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Rhus Toxicodendron
POISON OAK · RHUS T
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Origin Plant · Anacardiaceae · Simple
Habitat American Medicinal Plants
ClarkePreparation Tincture of fresh leaves gathered at sunset just before flowering time. and Rhus Radicans. Tincture of fresh leaves gathered at sunset just before flowering time.
Sources 20 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
6X–30X, Ø
Sixth to thirtieth potency. The 200th and higher are antidotal to poisoning with the plant and tincture

Reason for useT. F. Allen

Dermatitis, with vesicular eruptions or erysipelas with phlegmonous infiltration and abscesses. Diarrhoea, dysentery, nephritis, cystitis, etc. Neuritis and rheumatoid pains. Low type of fever.


By regionT. F. Allen
Mind Apprehension, < night, cannot remain in bed. Sadness and weeping, > walking in the open air. Impatient and restless mood. …
Head Vertigo on rising up as if intoxicated. Dull headache, even on turning the eyes. Disinclination for mental labor. Head feels heavy and hot. …
Eyes Inflammation, with biting and redness. Oedematous swelling about the eyes. The eyes feel sore when moved. The lids are inflamed. …
Stomach Loss of appetite ; aversion, especially to bread and meat. Unquenchable thirst, apparently from dryness of the mouth and throat ; < night. …
Extremities Tremblings and numbness, with weakness, stiffness and paralyzed feeling, with heaviness. …
Skin Inflammation like erysipelas, with burning, smarting, and itching. …
Sleep Sleepy during the day, but sleepless at night, with inability to remain in bed. …
Fever Chilliness towards evening, with stretching, cold hands, < every motion. Rapid alternations of burning heat and shivering. …

Books*
Antidoted by Belladonna 3, Bryonia Alba 3, Camphora 3 +27
Complementary Bryonia Alba, Agaricus Muscarius, Ammonium Muriaticum +47
Follows well Bryonia Alba, Apis Mellifica, Arsenicum Album +9
Compare Arnica Montana, Anacardium Orientale, Arsenicum Album +41

* 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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