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 …

Inner Head ► Dull, stupefying headache, with bloated eyes. ► Heaviness of head ; heat rising up to it. ► Pulsation in head, ascending from abdomen. ► Sensation as if brain moved, when stooping.

Eyes ► Weak and dull, especially when looking intensely at an object. ► Pupils dilated, with pressing headache ; later contracted, with inward restlessness. ► Pulsation in the eyes. ► Convulsive twitching of eyelids. ► Granulated upper eyelids.

Stomach ► Fulness in stomach, as after eating too much. ► Throbbing in pit of stomach.

Female Sexual Organs ► Bearing down in uterine region, while standing.

Breathing ► Dyspnoea, as from a load on upper part of the chest.

Neck And Back ► Stiffness in sacrum and hips, cannot walk straight. ► Violent cutting, as if in lumbar vertebrae, increased from stool.

Limbs In General ► Limbs fall asleep, from lying on them, particularly the lower, in putting one over the other.

Sleep ► Puts hands over head when falling asleep, and in sleep. ► During sleep, heat, jerking motion of muscles in face or eyelids, trembling, moving limbs, bending the head backward. ► Children cry and toss about all night ; delirious talking ; full of fear. ► Walking while asleep. ► On awaking from sleep, headache ; bad odor from mouth. ► Requires very little sleep and not much food.

Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chilliness alternating with heat ; or, internal, with external heat. ► Heat all over, mostly on hands and feet, with cold face ; no thirst. ► Sweats easily in diseases without fever. ► Sweat on scalp and forehead. ► Cold sweat about nose and mouth. ► Sweat stains yellow.

Skin ► Child smells sourish, even if washed or bathed every day.

Complementary Magnolia Grandiflora, Magnesium Carbonicum

Follows well Belladonna, Pulsatilla Pratensis, Rhus Toxicodendron +1

Compare Chamomilla, Hepar Sulphur, Ipecacuanha +35