Other names and synonyms
rhus-v.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Poison-elder.
The skin symptoms of this species of Rhus are most severe.
The skin symptoms of this species of Rhus are most severe.
Psyche and consciousness
Great melancholy; no desire to live, gloomy.
Head, face, and ears
Heavy, frontal headache; worse, walking or stooping. Eyes nearly closed with great swelling. Vesicular inflammation of ears. Nose red and shiny. Face swollen.
Mouth and throat
Red at tip. Fissured in middle. Vesicles on under side.
Gastrointestinal tract
Profuse, watery, white stools in morning, 4 am, with colicky pains; expelled with force. Pain in hypogastrium before every stool.
Limbs and spine
Paralytic drawing in right arm, especially wrist, and extending to fingers.
Skin
Itching; relieved by hot water. Vesicles. Erysipelas; skin dark red. Erythema nodosum, with nightly itching and pains in long bones.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidote: сlematis. The сalifornia Poison-oak (Rhus diversiloba) is identical with it. It antidotes Radium and follows it well. сompare: Anacard.
Method of drug use and dosage
Sixth to thirtieth potency.