RHUS TOX


RHUS TOX homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine RHUS TOX …


Symptoms

      1. Adapted to the rheumatic diathesis.

2. Great sadness and apprehension with inclination to weep; (<) at night, in the house (>) out of doors.

3. Sub-acute and chronic rheumatism and rheumatoid affections with the characteristic modalities; pains as if the bones were scraped with a knife; also paralytic weakness with numbness and heaviness esp. lower limbs.

4. Pains (<) rest, (<) on beginning to move, (>) continued motion; temp. (>) change of position; pains return movement continues to point of fatigue.

5. Muscle or tendon strains; stiffness or soreness esp. from overlifting or overreaching; (<) on grasping.

6. Adynamic fevers with mild delirium and stupefaction yet regular and persistent restlessness (from physical causes); red, dry, cracked, coated tongue, triangular red tip; sordes; stools loose, yellowish-brown, offensive, or bloody, frothy, sometimes involuntary during sleep, with great exhaustion.

7. All secretions and excretions acrid and foetid.

8. Complaints chiefly right-sided.

9. Acute skin diseases; eczematous eruptions, surface raw, excoriated; thick crusts oozing and offensive; eruption. Erysipelas, vesicular, phlegmonous; parts dark red; esp. of scalp, face and genitals.

10. Modalities; (<) cold esp. cold, wet weather, cold winds; getting wet esp. after overheating; before storms; after midnight; during and after rest.

Note. Apis inimical.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.