RHODODENDRON


RHODODENDRON symptoms from Manual of the Homeopathic Practice by Charles Julius Hempel. What are the uses of the homeopathy remedy RHODODENDRON…


INTRODUCTION

RHODOD. Rhododendron Chrysanthum. Yellow Rose of Siberia. See Stapf’s ” Addition to the Mat. Medorrhinum”.

COMPARE WITH.

Ac.-phosph., Clemat., China, Dulcamara, Ledum, Mercurius, Nux.-v., Pulsatilla, Rhus.-tox., Seneg., Sulphur, Thuja., Zincum met.

ANTIDOTES.

Camph., Clem., Rhus.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS.

Creeping sensation in the limbs. Erratic lacerating pains in the limbs. Insensibility of the affected parts. Insensibility and paralysis of the limbs. Increase of the pains in the limbs. Painful sensitiveness in windy and cold weather. Disagreeable general feeling of weakness. Great weariness and bruised feeling of the whole body. Convulsions.

CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.

The pains in the limbs are especially felt in the the fore-arm and leg down to the fingers and toes; they soon pass off, and resemble a cramp-like drawing. Almost all the pains reappear at the approach of rough weather, or of a thunder-storm. The pains in the limbs appear to be seated in the bones or skin, they affect only small spots, and reappear when the weather changes. Many symptoms appear in the morning.

SKIN.

Itching and gnawing in different parts of the body. Dropsical swelling. The joints affected by gout become red, swollen, and painful.

SLEEP.

Great drowsiness in the daytime. Great drowsiness, with burning in the eyes. Restless sleep. Tremulousness of the limbs at night. Restless sleep, disturbed with dreams. Sleep full of dreams.

FEVER.

Cold feet. Paroxysm of fever at six o’clock in the evening. Great heat about the head, with cold feet and absence of thirst, intolerable headache, with pressure from within outward, burning in the eyes, dryness in the nose, and a burning hot sensation in the nose. Febrile heat, with violent thirst. Alternation of chilliness and heat, headache, drawing in the limbs. Paroxysmal burning heat in the face, evening. Slow pulse.

MORAL SYMPTOMS.

Frightful visions. fits of anxiety. Mental derangement. A sort of delirium. Gloomy mood, indifferent.

SENSORIUM.

Vertigo. Vertigo and sleep. Stupefaction. Obscuration of the senses. Giddiness. Intoxication. Makes the head feel wild and confused. Reeling sensation in the brain. Forgetfulness and sudden disappearance of all thoughts. Dullness of the head. The head feels dull, wild, and confused, as after intoxication. Dizziness and dullness in the forehead.

HEAD.

Headache early in the morning, in bed. Excessive headache, as if the whole brain were oppressed. Headache, as if catarrh were about to set in. Dull headache, in the evening. Burning stitch through the head. Sticking headache, particularly in the part near the forehead. Beating headache. Violent drawing lacerating pain in the forehead. Aching pain in the forehead. Beating pain in the forehead, with pressure, going off during rest. Aching pain in the left half of the forehead. Aching on the vertex. Dullness of the head. Painful pressure in the temple, from without inward. Aching pains in the temple. Lacerating boring pain in the left temporal region. Pressure in the temporal bones. Dull pressure, deep in the occiput, in the evening. Tension in the left portion of the frontal bone. Tension, with pressure in the front part of the forehead. Aching sore pain in the brain. Racking sensation in the head when walking. The scalp is painful to the touch. Painfulness of the vertex, as if from subcutaneous ulceration. Violent itching of the hairy scalp.

EYES.

Swollen eye-lids, which easily red. Suppuration of the eye- lids, at night. Dampness of the eyes, and agglutination of the lids. Lachrymation, also in the open, raw air. Painful pressure in the internal canthus, as from a grain of sand. Burning and pressure in the inner canthi. Slight burning and pressure in the eyes. Dry burning in the eyes. Burning and feeling of dryness in the eyes, especially in the evening. Periodical burning in the eyes. Itching of the eyes. Contraction of the pupil. Sensation as of a gauze before the eyes, second day.

EARS.

Humming and ringing before the ears. Constant buzzing in the ears. Beating sensation in the ear. Shooting stitches in the ear. Violent otalgia in the ear. Periodical boring or drawing pain in and around the ears.

NOSE.

Itching and creeping in the nose. Increased secretion of mucus in the nose, as if a catarrh would set in. Violent fluent coryza, with headache and roughness of the throat.

FACE.

Prickling biting in the cheek. Dry and burning lips.

JAWS AND TEETH.

