Ranunculus bulbosus


Proving Symptoms of homeopathy medicine Ranunculus BukbosusNAME, described by Richard Hughes in his book, A Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesis, published in 1895…….


Introductions

Bulbous crowfoot.

Provings

1. FRNAZ, in perfect health save for slight disposition to haemorrhoids, took, Nov.26th,1827, before breakfast, 8 dr. of tinct. in 1 lb of water. In 1/2 hours pressure in eyeballs, transitory pressure in chest. In 1 hours sore pain in eyes, burning at pit of stomach, pressure in region of liver. In 2 hours stitches in ears; tingling and stitches in hairy scalp, with dulling of senses; slight shocks in occiput. In 3 hours pressure transversely across chest and pit of stomach; stiffness in ankle; vertigo; ill – humour. In 4 hours tearing in temples, itching of hand. In 6 hours stitches in left chest and spleen; pressure at root of nose; chilliness after dinner. In 7 hours pinching and painfulness to touch of abdominal walls, with febrile chilliness. In 8 hours pains in occiput, pressure in eyes and forehead from without inward, slight giddiness, constant colic during digestion, and feeling as if he would fall over or faint. At n. feel asleep late, and woke frequently. 27th. – Took 12 dr. in same quantity of water. After 1 hours, on rising, pain in left chest; weakness and sense as if he would fall; tearing in vertex. After 2 hours dullness of head; ill – humour, with same pain as before across chest and epigastrium. In 5 hours pain in toes; absence of mind, during which he talks to himself. In 6 to 10 hours pain along posterior surface of thigh, in wrist and thumbs, and in scapulae; bruised pain in hypochondria; “rheumatic pains.” Pain in left chest, and pinching and tenderness of abdomen, as yesterday, recurred periodically throughout this day in alternate attacks, also chilliness during digestion. 28th. – Repeated dose. Early in m. pain in left chest; sore pain in eyes; pungent taste in mouth; cracking of knees; eructations; burning and scraping in fauces; pain in hypochondria, pit of stomach, and sternum; mucus about fauces. In forenoon pain in nail of index and in tendo Achillis; a sort of ischias; continued pain in left chest and soreness in eyes. In afternoon febrile symptoms, heat in face with icy cold hands and quick pulse; pinching in abdomen; eructations; still left chest pain; pain over right eye; pressure in right scapula; oppression of, and determination of blood to head. Drowsiness in evening and sleeplessness at n. 29th. – No medicine. On waking, pain in left chest, which continued all day; ill – humour, anger; debility and trembling; fever after dinner and in evening, sleeplessness at n. 30th. – Took another 12 dr. On waking, usual pain in chest, and in 1 hours after dose tearing in temples, stitches in ear, ptyalism. After 2 hours pain in occiput. After 4 hours constant pain during motion and from contact in left chest, hypochondria, and back; altered taste; ill – humour. P. m., pain in abdomen with chest troubles. In evening febrile chilliness for 2 hours, with pain in occiput, heels, and toes, and oppression of chest. Dec. 1st. – Much nausea, pain in abdomen with fever after dinner; less chest pain; sleepless n. 2nd. – Headache in morning; during day alternation of pain in chest and inward colic; in evening prosopalgia and pain in ankles. 3rd. – In forenoon pain in dorsa of feet; oppression and pain in chest; pain in temples, right malar bone, and eye – balls. In evening, febrile movement; painfulness of hypochondria. 4th. – Nearly constant chest pain in evening, with cough and eructation. On following days up to 16th, after restless sleepless nights, early in m. great painfulness, externally and internally, of specially left chest and whole side, and of hypochondria; lassitude and laziness; frequent chilliness after eating (with gradual disappearance of former abdominal symptoms), together with some evening cough and fever, continuous, with periodical pain in eyes, and temporal and frontal headache. On the 14th day there was actual inflammation of eyes, and therewith pain in dorsa of feet and along posterior surface of thighs from above downwards. (Archiv, vii, 3. – The pain in the chest is so distinctive and constant a feature of the action of right bulbosus, that we give here, in addition to the above, some of the detailed symptoms of the schema relating to it: – After 4 hours, when stooping, felt pressure on lower sternum; on rising, beating was felt there, soon going off, but leaving place tender to touch; pressure spread towards right chest and pit of stomach, latter (as well as sternum) being tender to touch and on stooping; whole of outer chest became so sensitive that even buttoning of coat gave him pain; this lasted 3 hours 1st day – Single stitches in right chest; violent aching in mid – chest, evening, while writing. 2nd day – On rising, pain in whole chest, as from rheumatism and subcutaneous ulceration, felt on least movement of trunk; on walking, early, shooting in region of 5th and 6th left ribs, with great tenderness of spot, and debility; in forenoon pressing and pushing in lower part of right chest towards liver; during whole day violent stitches in right, and less frequently in left chest, with pressure on mid – sternum and painful inspiration; while walking in open air, stitches interiorly in left chest, near nipple, going off as he continued to walk, whereupon suddenly came a pain from right abdomen to below last true rib on left side. 3rd day – In forenoon, when walking or standing, pain under last true ribs of left side, as if bruised or from subcutaneous ulceration, with slight stitches; this pain continues all p. m. and evening, with scarcely an interval, increased by motion and by turning trunk; in evening, pressive pain in right scapula; while walking after sitting violent shooting in right chest in region of 5th to 7th rib, arresting breathing, with stitches and pressure at top of shoulder; at n. in bed pain of whole chest, especially left; was unable to lie on either side on account of pain of outer chest; therewith anxiety, tightness of breathing, accelerated pulse. 4th day – Violent pains in chest all a. m.; constant pain there all p. m., mostly in left side, and as if externally in pectoralis major, later receding to behind sternum and pit of stomach, thence frequently shifting to right of umbilicus; shooting in side of sternum, with sensation as if bruised, in going uphill. 5th day – Oppressive sensation in chest, as after great vexation; he had to take deep breath frequently the whole evening; therewith also nausea.)

