Medorrhinum [Med]
Several joints affected-later one.
Extensive redness, swelling, pain and tenderness.
Pain very severe, (<) slightest movement.
Wrists and ankles especially affected-knees.
Burning palms and soles: wants feet uncovered.
Acute (and chronic) gonorrhoeal rheumatism. (Thuja. Nit. acid.).
Thuja [Thuj]
Here the knee-joint is most affected.
Very offensive sweat (Mercurius)-oily: stains yellow.
Night-sweats, even soaking bed: end at 2-3 a.m.
A queer symptom “Sweat only on uncovered parts.”
Tuberculinum With a T.B. family history, or history of some previous T.B. manifestation. We have recently seen, in Hospital, two cases of protracted acute rheumatism, that only began promptly to clear up when one of these T.B. nosodes was given.
It may be helpful to roughly epitomize. Rheumatism-
Worse warmth Bryonia, Ledum, Phosphorus, Phytolacca, Pulsatilla, Thuja.
Better cool. Ledum, Pulsatilla
Better warmth Arsenicum, Causticum, Colchicum, Coloc., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nux vomica, Rhus., Sulphur
Worse cold wet Arnica, Colchicum, Dulcamara, Rhus, Veratrum
Worse cold dry Aconite, Bryonia, Causticum, Hepar, Nux.
Better wet, or worse dry Asarum europaeum, Bryonia, Causticum, Hepar, K.c. Nux vomica, Sepia, Spongia
Better warm wet Causticum, Hepar, Nux.
Worse motion Bryonia, Ferrum phos., Lac caninum, Ledum, Salicyl. acid, Sticta.
Better motion Chamomilla, Dulcamara, Rhododendron, Rhus, Pulsatilla
Worse wet Pulsatilla, Veratrum (see “cold wet”).
Shifts rapidly Kalm., Lac Can., Pulsatilla, Kali bich.
Numbness with pain Aconite, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla
Worse jar Arnica, Belladonna, Bryonia, Hepar, Ledum, Nux vomica, Rhus.
Worse touch Arnica, Belladonna, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Colchicum, Hepar, Ledum, Medorrhinum, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Rhododendron, Rhus.
Unaffected by change of weather excludes Dulcamara, Nux moschata, Phosphorus, Ranunculus bulbosus, Rhodo., Rhus, sil., Tuberculinum
Not affected by wet, excludes.. Calcarea, Mercurius, Natrum sulph., Ruta.
