. In a general way, the aching pains, the bruised feelings over the body, restlessness throughout the limbs, and amelioration from motion are features that prevail throughout all conditions of Rhus. While he is better from motion and better from walking, if he continues to walk he becomes exhausted. Any continued exertion of the body or mind exhausts the Rhus patient. He suffers from rheumatic conditions with pains in the bones, lameness in the muscles, lameness in the tendons, ligaments, and joints from suppression of sweat, from becoming chilled. These occur with or without fever. Rhus is suitable in old chronic rheumatic conditions. He is stiff, lame, and bruised on first beginning to move. This passes off on becoming warm up, but soon be becomes weak and must rest. Then comes the restlessness and aching and uneasiness which drive him to move and which again make him better, but soon he becomes weak and these continue, so that he is never perfectly at ease and never finds rest. Inflammation of the glands and of the mucous membranes; inflammation of the muscles. Cellulitis of the pelvis, of the neck, about the glands with much swelling. Inflammation of the skin that becomes erysipelatous; purple; pitting upon pressure with large blisters that fill with serum, sometimes bloody. It has abscesses and carbuncles and vesicular eruptions. Glands: Inflammation of glands that are hot and very painful. They are hot and end in suppuration.
Rhus toxicodendron — modalities worse · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
EXPOSURE TO: WET; cold. Air. WASHING. Chill or draft. When hot or sweaty. Uncovering; hands, etc. BEGINNING MOTION. REST. Before storms. SPRAINS. Overexertion. AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Rhus toxicodendron — modalities better · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Continued motion. HEAT: Wraps. Bath. If heated. Rubbing. Nose-bleed. Holding abdomen. An infectious irritant, exciting TYPHOID, RHEUMATIC OR PARETIC EFFECTS. NIGHTLY SHOOTING, STITCHING, TEARING PAINS; CAN'T REST IN ANY POSITION. Grippe.
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