Ranunculus Bulbosus

General

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS. [Ran. bulb.] Bulbous Crowfoot. Franz. Ranunculaceae.

Mind

► Vanishing of thought on reflection. ► Obtuseness of the senses. ► Angry mood ; quarrelsome.

Sensorium

► Vertigo, with danger of falling, when going from room into open air.

Inner Head

► Pressing headache in forehead and on vertex, as if pressed asunder, with pressure on eyeballs and sleepiness ; worse in evening or when entering a room from cold air ; or vice versa. ► Congestion of blood to head, sensation of fulness and enlargement of head. ► Headache, with nausea and sleepiness. ► The headache is caused or aggravated by a change of temperature.

Outer Head

► Head feels too large.

Eyes

► Hemeralopia, with heat, biting and pressure in eyes ; lids and conjunctiva slightly red, lachrymation ; pus in the canthi. ► Pressure in eyeballs. ► Smarting and sore feeling in eye or canthus.

Ears

► Stitches in ears, principally in evening.

Nose

► Redness and inflammatory swelling of nose, with tension. ► Scabs in the nostrils.

Face

► Dry heat in face, with redness of cheeks, evenings. ► Tingling in face, especially on nose and chin.

Lower Face

► Spasms of the lips.

Mouth

► White saliva in mouth, tasting like copper.

Throat

► Much viscid phlegm in throat. ► Inflammatory burning pains in throat and on palate.

Eating And Drinking

► After eating : 36.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Spasmodic hiccough. ► Nausea in afternoon and evening, sometimes with headache.

Stomach

► Sensation of soreness and burning in pit of stomach, worse from touch. ► Pressure in pit of stomach.

Hypochondria

► Sensation of soreness in hypochondria, especially to touch. ► Stitches in region of liver, extending up into chest. ► Pulsations in left hypochondrium.

Abdomen

► Colic and cutting pains in abdomen, and when pressing on it sensation as if everything were sore and bruised. ► Burning soreness in abdomen. ► Great tenderness of abdomen to touch.

Urine

► Ulcers in the bladder.

Female Sexual Organs

► Leucorrhoea, at first mild, then acrid, corroding.

Breathing

► Short and oppressed, with pains in chest, and inclination to draw a long breath.

Lungs

► Stitches in chest. ► Small, sore spot, as from subcutaneous ulceration. θ After pneumonia. ► Adhesions of the lungs (after inflammation).

Heart And Pulse

► Pulse full, hard, rapid in evening, slower in morning.

Outer Chest

► Chest feels sore, bruised ; worse from touch, motion, or turning body (many cases of pleurodynia).

Neck And Back

► Pain along inner edge of left scapula, often extending below its inferior angle, or through lower half of left side of thorax.

Upper Limbs

► Spasmodic, rheumatic pain in arms. ► Stitches in arms and hands. ► Blister-like eruption in palms of hands.

Lower Limbs

► Drawing pain in the thighs, extending downward. ► Cracking in joints (knee). ► Corns sensitive to touch, smart and burn.

Position, Etc

► Motion : 30. Turning body : 30. Cannot lie on side : 37.

Nerves

► Twitching of muscles. ► Epileptic attacks. ► Sudden weakness, with fainting. ► Trembling of limbs, with oppression of breathing after fright or anger ; aggravated in evening, and sometimes after eating, from change of temperature, especially from heat to cold.

Sleep

► Sleeplessness often with dyspnoea, heat and ebullitions ; cannot lie on the side.

Time

► Morning : 29, 40. Afternoon : 16, 40. Evening : 3, 6, 8, 29, 36, 40.

Temperature And Weather

► Room to open air : 2, 3. Open air to room : 3. Change of temperature : 36. Open air : 40.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Chilly, with heat in face, worse afternoon and evening, the well-covered chest is chilly out of doors. ► Heat in evening, worse on right side of face, with cold hands and general uncomfortableness. ► Heat, with internal chill at same time. ► Sweat scanty and only in morning on awaking.

Sides

► Right : 18, 40. Left : 18, 31. Behind forward : 31. Above downward : 33.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 17, 18, 19, 30, 33. Pressure : 19.

Skin

► Horn-like excrescences. ► Vesicular eruptions, as from burns. ► Shingles and intercostal neuralgia. ► Flat, burning, stinging ulcers, with ichorous discharge. ► Pemphigus. ► Chilblains (external application).

Relationship

► Antidotes to Ran. bulb. : Bryon., Camphor., Pulsat., Rhus. ► Inimicals : alcohol, Spir. nitr. dulc., Staphis, Sulphur, vinegar, wine.