RUTA GRAVEOLENS



Spasm in lower eyelid; the tarsus is drawn hither and thither, and when it cases, water runs from both eyes.

Sensation in EAR as if a blunt piece of wood were pushed about in it: a scratching pressure.

Cartilages of ears pain, as from a blow or fall.

Under the mastoid process pain as from a blow or fall.

Tension in STOMACH (>) by drinking milk.

In the HEPATIC REGION an aching, gnawing pain.

When sitting, tearing stitches in the rectum.

Tearing in rectum and urethra, when not urinating.

Prolapsus of rectum. Faeces pass involuntarily while bending over. Prolapse always with and sometimes without stool.

Protrusion of rectum after confinement. After dysentery half a year previously.

A gnawing in left side of chest.

In right CHEST a gnawing sensation, combined with something corrosive and burning.

Pain, as if beaten in the SPINE.

Itching in left upper ARM: excites scratching.

In left elbow-joint pain, as from a blow, with weakness in the arm.

The bones of wrist and back of hand are painful, as if bruised, when at rest and when moving them.

In the bones about the hips pain as from a blow or fall.

He cannot bend his body, all the joints and the hip bones are painful as if bruised.

On touching the painful parts, especially hips and thigh bones, they are painful as if bruised.

The whole anterior surface of the thighs is as if bruised and painful to touch.

If he stretches out lower extremities, even a little, the thighs are painful, as if broken through the middle.

Posterior part of thigh and above the knee, feels bruised.

After sitting, he cannot walk immediately: falls back again.

When walking, falls from one side to the other; his legs cannot support him; no power and no stability in thighs.

Difficulty in going up and down stairs, legs bend under him.

Dare not tread strongly on feet: bones of feet painful, with feeling of heat.

On the front of left ankle joint a pain, throbbing and hacking, as if an ulcer were there.

Burning and corrosive pain in bones of feet when at rest.

Knows not where to put legs because of restlessness and heaviness, puts them first in one place then another, and turns body from side to side.

Lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles.

Yawning, stretching and extending the hands.

All parts of body on which he lies, even in bed, are painful as if bruised.

Bruises and mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum: sprains; periostitis; erysipelas.

Bone lesions and fractures: scrofulous exostoses.

Coldness from the spine downwards.

Frequent waking at night: vivid confused dreams.

One of the peculiar sensations of Ruta is cramp in the tongue.

“Spasm of tongue with difficulty of speech.”

Another, nausea fell in rectum.

Margaret Lucy Tyler
Margaret Lucy Tyler, 1875 – 1943, was an English homeopath who was a student of James Tyler Kent. She qualified in medicine in 1903 at the age of 44 and served on the staff of the London Homeopathic Hospital until her death forty years later. Margaret Tyler became one of the most influential homeopaths of all time. Margaret Tyler wrote - How Not to Practice Homeopathy, Homeopathic Drug Pictures, Repertorising with Sir John Weir, Pointers to some Hayfever remedies, Pointers to Common Remedies.