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Note: Wherever it is found,
"<" denotes aggravation (worse by) and ">" denotes
amelioration (better by) <
cold, damp, wet, drafts < cloudy weather >
warm, warm bathing
Fever
blisters about the lips. |
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COMMON NAME |
: | Poison
Oak. |
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FAMILY |
: | Anacardiaceae.
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A/F |
: | -Spraining
or straining a single part, muscle or
tendon. -Overlifting, particularly stretching high up to reach things. -Lying on damp ground. -From wetting, and too much summer bathing in lake or river. -Getting wet when heated. -Cold air. |
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MODALITIES |
: | < Exposure to cold air < Before storm < Wet, draft < Ice cold drinks < Chilled when hot or sweaty < Blows, jar < Uncovering parts (head) < Sprains < Beginning of motion < Overexertion < Damp rainy weather < Rest < Cloudy, foggy weather > After midnight > Continued motion > Rubbing > Heat, hot bath > Warm wrapping > Change of position > Warm dry weather |
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MIND |
: | -Extreme
restlessness, with desire for continuous
change of position. -Impatient and hurried. -Delirium with fear and suspicion of being poisoned. -Sad, patient begins to weep without knowing why < evening. -Anxious, sadness, helplessness and profound despondency. -Anxiety for his own children. -Causeless weeping. -Answers correctly, but slowly or hastily, or reluctantly. -Timid, self-conscious. -Dwells on past disagreeable events after midnight. -Thoughts of suicide, wants to drown himself. -Forgetful, can not remember the most recent events. -Fear-< at night, cannot lie in bed, killing someone, poison. -Dreams of great exertion, rowing, swimming, working hard at his daily occupation. -Great apprehension at night. Drives him out of bed. -Its a trio of Restlessness (Acon, Ars) can not lie in one place, must change the position frequently to obtain relief from pain. -Joking and cheerful patients. -Superstitious. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS |
: | -All
complaints brought on exposure to cold damp
weather, getting wet. -Great rigidity, stiffness, numbness and pain are experienced on first motion, after the rest. >walking or continued motion. -Most complaints are relieved by movement and aggravated by rest. -< at night and in damp, rainy weather, > heat in general e.g. covering the body, warm application etc. -Great sensitiveness to open air, putting the hand outside from under the bed covering, brings on cough. -Triangular red tipped tongue, with imprint of teeth and bitter taste in the mouth. -Complaints travel from left to right. -Pains -as if sprained
-as if a muscle or tendon was torn from it's attachment -as if bones were scraped with a knife -affected part sore to touch. -Head-Vertigo-when standing or walking, worse when lying down < rising from lying or stooping. -Headache -A/F-beer, returns from least chagrin.
-brain feels loose when stepping or shaking the head -sensation of swashing in brain -stupefying as if torn -< from sitting, lying in bed > warmth and motion. -G.I.T.-Tongue-Triangular red tip of tongue. -Desires-Cold milk which relieves gastric complaints. -Craving for beer, cheese, cold drinks, sweets, oysters. -Aversion to meat and liquor. -Thirst for sips of water. -Diarrhoea with beginning of typhoid. Involuntary stools with great exhaustion. -Tearing pain down the posterior part of limb during stool. -Dysentery-during rainy season, pains running down the thighs. -Urinary system-Enuresis, especially in boys. -Frequent urination. -C.V.S.-Angina, extending to left arm < exertion. -Cardiac hypertrophy from violent exercise, gets out of breath on exertion. -Valvular disorders. -Rheumatic fever. -C.N.S.-Parkinson's disease with great stiffness. -Chorea, Tics, Twitches. -Left sided hemiplegia. -Male genitalia-Herpes. -Eruptions on inner thighs and genitalia. -Back-Pain between shoulders on swallowing. -Pain and stiffness in small of back. -< sitting or lying > by motion or lying on something hard. -Cervical stiffness causing patient to stretch and move about. -Pain in inner, upper left scapula. -Extremities-Muscular Rheumatism. Arthritis. -Sciatica, left side. -Paralysis with numbness of affected parts from getting wet, or lying on damp ground, or after exertion, or parturition. -Sprains and strains. Bursitis, tendonitis. -Arthritic nodosities. -Restless legs in bed. -Skin-Erysipelas, from left to right. -Yellow vesicles, much swelling, inflammation, cellulitis. -Burning, itching, stinging > warmth. -Chicken pox, Herpes, Impetigo, Pemphigus, Urticaria. -Fever-Dry teasing cough, before and during chill, in intermittent fever. Cough with taste of blood. -Fever blisters around mouth and on chin. -Great thirst with dry tongue, mouth and throat. -Thirst for cold water even though the person is chilly. |
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KEYNOTES |
: | -Prolapse
uterus from over reaching or straining. -Tonsillitis, after riding in cold wind. -Tearing pains down the thighs in dysentery. -Diarrhoea in typhoid fever, worse during night, better during day. -Dry cough during chill stage of fever. -Hypertrophy of heart from violent exercise, gets out of breath on exertion. |
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS |
: | -A/F
Dampness, getting wet, over exertion. -All the complaints < initial or first motion < rest > continued motion > warmth, warm application. -Left sided symptoms, or symptoms go from left to right. -Pain-aching, tearing, sore, bruised, -stiff, as if bones were scrapped with a knife, lameness -all these are associated with rheumatic conditions. -Sprains and strains- very useful in sprains and strains and for soreness of muscles and tendons. |
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY |
: | -Suited
to complains arising from over exertion,
over straining, or from dampness, or getting wet. -The most severe symptoms are excited when the body or the limbs are at rest. Initial motion linkers up the patient. He is restless, gets relief from continued motion. -Tension, as if shortening of muscle. |
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CLINICAL |
: | -Angina,
Arthritis, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cervical
spondylosis, Chicken pox, Contusion, Eczema, Enuresis, Erysipelas,
Fibrositis, Hemiplegia, Herpes, Impetigo, Influenza, Lumbago,
Parkinson's disease, Pemphigus, Rheumatic fever, Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Sprains, Tendonitis, Urticaria. -Beneficial to control threatened iritis, formation of pus - Dr. Davey. -As a preventive of sepsis in abdominal surgery- Dr. R.B.Das. -Rhus has volvulus of intestines- Dr. Grimmer. -A remedy for musicians who suffer from pulmonary haemorrhage due to prolonged performance. -Bad effects of oil bath - Dr. C. Boericke. |
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS |
: | -Compare-Apis,
Ars, Calc, Calc-p, Cimic, Dulc,
Phos, Rad-br, Ran-b, Rhod, Ruta, Stel, Tub. -Complementary to-Bry. -Inimical to-Apis, must not be used before or after especially in skin affections. -Followed well by-Ars, Bell, Bry, Calc, Graph, Nux-v, Phos, Puls Merc, Sep, Sulph. -Antidoted by-Bell, Bry, Camph, Coff, Crot-t, Grind, Merc, Sang, Sulph. |