Occasional grumbling and lacerating in the molar teeth. Lacerating sharp aching pain in the upper molar teeth, increased by warm food. Toothache. Aching pain, as if swollen and sore.

MOUTH AND THROAT.

Prickling sensation on the tongue. Increase of saliva, which has a sourish taste. Burning in the fauces, with constrictive feeling. Burning, and a feeling of heat in the posterior part of the mouth, as if catarrh would set in. Scraping and scratching sensation in the fauces.

TASTE.

Flat, bitter taste. Sourish taste in the mouth. Troublesome thirst.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS AND APPETITE.

Gulping up of a rancid fluid, occasioning a scraping sensation in the throat. Loss of appetite. Uncomfortable feeling after a meal. Nausea. Nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, and inclination to vomit. Nausea while walking; experiences a feeling of qualmishness at the stomach. Vomiting of a green, bitter substance.

STOMACH.

Troublesome pressure in the pit of the stomach. Aching pain in the pit of the stomach when stooping. Continual aching pain in the pit of the stomach. Contractive pressure in the pit of the stomach, with tightness of breathing. Aching crampy pain in the pit of the stomach, sometimes spreading to both hypochondria and impeding respiration. Pinching in the pit of the stomach.

ABDOMEN.

Hypochondria. Periodical crampy pain under the short ribs. Violent stitches in the region of the spleen, arresting the breathing. Pressing and drawing pain under the short ribs, early in the morning. Cutting, afterwards aching pain in the epigastrium, after a meal. Paroxysmal drawing-aching pain in the epigastrium, with nausea. Pinching colic. Painful distention of the abdomen. The abdominal integuments are painful.

STOOL.

Costiveness. Ineffectual urging to stool. Occasional diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, directly after a meal. Food and drink cause diarrhoea without colic. Fruit occasions diarrhoea and a feeling of weakness in the stomach. Feeling of qualmishness, as if diarrhoea would set in. Loose stool, but sluggish. Desire for stool, as if diarrhoea would set in. Tenesmus, with papescent stool. Stool is succeeded by a feeling of emptiness, followed by pinching in the abdomen. Beating pain in the anus. Crawling in the anus, as if from ascarides.

MALE GENITAL ORGANS.

Burning sore pain between the genital organs and thighs. Itching and increase of sweat about the scrotum. The testes are somewhat drawn up, swollen, and painful. Contusive pain in the testes, with alternate drawing. The testes, especially the epididymis, are intensely painful to the touch. Violent painful drawing in the hard, somewhat swollen testes. Swelling of the testes with drawing-pressing. Hydrocele. Profuse. Profuse emission, with amorous dreams, five nights.

URINE.

Frequent desire to urinate. Burning in the urethra before and during micturition. Pain in the urethra as from subcutaneous ulceration.

FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS.

The menses appear too early or late.

LARYNX AND TRACHEA.

Scraping sensation in the throat. Titillation in the throat, exciting cough. Fatiguing, dry cough, morning and night. Dry cough, with increased tightness of the chest and roughness in the throat.

CHEST.

Aching pain in the chest, with tight breathing. Pain in the middle of the chest, resembling cuttings. Crampy pain through the chest. Oppressive burning pain in the chest, below the ribs. Contractive pain in the chest. Constriction of the chest. Suppressed breathing, suffocative sensation. Oppression of the chest during sleep, a sort of nightmare. Violent congestions of the chest. Rushing of the blood in the chest and region of the heart. Pain in the muscles of the chest, increased by contact. The whole thorax feels sprained and bruised.

SMALL OF THE BACK.

Aching pain in the small of the back, and back. Aching pain, with anxiety, going off motion. Pain, as if sprained. Pain, becoming intolerable by stooping. Pain, resembling a fine drawing lacerating, as if close to the bone. Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, increased during rest, especially violent in rainy weather. Rheumatic drawing pain in the scapulae. Rheumatic pain between the scapulae, hindering motion. Pain in the back, shoulders, and arms, early in the morning when in bed, digging up, drawing, disturbing sleep, accompanied with a bruised pain of the whole body. Tensive rheumatic pain in the outer side of the neck with drawing, extending as far as behind the ear. Rheumatic pain with stiffness, in the nape of the neck.

ARMS.

Lacerating pain in the shoulder. Violent beating and drawing pain in the shoulder-joint. Paralytic rheumatic pain in the shoulder.

LEGS.

Charles Julius Hempel
Charles Julius Hempel (5 September 1811 Solingen, Prussia - 25 September 1879 Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a German-born translator and homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. While attending medical lectures at the University of New York, where he graduated in 1845, he became associated with several eminent homeopathic practitioners, and soon after his graduation he began to translate some of the more important works relating to homeopathy. He was appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1857.