Rheum

▲   GENERAL

General

Of frequent use in children with sour diarrhoea; difficult dentition. Whole child smells sour.

Dose

Third to sixth potency.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, uncovering, after eating, moving about.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Magnesia Phosphorica ^{Mag. Phos}.; Hep Sulph Calc ^Hep.; Podophyllum Peltatum ^Pod.; Chamomilla ^Cham.; Ipecacuanha ^Ipec.

Complementary

Complementary: Magnesia Carbonica ^{Mag. Carb}.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Camphora ^Camph.; Chamomilla ^Cham.

▲   MIND

Mind

Impatient and vehement; desires many things and cries ( Cina ^Cina.)

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Behaviour

shrieking

shrieking; in children

inclination to sit

Dazed

Delirium

night

raging, raving

during sleep

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

illusions of fantasy

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; sees people

Excitement

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

greed

impatience

impetuous

impulsive; capriciousness

indecisive

indifference, apathy, etc.

irritability

during chill

during heat

while perspiring

morose

quarrelsome, argumentative

in sleep

reserved

sensitive, oversensitive; want of sensitiveness

unhappy; lamenting, regretting

moaning, groaning

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

night

while perspiring

in sleep

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; as after being intoxicated

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

impaired thinking; imbecility

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

anxiety; during fever

anxiety; from movement

anxiety; when stooping

fear

of death

frightened easily; starting, startled; during sleep

Memory; forgetful

Preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought

Restlessness, nervousness

tossing about in bed

in children

during heat

internal

Sleep-walking

Talking, conversation

asks for nothing

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

speech; wandering

at night

Unconsciousness

as in a dream

Wearisome, tired

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Tendency to fall over

Tendency to fall over; falling sideways

While standing

▲   HEAD

Head

Cool sweat on the face, especially about mouth and nose.

Brain; pulsating in brain; beating of brain, against skull

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing); forehead

temples

top of head (vertex)

Hot

heat rising up inside

Movements in head

on stooping

knocking in head; as of brain against skull

Pulsating

forehead

Rigid feeling

Tingling

temples

Headache

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

morning

in bed

hammering pain

from certain movements

movement in general

from certain movements; from stooping

after sleep

while standing

walking; while

in forehead

while standing

above eyes

sides; one side

sides; right

temples

top of head (vertex)

cramping

pulling

forehead

forehead; above root of nose

dull pain

forehead

pinching; after sleep

pinching; forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

forehead

sides

temples

top of head (vertex)

stitching, sudden, sharp; temples

stunning

temples

top of head (vertex)

tearing, rending

intermittent

Scalp

Sweat on hairy scalp; constant and profuse

Skin and scalp

perspiration; scalp

perspiration; scalp; after soup

perspiration; scalp; sour

perspiration; forehead; easy

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; granular lids

Dullness

Pain

when looking

pressing; when looking

Pulsation in eyes

Pupils; contracted

Tears

open air

Twitching

lids

lids; during sleep

▲   EARS

Ear

Boring fingers in ear

Noises in ear

when swallowing

bubbling

clucking

crackling

fluttering sounds

roaring

right

swallowing

snapping; like electric sparks

Pain

inside (in ear canal)

pressing

Pulsation

on stooping

while writing

Hearing

Impaired

Lost, deafness

▲   FACE

Face

Lips; picking lips

Perspiration

cold

around mouth

lower lip

upper lip

Skin

discoloration; pale

discoloration; pale; during sleep

discoloration; pale; during stool

discoloration; red; one-sided

one pale the other red

drawn, pulled

out-breaks on skin; rash; forehead

shiny skin

tension of skin

wrinkled; forehead

Twitching

around mouth

corners of mouth

▲   NOSE

Nose

Itching; tip

Pain

pulling

root

extending to tip

Perspiration

Tingling; tip

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Sensation of coolness in teeth

Difficult teething; restless and irritable

Teeth

decay, hollow

coldness

teething; difficult

pain

molars

upper teeth

lower teeth

in children

digging

Saliva

Much saliva

Saliva; mucus, slime; morning

Salivation; during stool

Tongue

Numbness; tongue

Paralysis; tongue

Taste

Breath smells sour ( Chamomilla ^Cham.)

