Plant · Polygonaceae · simple

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

Rheum finds its place in acute rheumatic conditions going from joint to joint, right shoulder to hip, left hip to right.

Pain in all joints during motion.

Rheum is complementary to Magnesium carb., which it also antidotes.

NECK AND BACK . — (Rheum)

Stiffness in sacrum and hips ; cannot walk erect.

Violent cutting pains in lumbar region.

CUTTING DRAWING IN LEFT LUMBAR REGION.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Rheum)

Darting pains in arms.

Bubbling sensation in elbow joints.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Rheum)

Twitching in muscles of thigh.

Pressive pain in hollow of left knee extending to the heel.

Stiffness in bend of knee.

Bubbling sensation from bend of knee to heel.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL . — (Rheum)

Dull pains in all joints on motion.

AGGRAVATIONS . — (Rheum)

Before stool.

After exertion.

From cold.

The full Roberts text, by section

Motion

AMELIORATIONS . — (Rheum)

Covering up warmly.

CONCOMITANTS . — (Rheum)

SWEATS EASILY WITHOUT FEVER.

SWEAT ON SCALP AND FOREHEAD.

DIFFICULT DENTITION.

SOUR SMELL TO THE WHOLE BODY.

Complete text of the Rheum Palmatum entry in Roberts - The Rheumatic Remedies; 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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