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-door.
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 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:.
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 Pulse
Anxious palpitation.
Pulse unchanged; or somewhat accelerated only during heat.
Outer Chest
On sternum a painful spot; also painful pressure.
Neck 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-join, 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. Sciatica.
Hamstrings feel shortened and weak, knees give way going up or down stairs.
Ankles 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 Exertion: Walking: Ascending and descending: Stooping: Bending Over: Rising: Lying down: Sitting: Rest: Moving arm: Reading or overtaxing eyes other wise: overlifting:. Heat:.
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: Afternoon:,.Evening: Night: Day:,.
Temperature and Weather
Warmth of stove: In bed: In-door: Open air: Wet, cold weather: Cold water:.
Chill Fever 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:,.. :Left:, Above downward: Front backward:.
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. Bonepains with burning and gnawing, worse during rest and damp weather.
Dropsy.
Contact Injuries etc.
Touch: Pressure: Rubbing: Riding: Wounds: Straining:, Mechanical injuries:.
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.
