Ruta Graveolens

General

RUTA GRAVEOLENS. [Ruta] Rue. Hahnemann. Rutaceae.

Mind

► Inclination to quarrel and contradict. ► Dissatisfied with himself and others. ► Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection. ► Melancholy disposition toward evening.

Sensorium

► Vertigo : in the morning when rising ; when sitting ; when walking in the open-air.

Inner Head

► Headache : as if a nail were driven into head ; like a stupefying pressure on whole brain ; after excessive use of intoxicating drinks. ► Pulsative, pressing pain in forehead. ► Stitching, drawing pain from forehead to temples. ► Heat in head, with much restlessness.

Outer Head

► Large, painful swelling on scalp, as if originating in periosteum, sore to touch and preceded by rending pain. ► Head externally painful, as if bruised or beaten. ► Erysipelas of scalp, arising from wounds. ► Humid scabs on head. ► Periosteum, from temples to occiput, pains as if bruised. ► Corrosive itching on scalp.

Eyes

► Itching at inner canthus and on lower lid, smarting after rubbing, eye becomes full of water. ► Eyes burn, ache, feel strained, sight blurred, from fine sewing ; reading too much, or otherwise overtaxing them ; worse using them in evening. ► Green halo around light in evening. ► Spots on the cornea. ► Eyes water in open air, not in-doors. ► Spasms of lower eyelids, afterward lachrymation.

Ears

► Scratching, pressure in ear, like from a blunt piece of wood. ► Pain, as if bruised, in cartilage of ear, and under mastoid process.

Nose

► Sweat on dorsum of nose. ► Bleeding of nose, with pressure at root of nose.

Face

► Erysipelas and swelling on forehead. ► Pain, as if bruised, in periosteum of facial bones.

Lower Face

► Lips dry and sticky.

Mouth

► Gums painful, and bleed readily.

Throat

► Sensation as from a lump in the throat on empty deglutition.

Desires And Aversions

► Thirst for cold water, in the afternoon.

Eating And Drinking

► After eating : sudden nausea ; pinching in stomach after bread and butter ; eructations and itching of skin after meat ; replete as soon as he eats. ► Intoxicating drinks : 3.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Hiccough, with depression. ► Nausea, sudden, while eating, with vomiting of the food.

Stomach

► Burning or gnawing in stomach. ► Dyspepsia from lifting heavy weights, with eructations and headache ; cannot eat meat, it causes eructations and pruritus.

Hypochondria

► Gnawing, pressing pain in region of liver. ► Painful swelling of spleen.

Abdomen

► Gnawing pain about navel. ► Colic in children, from worms. ► Colic, with burning or gnawing pain.

Stool, Etc

► Stool : soft, discharged with difficulty, from inactivity of the rectum ; rectum protrudes immediately on attempting a passage ; lumpy, slimy ; or bloody, with much flatus, seemingly only flatus ; empty eructations, distended abdomen ; feces often escape when bending over. ► Frequent, unsuccessful urging, with prolapsus ani. ► Constipation, alternating with mucous, frothy stools. ► Tearing stitches in rectum, when sitting.

Urine

► Urging constantly, could hardly retain urine ; if forcibly retained, it could not be voided ; severe pains. ► Urination involuntary at night, and during day when walking. ► Pressure on bladder as if continually full ; at every step after urination, she feels as if bladder were full and moving up and down. ► Frequent pressure to urinate, with scanty, green urine. ► Spasmodic stricture of neck of bladder.

Female Sexual Organs

► Corrosive leucorrhoea after irregular or suppressed menses.

Pregnancy

► Metrorrhagia as a forerunner of miscarriage. ► Prolapsus ani after confinement.

Larynx

► Sensation in larynx as from a bruise.

Breathing

► Short breath, with tightness of chest.

Cough

► With copious expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, with weak feeling in chest after it.

Lungs

► Gnawing pain in chest. ► Phthisis after mechanical injuries of chest.

Heart And Pulse

► Anxious palpitation. ► Pulse unchanged ; or, somewhat accelerated only during heat.

Outer Chest

► On sternum a painful spot ; also painful pressure.

Neck And Back

► Pain on a spot, the size of palm of hand, below right scapula ; worse in evening, after exertion, deep inspiration, or moving right arm ; better from pressure. ► Pain in back or coccyx, as if bruised. ► Weakness in lumbar region ; prolapsus recti. ► Stitches in small of back when sitting, stooping or walking ; better by pressure and when lying down.

Upper Limbs

► Pain in left elbow-joint, as from a blow ; arm weak. ► Wrists feel as if sprained, stiff ; worse in wet, cold weather. ► Ganglion of the wrist. ► Hands numb and tingle after exercise. ► Flat, smooth warts on inside of hand. ► Contraction of fingers.

Lower Limbs

► Hip-bones feel bruised. ► Anterior aspect of thighs feel bruised ; painful to touch. ► Shooting from back, down outside of left thigh on first moving or rising ; hamstrings feel shortened. θ Sciatica. ► Hamstrings feel shortened and weak, knees give way going up or down stairs. ► Ankles pain after a sprain, or dislocation. ► Pain in bones of feet, cannot step heavily thereon.

Limbs In General

► Rheumatism of right wrist and both feet ; instep puffy ; sour sweat.

Position, Etc

► Restless and weak, turns and changes place frequently, when lying. ► Motion. 33. Exertion : 31, 32. Walking : 2, 21, 31, 36. Ascending and descending : 33. Stooping : 31. Bending Over : 20. Rising : 2, 33. Lying down : 31. Sitting : 2, 31. Rest : 44.

Nerves

► Tottering, as if thighs were weak ; limbs pain when walking.

Sleep

► Much sleepiness during the day, with stretching. ► Frequent waking at night. ► Confused dreams.

Time

► Morning : 2, 40. Afternoon : 14, 40. Evening : 1, 5, 31.Night : 21, 37. Day : 21, 37.

Temperature And Weather

► Warmth of stove : 40. In bed : 40. In-doors : 5. Open air : 2, 5, 40. Wet, cold weather : 32, 44.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Chilly mostly left-sided ; worse up and down back ; shakes even near warm stove. ► Chill with heat of face and violent thirst. ► External and internal heat of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and feet. ► Frequent attacks of quick flushes of heat. ► Heat, mostly afternoons, with anxiety, restlessness and dyspnoea ; but no thirst. ► Sweat, cold on face ; morning in bed. ► General sweat, after walking in open air.

Sides

► Right : 18, 31, 34. Left : 18, 32, 33, 40. Above downward : 33.

Tissues

► Bruised feeling all over, as from a fall or blow, worse in limbs and joints. ► Bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum ; sprains ; periostitis ; erysipelas. ► Bone-pains with burning and gnawing, worse during rest and damp weather. ► Dropsy.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 4, 33. Pressure : 30, 31. Rubbing : 5. Riding : 46. Wounds : 4. Straining : 5. Mechanical injuries : 28, 44.

Skin

► Itching of skin after eating meat. ► Jaundice from liver complaints. ► Ulcers and scabs on scalp, with copious discharge. ► Skin becomes easily chafed, from walking and riding ; also, in children. ► Fistulous ulcers in lower legs.

Relationship

► Ruta antidotes Mercur.