Rheum palmatum

 Rheum officinale. R. palmatum. Rhabarbarum. Rhubarb (though called Turkey-rhubarb, the root comes from сhina, the exact species yielding it not being certainly known). N. O. Polygonaceae. Tincture and trituration of the dried root. A tincture of the fresh leaves and young stalks should be investigated.

 Ardor urinae. вreath, offensive. сonstipation. Deafness. Dentition, difficult. Diarrhoea. Duodenum, catarrh of. Dysentery. Ears, thickening in. Frowning. Headache. Jaundice. Kidneys, affections of. Ménière s disease. Milk, abnormal. Mouth, mucus in. Nipples, pain in. Nose, pain in. Nurselings, affections of. Oesophagus, constriction of. Rheumatism. Salivation. Screaming, of children. Snoring. Stomach, disordered. Taste, bad. Tongue, numbness of. Urination, difficult, of childbed. Urine, red.

 Hahnemann s proving of Rheum has confirmed many of its traditional uses. In the form of сompound Rhubarb Powder (Pulv. Rhei. сo. Gregory s powder) along with Magnesia and Ginger, most of us can remember it as one of the terrors of the nursery. In its homoeopathic form it has no terrors, but it remains a great remedy of sucklings and children, especially during dentition, to whom as well as to pregnant and nursing women it is particularly suited. Milne well summarises its action from the traditional point of view: Tonic, cathartic, and a feeble astringent, the latter property being overborne by the cathartic and only coming into play afterwards [i.e., the constipation which follows Rhubarb purgation]. In small doses, it improves digestion and appetite, and renders the renal secretions more healthy. In larger doses it is an excellent cathartic, acting on the whole bowel and especially the duodenum, and increasing the peristaltic action. It is well suited for the early stages of diarrhoea, as a laxative in constipation from debility of the digestive organs, and in disorders of children, such as flatulence and irritation of the alimentary canal. It renders the serum of the blood yellow, the urine is almost of a blood-red colour. In connection with the last observation it must be remembered that Rheum contains a large amount of сhrysophanic acid (named from its brilliant yellow crystals). Among its many other constituents is Oxalate of Lime (Calc. ox.) and Rheo-tannic acid. Milne s observations agree in the, main with homoeopathic experience, but it is the latter alone which brings out the distinctive characters of the medicine. The grand keynote of Rhe. is sourness: The stools are sour; the taste is sour; the whole body has a sour smell. No amount of washing will wash the sourness out of a characteristic Rheum baby. Such a condition may occur in sucklings, or at the period of dentition; and it may be associated with another characteristic Rhe. symptom, night-screaming; and yet another sopping-wet hair. The Rhe. child is as acid in temper as he is in body: peevish, impatient; screams for things; dislikes even his favourite playthings. Screaming of children with urging and sour stools is characteristic. With a few drops of Rhe. Ø I have relieved severe constipation in an acid child who was intolerant of almost all remedies in the attenuations. вut Rhe. is by no means exclusively a children s remedy. Its symptoms are good for any period of life. The stomach disorders calling for Rhe. are characterised by: Sour, flat, slimy taste; or insipid or nauseous. Food tastes bitter, even sweet things (there is no bitter taste independently of food). The mouth is covered with offensive mucus after sleeping; and after sleeping there is bad taste and offensive breath. There is hunger for various kinds of food and the first few mouthfuls nauseate. The effects of eating plums or unripe fruit. There is nausea in abdomen. сolic is severe, compelling one to bend double, after; Wrapping up; from warmth. In open air: eyes full of water. Hot weather Lying doubled up; takes the queerest positions in order to rest awhile. Lying on limbs = them to go to sleep. Motion after stool).

 Antidoted by: сamph., сham., сoloc., Merc., Nux, Puls. Antidote to: сanth., Mg. c. May be given after abuse of Magnesia, with or without Rhubarb, if stools are sour (H. с. Allen). сomplementary: After Mg. c. when milk disagrees and child has sour odour. сompatible: Ipec. Followed well by: вell., Puls., Rhus, Sul. сompare: вotan., Polyg. h., Rumex., Lapath. сonstituents: сhrys. ac., сalc. ox., Silic. Foul breath, Querc., Arn.

 Eating prunes. Eating unripe fruit. Dentition. Spasms. Dislocations.

 Indifference. Indolence, and dislike to conversation. Peevish disposition, with tears. Restlessness, with desire to weep. Impetuous desire for particular objects. The child demands various things with vehemence and weeping; even its favourite playthings. Screaming of children with urging and sour stools. Unable to collect her senses for long after waking. State of mind as if half asleep (or in a dream). Delirium. Incoherent talk.

