Homeopathy LibraryRheum Palmatum
Reason for use
Acts especially upon the liver and intestinal canal, increasing the secretion of bile, stimulating the muscular activity of the bowels, and causing purging of fecal matter, without symptoms of inflammatory action.
Its chief characteristic is a diarrhoea, with an excessively sour-smelling stool.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
From uncovering; from cold
▼ Better
From wrapping up; from warmth
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Mind
(Rheum)
The child demands different things, with vehemence and crying.
Head
(Rheum)
Dull, stupefying headache.
Heaviness of the head.
Face
(Rheum)
Cool sweat on face (Verat. alb.) ; most around nose and mouth.
Stomach
(Rheum)
Desire for various things, but cannot eat them, they become repulsive . ( Cham., Cina , Bry.)
Nausea, as from the stomach or abdomen, with colic.
Fullness in stomach, as after eating too much. ( Cinch., Lyc., Nux v., Puls .)
Abdomen
(Rheum)
Violent, cutting colic, forcing one to bend double. (Aloe, Caust., Coloc ., Iris.)
Griping in abdomen, with great urging to stool.
Stool And Anus
(Rheum)
Frequent, ineffectual urging to stool (Ambr., Coni., Natr. carb., Nux v.) ; worse on motion and when walking.
Colic before each stool. ( Coloc., Merc .)
Desire for stool after a meal.
Thin, pasty, sour-smelling stools (Arn., Hep. s., Podo ., Sulph .), with straining before, and colicky, constrictive cutting in the abdomen after, and shivering during stool . (Merc.)
Stools brown, mixed with mucus, followed by tenesmus, and great burning in anus and rectum. ( Ars., Sulph .)
Back
(Rheum)
Violent cutting, as if in the lumbar vertebrae, increased from stool.
Limbs
(Rheum)
Pain in all the joints during motion.
The limbs upon which he lies fall asleep.
Weariness of the thighs, as after great exertion.
Tensive, pressive pain in the hollow of the left knee, extending to the heel.
Sleep
(Rheum)
Restless sleep, with tossing about, and talking in sleep. (Acon., Rhus tox .)
Vivid, sad, anxious dreams. Snoring inspiration during sleep.
Generalities
(Rheum)
Child smells sourish, even if washed or bathed every day.
Heaviness of the whole body, as after awaking from a deep sleep.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Rheum)
Diarrhoea of children, or of lying-in women.
Condition.- (Rheum)
Often suitable for children, suckling or during dentition.
Compare
(Rheum)
Ars., Bell ., Cham., Coloc., Nux v., Podo., Puls., Rhus tox., Sulph .
Complementary to Mag. carb., while Rheum follows Ipec. well.
Antidotes
(Rheum)
Cham ., Camph., Coloc., Merc., Nux v ., Puls.
Rheum Antidotes.-
Canth., Mag. carb.
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