RHUS TOXICODENDRON uses / Rhus tox uses [Rhus-t uses]
Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">" denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation (alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
Cheerful, joking, lively, quick-witted, friendly,
timid
Restlessness, agitation, irritable, frustrated
Serious, hardworking, impatient
Stiff, rigid, morose, compulsive, superstitious, ritualistic
< cold, damp, wet, drafts < cloudy weather > warm, warm bathing
< initial motion > continuous motion
Fever blisters about the lips
Triangular red tip of tongue
Burning, vesicular eruptions
COMMON NAME
Poison Oak
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
A/F
| - | Spraining or straining a single part, muscle or tendon |
| - | Overlifting, particularly stretching high up to reach things |
| - | Lying on damp ground |
| - | From getting wet, and too much summer bathing in lake or river |
| - | Getting wet when heated |
| - | Cold air |
MODALITIES
| < | Exposure to cold air |
| < | Before storm |
| < | Wet, draft |
| < | Ice cold drinks |
| < | Chilled when hot or sweaty |
| < | Blows, jar |
| < | Uncovering parts (head) |
| < | Sprains |
| < | Beginning of motion |
| < | Overexertion |
| < | Damp rainy weather |
| < | Rest |
| < | Cloudy, foggy weather |
| > | After midnight |
| > | Continued motion |
| > | Rubbing |
| > | Heat, hot bath |
| > | Warm wrapping |
| > | Change of position |
| > | Warm dry weather |
MIND
| - | Extreme restlessness, with desire for continuous
change of position |
| - | Impatient and hurried |
| - | Delirium with fear and suspicion of being poisoned |
| - | Sad, patient begins to weep without knowing why < evening |
| - | Anxious, sadness, helplessness and profound despondency |
| - | Anxiety for his own children |
| - | Causeless weeping |
| - | Answers correctly, but slowly or hastily, or reluctantly |
| - | Timid, self-conscious |
| - | Dwells on past disagreeable events after midnight |
| - | Thoughts of suicide, wants to drown himself |
| - | Forgetful, cannot remember the most recent events |
| - | Fear < at night, cannot lie in bed, killing someone, poison |
| - | Dreams of great exertion, rowing, swimming, orking hard at his daily occupation |
| - | Great apprehension at night. Drives him out of bed |
| - | It is a trio of Restlessness (Acon, Ars) cannot lie in one place, must
change the position frequently to obtain relief from pain |
| - | Joking and cheerful patients |
| - | Superstitious |
GUIDING INDICATIONS
| - | All complaints brought on exposure to
cold, damp weather, getting wet |
| - | Great rigidity, stiffness, numbness and pain are experienced on first
motion, after the rest > walking or continued motion |
| - | Most complaints are relieved by movement and aggravated by rest |
| - | < at night and in damp, rainy weather > heat in general e.g. covering
the body, warm application, etc |
| - | Great sensitiveness to open air, putting the hand outside from under the bed
covering brings on cough |
| - | Triangular, red tipped tongue, with imprint of teeth and bitter taste in the
mouth |
| - | Complaints travel from left to right |
| - | Pains |
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as if sprained |
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as
if a muscle or tendon was torn from its attachment
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as if bones were scraped with a knife |
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affected part sore to touch |
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| - | Head – Vertigo when standing or walking, worse when lying down < rising
from lying or stooping |
| - | Headache |
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A/F beer, returns from least chagrin |
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brain feels loose when stepping or shaking the head |
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sensation of swashing in brain |
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stupefying as if torn |
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< from sitting, lying in bed > warmth and motion |
| - | G.I.T. – Tongue: Triangular red tip of tongue |
| - | Desires - Cold milk which relieves gastric complaints |