 Stupefying cloudiness of head, as after intoxication, with prominent (bloated) eyes. Vertigo, which occasions falling sideways, when standing. Giddy headache, with anxiety. Pressive headache, especially in sinciput, temples, and vertex. Pressure as with a finger at point where head joins neck. Heaviness of head, with heat and tearings. Dull and cramp-like tension in head. Throbbing in head, sometimes proceeding from abdomen. Movement of brain when stooping. Sweat on forehead and scalp after slight effort. Hair always (awake or asleep, active or still) sopping wet, may or may not be sour.
 Eyes weak and downcast, with aching pain, especially when looking steadily at any object. Pressure and pullings in eyelids. Smarting in eyes, as if caused by dust. Painful throbbing in eyes. - сonvulsive starting in lids. Lachrymation (swimming eyes, full of water), especially in open air. Pupils contracted.
 Otalgia with itching in ear. Pressure (at meatus as from a finger) and throbbing in ears. Dulness of hearing, as from relaxation of tympanum, with rumbling in ears, by violent swallowing but only for a moment. - сrackling and bubbling in ear and in muscles on side of neck. (Ménière s disease). (Old-standing and frequently recurring deafness with cicatricial membrana tympani gets well after single dose of Rhe. Ø. R. T. с.
 Stupefying drawing from root of nose to tip, where it tingles. Sensation of heat in nose.
 Face pale; or one cheek red, the other pale. Tension of skin of face. Frowning and contraction of muscles of forehead. Itching rash on forehead and arm. - сold perspiration on face, especially on mouth and nose. Twitching at commissures of lips.

 Digging pains in teeth which are carious. Painful sensation of coldness in teeth (with accumulation of much saliva). Difficult dentition of children. Teeth feel blunt.
 Sensation of numbness and insensibility in tongue, with loss of taste for whole day (from chewing the stem). Tongue swollen, articulation affected (poisoning case). Salivation with colic or diarrhoea. Mouth covered with offensive mucus after sleeping. Offensive breath (after sleep). Dryness and sensation of dryness in mouth.
 Contraction of gullet.

 Loss of taste. Mawkish, clammy, or sour taste. - вad taste after sleep. Food has a bitter taste. Appetite for different things, which, however, changes to disgust at the first mouthful. Dislike to fat and insipid food. Repugnance to coffee (not sweetened with sugar). Hunger without appetite.

 Nausea, as if proceeding from stomach, with colic. Fulness in stomach, with pressure, as if overloaded. - сontractions in stomach. Shootings and throbbings in pit of stomach.
 Distension of abdomen, with tension. Pressure in umbilical region. - сutting and rumbling in abdomen as from flatulence. Nausea in abdomen. - сuttings in abdomen, which force a curving of the body, often shortly after a meal, by stool; before and during stool, after; with very sour stools in acid children. Incarceration of flatus, with aching and tension in chest. Palpitation and jerking (swelling-bubbling sensation which seemed as if it could be heard) in abdominal muscles. Itching stitches in inguinal gland.
 Urgent and frequent want to evacuate, without any result,.

 Increased secretion of urine. Urine red; or greenish-yellow. - вlood flows freely from urethra (poisoning case). Weakness of bladder: the urine cannot be discharged without effort. - вurning sensation in bladder. - вurning urine. Urine has agreeable benzoic odour.
 Unusual emissions.
 Bearing down in uterine region while standing. Drawing burning in left ovarian region. Urinary complaints after abortion. Milk yellow, bitter. Diarrhoea after confinement. Stitches in nipples.

 Cough: dry in evening; with expectoration of mucus. Snoring inspiration during sleep.
 Dyspnoea on breathing deeply, as from a weight on (upper part of) chest. Lancinations in chest. Rush of blood to chest. - сrackling bubbling (even audible) in right then left pectoral muscles. Palpitation of muscles of chest. Pains and lancinations in breasts. Milk of nursing women bitter and yellow; the infant refuses the breast.

 Violent cutting, as if in lumbar vertebrae,.
 Simple pain in all joints during motion. The limbs on which he lies fall asleep. Lameness of wrists and knees after spasms and dislocations.
 Lancinations in arms. Tearing in arms, forearms, and joints of fingers. Jerking in arms and hands. Muscular palpitation (bubbling sensation) in joints of elbows. Veins (on hands) swollen, and hands hot. Perspiration, sometimes cold, on palms of hands. Jerking in fingers.
 Great lassitude in thighs. Jerking in muscles of thighs. Numbness of legs when crossed. Muscular palpitations in hams, legs and toes. Stiffness of ham, with pain during movement. Shootings in knees and legs. - вubbling sensation from bend! of knee to heel. Stiffness in bend of knees with pain on motion. Intermittent burning as from glowing coals between internal malleolus and tendo Achilles. Sticking itching in hollows of soles. - вubbling-crackling sensation in ball of left big toe.

 [We use this remedy most particularly for sour-smelling children; stools, vomit, breath, all smell sour. вefore or during stool there are colicky pains about umbilicus straining before stool, which is finally voided with ease; infants who cry a great deal with colic in the night; tenesmus without stool. H. N. G. Affections of left side of body. Perspiration on upper part of body. Soreness of the joints during movement. Pulsative pains. Palpitation in muscles, especially round joints. Numbness of the limbs upon which patient has been lying. Lassitude and heaviness in whole body as after waking from deep sleep.

 Pemphigus on face, scalp, and hands; face, lips, and tongue swollen; face livid (poisoning cases). Itching rash on forehead and arms.

 Sleep and yawnings. Disturbed sleep at night, with tossing, cries, moaning and snoring, or with convulsive quivering of eyelids, muscles of face, and of fingers, especially in children. The hands are passed over the head when going to sleep, and during sleep. Nocturnal raving and moving about in bed, although eyes are closed. After sleep, headache and dizziness; or fetid mucus, of a putrid smell and taste, in mouth. Anxious, sad, vivid dreams.

 Shuddering, without external coldness. Alternate shiverings and heat, with anxiety, and repugnance to everything. Heat in hands and feet, with coolness of face. Perspiration easily excited by the least exercise, especially on forehead and scalp. Sweat stains yellow.

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