Taste

bitter

bitter; during eating

bitter; food tastes bitter; only when swallowing

bitter; sweet things taste bitter

flavourless

nauseous

salty

slimy

sour

tasteless, lacks taste

Palate

Pain; burning, raw and smarting; palate (roof of mouth)

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast

milk; absent

milk; bitter

milk; yellow

Constriction, tension; from flatulence

Oppressed feeling

Pain

breast

stitching, sudden, sharp

breast

breast; nipple

breast bone

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea)

Loud

breathing in

in sleep

Snoring

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening

Dry cough

evening

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Morning

Mucous

▲   SKIN

Skin

Blisters

Discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.

Dry; burning

Flabbiness

Abnormal growths

warts; withered

warts; wrinkled, shrivelled

Itching

unchanged by scratching

stinging

Out-breaks on skin

rash (see granular)

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain

during stool

after stool

lumbar (lower half of back)

during stool

during stool; soft stool

aching; after stool

cutting; lumbar (lower half of back)

during stool

Stiffness

sacrum (base of spine)

Tension; lumbar (lower half of back)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Throbbing in pit

Feels full.

Colicky pain about navel

Colic when uncovering

Wind seems to rise up to chest.

Bloated; after eating

Heat

Pain

must bend double

bending double

during diarrhoea (colic)

bending limbs

before stool

during stool

after stool

pressing; during stool

pressing; region of navel

cutting; before stool

cutting; during stool

cutting; after stool

cutting; navel; around navel

dragging, bearing down; when standing

pressing; around navel

Tension

Bladder

pain; burning

pain; burning; before urination

pain; burning; during urination

pain; dragging; during urination

urge to urinate, but producing nothing

urination; interrupted (intermittent); stream first, then flows out drop by drop

urination; delayed, difficult; must press; a long time before able to start

urination; delayed, difficult; must press; must press to pass the last part

urination; weakness

Kidneys

pain; during urination

pain; burning

before urination

during urination

Stomach

appetite; reduced

appetite; easily satisfied

contraction

desires, cravings; refreshing things

desires, cravings; sweets

desires, cravings; tonics

fullness; after eating

pain; extending to other parts; breast bone

pulsation

Eating

Desire for various kinds of food, but soon tires of all

Pain

after eating (including certain foods); after eating plums

cutting; after dinner

Stomach

appetite; ravenous, excessive; without enjoying food (see aversion to food)

aversion to certain foods or drinks; coffee

aversion to certain foods or drinks; everything

aversion to certain foods or drinks; fats and rich food

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; after eating a little

aversion to certain foods or drinks; milk

loathing of food (see nausea)

Flatus

Flatulence; obstructed

Nausea

Stomach

disordered; during nausea

nausea; feeling in abdomen

nausea; after eating

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Before stool, unsuccessful urging to urinate

Stools smell sour, pasty, with shivering and tenesmus, and burning in anus

Sour diarrhoea during dentition

Colicky, even ineffectual urging to evacuate altered faecal stools.

Constipation; inactivity of rectum

Diarrhoea

after certain foods or drinks; fruit

after certain foods or drinks; fruit; unripe fruit

in children

while teething

after eating

in extremely thin people

hot weather

after magnesia

in women; after breast feeding

movement

standing

Flatulence

Haemorrhage from anus; during stool

Pain

burning; during stool

burning; after stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during dysentery

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool

Skin and lining; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); from stool

Urging, desire to stool (see pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after eating (see diarrhoea)

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); frequent

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); on movement

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); before stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); from rising

