Origin Plant · Polygonaceae · Simple
Habitat though called "Turkey-rhubarb," the root comes from China, the exact species yielding it not being certainly known
ClarkePreparation Tincture and trituration of the dried root.
Sources 16 entries across 14 books: Boericke, Clarke, Hering, Allen, Nash …
Dose Boericke
3X–6X
Third to sixth potency
Reason for useGuernsey
We use this remedy most particularly for sour smelling children; stools , vomit, breath, all smell sour. Before or during stool there are colicky pains about the umbilicus; straining before stool, and finally voided with ease; infants who cry a great deal with colic, in the night; tenesmus without stool. Affections of the left side of the body. Sensation of crepitation in any part of the body. Perspiration on upper part of the body. Remedies following:-- Bellad., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sulphur .
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 3, Chamomilla 2, Colocynthis 2 +6
Complementary Magnolia Grandiflora, Magnesium Carbonicum
Follows well Belladonna, Pulsatilla Pratensis, Rhus Toxicodendron +1
Compare Chamomilla, Hepar Sulphur, Ipecacuanha +35
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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