(Poison 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.
Postoperative 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 conditions. Cellulitis and infections, carbuncles in
early stages. Rheumatism in the cold season. Septicemia. | ||
| Mind. Listless,
sad. Thoughts of suicide. Extreme restlessness, with continued change of
position. Delirium, with fear of being poisoned. Sensorium becomes
cloudy. Great apprehension at night, cannot remain in bed. | ||
| Head. Feels as
if a board were strapped on the forehead. Vertigo when rising. Heavy
head. Brain feels loose and as if struck against skull on walking or
rising. Scalp sensitive; worse on side lain on. Headache in occiput;
painful to touch. Pain in forehead and proceeds thence backward. Humid
eruptions on scalp; itching greatly. | ||
| Eyes. Swollen,
red, edematous; orbital cellulitis. Pustular inflammations.
Photophobia; profuse flow of yellow pus. Edema of lids, suppurative iritis.
Lids inflamed, agglutinated, swollen. Old injured eyes. Circumscribed
corneal injection. Intensive ulceration of the cornea. Iritis, after
exposure to cold and dampness, and of rheumatic origin. Eye painful on
turning it or pressing, can hardly move it, as in acute retrobulbar
neuritis. Profuse gush of hot, scalding tears upon opening
lids. | ||
| Ears. Pain in
ears, with sensation as if something were in them. Lobules swollen.
Discharge of bloody pus. | ||
| Nose. Sneezing;
coryza from getting wet. Tip of nose red, sore, ulcerated. Swelling of
nose. Nosebleed on stooping. | ||
| Face. Jaws
crack when chewing. Easy dislocation of jaw. [Ign.; Petr.] Swollen face,
erysipelas. Cheek bones sensitive to touch. Parotitis. Facial neuralgia,
with chilliness; worse, evening. Crusta lactea. [Calc.] | ||
| Mouth. Teeth
feel loose and long; gums sore. Tongue red and cracked; coated, except
red triangular space at the tip; dry and red at edges. Corners of mouth
ulcerated; fever blisters around mouth and chin. [Nat-m.] Pain in maxillary joint. | ||
| Throat. Sore,
with swollen glands. Sticking pain on swallowing. Parotitis, left
side. | ||
| Stomach. Want
of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst. Bitter
taste. [Cupr.] Nausea, vertigo, and bloated
abdomen after eating. Desire for milk. Great thirst, with dry mouth
and throat. Pressure as from a stone. [Bry.; Ars.] Drowsy after eating. | ||
| Abdomen.
Violent pains, relieved by lying on abdomen. Swelling of inguinal glands.
Pain in region of ascending colon. Colic, compelling to walk bent.
Excessive distention after eating. Rumbling of flatus on first rising, but
disappears with continued motion. | ||
| Rectum.
Diarrhea of blood, slime, and reddish mucus. Dysentery, with tearing pains
down thighs. Stools of cadaverous odor. Frothy, painless stools. Will often
abort a beginning suppurative process near the rectum.
Dysentery. | ||
| Urine. Dark,
turbid, high colored, scanty urine, with white sediment. Dysuria, with loss
of blood. | ||
| Male. Swelling
of glands and prepuce: dark red erysipelatous; scrotum thick, swollen,
edematous. Itching intense. | ||
| Female.
Swelling, with intense itching of vulva. Pelvic articulations stiff when
beginning to move. Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid. Lochia
thin, protracted, offensive diminished [Puls.], with shooting upwards in vagina. [Sep.] | ||
| Respiratory.
Tickling behind upper sternum. Dry, teasing cough from midnight
until morning, during a chill, or when putting hands out of bed.
Hemoptysis from overexertion; blood bright red. Influenza, with aching in
all bones. Hoarseness from overstraining voice. [Arn.]
Oppression of the chest, cannot get breath with sticking pains. Bronchial
coughs in old people, worse on awaking and with expectoration of small
plugs of mucus. | ||
| Heart.
Hypertrophy from overexertion. Pulse quick, weak, irregular, intermittent,
with numbness of left arm. Trembling and palpitation when sitting
still. | ||
| Back. Pain
between shoulders on swallowing. Pain and stiffness in small of back;
better, motion, or lying on something hard; worse, while sitting.
Stiffness of the nape of the neck. | ||
| Extremities.
Hot, painful swelling of joints. Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments,
and fascia. Rheumatic pains spread over a large surface at nape of
neck, loins, and extremities; better motion. [Agar.]
Soreness of condyles of bones. Limbs stiff, paralyzed. The cold fresh
air is not tolerated; it makes the skin painful. Pain along ulnar
nerve. Tearing down thighs. Sciatica; worse, cold, damp weather, at
night. Numbness and formication, after overwork and exposure. Paralysis;
trembling after exertion. Tenderness about knee joint. Loss of power in
forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in the tips of fingers. Tingling in
feet. | ||
| Fever.
Adynamic; restless, trembling. Typhoid; tongue dry and brown; sordes;
bowels loose; great restlessness. Intermittent; chill, with dry cough and
restlessness. During heat, urticaria. Hydroa. Chilly, as if cold water were
poured over him, followed by heat and inclination to stretch the
limbs. | ||
| Skin. Red,
swollen; itching intense. Vesicles, herpes; urticaria;
pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms. Glands swollen.
Cellulitis. Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale
formation. | ||
| Sleep.
Dreams of great exertion. Heavy sleep, as from stupor. Sleepless
before midnight. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, during sleep, cold, wet rainy weather and after rain; at
night, during rest, drenching, when lying on back or right side.
Better, warm, dry weather, motion; walking, change of position,
rubbing, warm applications, from stretching out limbs. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Bry.; Calc-f.;
Phyt. (Rheumatism). Inimical: Apis Antidote: Bathing with Milk and Grindelia lotion very effective. Anac.; Graph. Compare: Arn.; Bapt.; Lach.; Ars.; Op. (stupefaction more profound). | ||
| Dose. Sixth to
thirtieth potency. The two hundredth and higher are antidotal to poisoning
with the plant and tincture. |