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); while walking

Stool

Strong and sharp (acrid), corrosive, wearing away skin

Brown

normal consistency

Curdled

Fermented

Frothy

Grey

Green

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

Mucous, slimy

brown

green

white

Odour

offensive

sour

Pasty, mushy

Soft

Thin, liquid; normal consistency

White

milk like

Yellow

green on standing, turning

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Colour

greenish

pale

red

dark-red

Sediment; pink

Thick

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); itching; during urination

Womb

Female

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen); standing

Menses

period; offensive smell

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Bubbling sensation

elbow

knee

muscle at back of knee

leg

calf

Contraction of muscles and tendons; forearm

Pulling up limbs

Fullness; hand; veins of hand

Heat

hand

hand; palm

foot

Heaviness; thigh

Movements and positions

lameness; knee

trembling; hand

twitching; upper limbs

twitching; elbow

twitching; hand

twitching; lower limbs

twitching; thigh

hamstrings

hamstrings; while sitting

Numbness (see tingling); while lying down; on limbs

forearm

lower limbs

when crossing the legs

Pain

joints

joints; movement

joints; rheumatic

fingers; jerking

knee; movement

pulling; fingers; during sleep

pressing; knee

stitching, sudden, sharp; upper limbs

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee

while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp; leg

stitching, sudden, sharp; foot; sole

tearing; upper arm

tearing; forearm

tearing; hand

tearing; fingers; joints of fingers

Paralysis; lower limbs; sensation of paralysis

Perspiration

hand; cold

hand; palm

cold

when pressed together

Skin

out-break on skin; rash

out-break on skin; upper limbs; rash

itching

out-break on skin; upper arm; rash

out-break on skin; forearm; rash

Stiffness

hip

knee

Swollen; hand; veins

Tension, tightness; knee; hollow of knee

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); upper limbs; side lain on

Weakness

thigh

knee; hollow of knee

while standing

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature); during stool

During stool

Alternating with chills

Localised; stomach (gastric fever)

External heat; with chilliness

Shuddering; with the heat

Heat comes on during sleep

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Poisoning

poisoning by mercury

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

During convulsions

Dreams

anxious

while awake (daydreams)

of dead people; relatives

disease; sick people

sad

vivid

Position; arms over head

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

Sleep-walking

Yawning

Convulsions

Convulsions

rapid muscle spasm

convulsive movements

Perspiration

Daytime

Night

During slight exertion (see walking)

Odour; sour

Single parts; upper body

Staining the linen

Generalities

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

Open air

Change of weather

Bubbling

Constriction

externally

internally

Physical exertion

Eating and food

eating

after eating

fruit

Formication (like insects crawling around); external parts

internally

Full feeling; internally

Glands; itching, glands

Heaviness

externally

internally

Inflammation; internally

Jerking; during sleep

Lying down

lying down

after lying down

lying in bed

lying on side; on painful side

lying on side; on painless side

Movement

movement of affected part

Mucous secretions increased

Numbness

internally

internally; in single parts

internally; of suffering parts

Pain

glands

benumbing

gnawing, biting

burning externally

constricting; internally

cutting; internally

digging up (burrowing, rooting sensation)

gnawing, biting; externally

jerking; externally

pinching

internally

pressing; externally

pressing; internally

pressing; inward

pressing; as from load

pressing; from within outward

pressing; glands

inward

pressing; muscles

sore, bruised; externally

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; internally

sudden, sharp; glands

sudden, sharp; muscles

tearing in muscles

tearing; externally

tearing; muscles

sticking in muscles

Paralysis

internally

of organs

In women; symptoms when breast feeding children

Pulsation

internally

Pulse

abnormal

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

Relaxation of muscles

Running

Symptoms not symmetrical

symptoms on one side

crosswise, left lower and right upper

While sitting

Sitting

Before sleep

During sleep

After sleep

Standing

Swelling; puffy

Tension

externally

internally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; sensation of heat

cold in general

Illusions of touch

Trembling; externally

Uncovering

On waking

Walking

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

walking

Weariness (see weakness)

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