2. A married woman, aet. 29, with slight disposition to congestions of blood and haemorrhoids, took about of the 8 dr. to 1 lb. solution. After 2 hours pressure in eyes, weight of and determination of blood to head, some colic with pain in back. After 3 to 5 hours sensitiveness of teeth, itching on upper arms, creeping on fingers, headache over right eye, nausea and drowsiness. After 7 to 9 hours colic; chilliness, with cold hands and hot face during digestion. After 8 hours stiffness of ankles; vertigo; stitches in right side of chest [ Chest pains, especially of l. side were slighter in her because she habitually had such pains, the drug affected her at first curatively, without aggravation.] and bowels; migraine of right side. After 12 hours jactitation of muscles. During whole day obstruction of, and creeping on nose. Sleeplessness at n. On 2nd day migraine – like headache, continual creeping on nose; stitches in chest. On 3rd day heaviness of head and pressure on nape for first 5 hours, then pain in chest; in evening feverish inclination to be startled, with fearfulness. (Ibid.)

3. S. D -, a young army surgeon, robust, of blooming health and irritable disposition, took, Dec. 20th, 5 dr. of tinct.; a fortnight after 15 dr.; 9 day later 20 dr.; and lastly 60 dr. within 12 h. He experienced immediate pressure in eyes, and after 1 hours, oppression of chest, feeling of distension of head, dizziness, and slight nausea. After 2 – 4 hours creeping on hands and face; pains in chest. After 6 hours easy evacuation, with borborygmus. After dinner, fever and chilliness. In afternoon pain in nape, frequent chest – pains, thirst. evening, cutting in abdomen. N. sleepless. On 2nd day woke with pain in chest and spoiled taste; and had debility and rheumatic pains in nape and arms, muscular twitchings, throbbing in chest after a meal, with movements in intestines during digestion; sleeplessness at n. And so always after each repetition and increase of dose, – in the first hours rush of blood to head and gloominess, headache, pain in eyes, once spasm in oesophagus, transient oppression and pain in chest, bodily restlessness or slight nausea; in evening mucus in throat, rheumatic pains here and there, pains in ears, writhing, rumbling and movement in intestinal canal; on the following days pains in ears and eyes, muscular twitchings, rheumatic and bruised pains of hypochondria or in back, accumulation of mucus in throat. Constant pains in chest, especially in m., and restless nights, were standing symptoms for a long time. (Ibid.)

4. The following symptoms were observed by Stapf in a blooming robust woman of 24 (dosage not stated): – Flow of white saliva, with coppery taste (2nd d.); an existing leucorrhoea increased, and from bland become acrid and corrosive (2nd d.); she felt chilly all over, her teeth chattered, and she shook therewith; great dry heat in face and bright redness of cheeks, though feet were icy cold; mouth was dry and viscid, so that she could not speak, 8 p. m. (9 hours). (Ibid.)

Richard Hughes
Dr. Richard Hughes (1836-1902) was born in London, England. He received the title of M.R.C.S. (Eng.), in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860. The title of M.D. was conferred upon him by the American College a few years later.

Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.