| - | Craving for beer, cheese, cold drinks, sweets, oysters |
| - | Aversion to meat and liquor |
| - | Thirst for sips of water |
| - | Diarrhoea with beginning of typhoid. Involuntary stools with great
exhaustion |
| - | Tearing pain down the posterior part of limb during stool |
| - | Dysentery - during rainy season, pains running down the thighs |
| - | Urinary system - Enuresis, especially in boys |
| - | Frequent urination |
| - | C.V.S. - Angina, extending to left arm < exertion |
| - | Cardiac hypertrophy from violent exercise, gets out of breath on exertion |
| - | Valvular disorders |
| - | Rheumatic fever |
| - | C.N.S. - Parkinson's disease with great stiffness |
| - | Chorea, Tics, Twitches |
| - | Left sided hemiplegia |
| - | Male genitalia - Herpes |
| - | Eruptions on inner thighs and genitalia |
| - | Back - Pain between shoulders on swallowing |
| - | Pain and stiffness in small of back |
| - | < sitting or lying > by motion or lying on something hard |
| - | Cervical stiffness causing patient to stretch and move about |
| - | Pain in inner, upper left scapula |
| - | Extremities - Muscular Rheumatism. Arthritis |
| - | Sciatica, left side |
| - | Paralysis with numbness of affected parts from getting wet, or lying on damp
ground, or after exertion, or parturition |
| - | Sprains and strains. Bursitis, tendonitis |
| - | Arthritic nodosities |
| - | Restless legs in bed |
| - | Skin - Erysipelas, from left to right |
| - | Yellow vesicles, much swelling, inflammation, cellulitis |
| - | Burning, itching, stinging > warmth |
| - | Chicken pox, Herpes, Impetigo, Pemphigus, Urticaria |
| - | Fever - Dry teasing cough, before and during chill, in intermittent fever.
Cough with taste of blood |
| - | Fever blisters around mouth and on chin |
| - | Great thirst with dry tongue, mouth and throat |
| - | Thirst for cold water even though the person is chilly |
KEYNOTES
CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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aching, tearing, sore, bruised, |
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stiff, as if bones were scrapped with a knife, lameness |
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all these are associated with rheumatic conditions |
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of insanity |
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of high places |
NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
| - | Suited to complaints arising from over exertion,
over straining, or from dampness, or getting wet |
| - | The most severe symptoms are excited when the body or the limbs are at rest.
Initial motion linkers up the patient. He is restless, gets relief from
continued motion |
| - | Tension, as if shortening of muscle |
CLINICAL
| - | Angina, Arthritis, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cervical
spondylosis, Chicken pox, Contusion, Eczema, Enuresis, Erysipelas,
Fibrositis, Hemiplegia, Herpes, Impetigo, Influenza, Lumbago, Parkinson's
disease, Pemphigus, Rheumatic fever, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Sprains,
Tendonitis, Urticaria |
| - | Beneficial to control threatened iritis, formation of pus - Dr. Davey |
| - | As a preventive of sepsis in abdominal surgery - Dr. R.B.Das |
| - | Rhus has volvulus of intestines - Dr. Grimmer |
| - | A remedy for musicians who suffer from pulmonary haemorrhage due to prolonged
performance |
| - | Bad effects of oil bath - Dr. C. Boericke |
REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
Complements: Bry
Followed Well By: Ars, Bell, Bry, Calc, Graph, Merc, Nux-v, Phos,
Puls, Sep, Sulph
Inimical: Apis
Compare: Acon, Agar, Am-c, Am-m, Ant-c, Apis, Arg-n, Ars, Asar, Atro,
Aur, Bapt, Bar-c, Bell, Bell-p, Brom, Bry, Calc, Carb-an, Carbn-s, Caust,
Cham, Cimic, Cinch, Clem, Coca, Colch, Coloc, Com, Daph, Dros, Euphr, Fl-ac,
Gels, Glon, Hep, Hydr-ac, Hyos, Hyper, Ign, Jug-r, Kali-bi, Kali-br, Kali-c,
Kalm, Lach, Led, Lob, Lyc, Merc, Mez, Nat-m, Nit-ac, Nux-v, Petr, Ph-ac,
Phos, Phyt, Piloc, Plb, Puls, Ran-b, Sabad, Sabin, Sep, Sil, Spig, Stram,
Sulph, Thuj, Valer, Zinc
Antidoted By: Bell, Bry, Camph, Coff, Croto-t, Grin, Merc, Sang,
Sulph, Verbe-h
It Antidotes: Ant-t, Bry, Ran-b, Rhod, Sapo
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