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Rheum Palmatum

Rheum officinale
RHEUM · 16 entries across 16 books
Habitatthough called "Turkey-rhubarb," the root comes from China, the exact species yielding it not being certainly known. PreparationTincture and trituration of the dried root. Clarke
3X–6X
Third to sixth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

An active cathartic, stimulating persistaltic action.

Catharsis followed by constipation.

The full T. F. Allen text, by section

Stomach

Aversion to ordinary food, yet with certain desire to eat, but food is repulsive.

Fullness, as if he had eaten to satiety.

Nausea, with colic.

Abdomen

Griping pain, particularly in the umbilical region, with ineffectual desire for stool, > bending over after the stool.

Rectum and Anus :

Frequent urging and ineffectual straining, < motion.

Stool

Stool pasty or brown, frothy, always of a very sour, fermented odor, preceded by colic and chilliness ; constriction in the bowels, accompanied by shivering, often followed by tenesmus.

Diarrhoea of varying color and consistency, usually frothy and of a sour odor.

Back

Cutting pain in the lumbar region, with digging pain in the bowels.

Fever

Easy perspiration, particularly of the forehead and scalp.

Cold sweat on the face, particularly about the mouth and nose, with the abdominal symptoms.

Complete text of the Rheum Palmatum entry in T. F. Allen - A Primer of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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16 entries across 16 books · abbreviations: RHEUM · Family: Polygonaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

RHEUM PALMATUM · William Boericke · 1,053 chars

3 Clarke

Rheum · John Henry Clarke · 17,538 chars

4 Hering

Rheum · Constantine Hering · 13,722 chars

5 Allen

Rheum · Henry C. Allen · 1,032 chars

6 Nash

Rheum · E. B. Nash · 643 chars

7 Hering

RHEUM · Constantine Hering · 6,362 chars

10 Lippe

Rheum · Adolph zur Lippe · 3,900 chars

12 Hahnemann

Rheum · Samuel Hahnemann · 101,983 chars

14 T. F. Allen

RHEUM · Timothy Field Allen · 20,940 chars

16 Guernsey

RHEUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 522 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

RHEUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 2,738 chars

18 Dewey

Rheum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 367 chars

19 Gross

Rheum · Gustav Wilhelm Gross · 3,578 chars

20 Hempel

Rheum · Charles Julius Hempel · 16,355 chars

22 Roberts

Rheum · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,019 chars

23 T. F. Allen · shown above

RHEUM · Timothy Field Allen · 984 chars

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