RUMEX CRISPUS

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Boericke's Materia Medica

Pains numerous and varied
Pains neither fixed nor constant anywhere
Cough caused by tickling in throat-pit
Tickling runs down to bifurcation of bronchial tubes
Cough worse from least cold air
Cough ceases by covering up body and head
Diminishes secretions of mucous membranes
Exalts sensibility of mucous membranes of larynx and trachea
Intense itching of skin
Lymphatics enlarged
Secretions perverted
Tongue sore at edges
Tongue coated
Sensation of hard substance in pit of stomach
Hiccough
Pyrosis
Nausea
Cannot eat meat
Meat causes eructations
Meat causes pruritus
Jaundice after excessive use of alcoholics
Chronic gastritis
Aching pain in pit of stomach
Shooting in the chest
Pain extends towards the throat-pit
Pain worse any motion
Pain worse talking
Pain in left breast after meals
Flatulence
Nose dry
Copious mucous discharge from nose and trachea
Dry teasing cough
Cough preventing sleep
Cough aggravated by pressure
Cough aggravated by talking
Cough aggravated by cool air
Cough aggravated at night
Thin watery frothy expectoration
Stringy tough expectoration
Rawness of larynx and trachea
Soreness behind sternum
Soreness in region of left shoulder
Raw pain under clavicle
Lump in throat
Brown watery diarrha early in morning
Diarrha with cough
Itching of anus
Sensation of stick in rectum
Piles
Intense itching of skin especially of lower extremities
Itching worse exposure to cold air when undressing
Urticaria
Contagious prurigo
Worse in evening
Worse from inhaling cold air
Worse left chest
Worse uncovering

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Abortion
Aphonia
Asthma
Borborygmi
Bronchitis
Catarrh
Corns
Coryza
Cough
Diarrha
Dyspepsia
Epistaxis
Feet, tender
Gastralgia
Heart, pain in; affections of
Indigestion
Irritation
Lichen
Mouth, ulceration of
Phimosis
Phthisis
Prurigo
Rheumatism
Throat, sore ulcerated
Trachea, affections of
Urticaria
Sensitiveness to cold air
Cough caused by an incessant tickling in throat-pit
Tickling runs down to the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes
Touching the throat brings on the cough
Cough relieved by covering up all the body and head with the bed-clothes
Itching of surface of lower limbs while undressing
Diarrha in the early morning, driving the patient out of bed
Diarrha after catarrh
Cough causes expulsion of urine
Cough causes expulsion of the ftus in pregnant women
Cough very dry, harsh, loud, shaking, < at night, preventing sleep, excited instantly by pressure on the trachea
Cough beginning with tickling behind top of sternum, sometimes in paroxysms lasting for five to ten minutes
Trachea sore to external pressure; feels excoriated through its whole extent, as also do the fauces
Cough is excited by pressure on throat-pit
Violent cough with scanty difficult expectoration
Shakes head as if it would fly to pieces and chest so that he feels he might raise blood any minute
Paroxysms exhaust him
Headache during cough
Lying on left side <
Lying on right side >
At 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. <
Irregularity of respiration induces cough
Cough when eating
Shootings from pit of stomach into chest in various directions
Sharp pains in left chest
Dull aching in forehead and slight nausea
Pain in pit of stomach, aching in left chest, flatulence, eructations, pains and distension in stomach after meals
Sensation of fulness and pressure in pit of stomach extending up towards throat, carried down on swallowing and rising again to throat
Aching in pit of stomach and aching above it in chest, and especially on each side of lower end of sternum
Lump in throat, not > by hawking or swallowing; it descends on deglutition, but immediately returns
Eyes pain as if from dryness
Tongue as if burned
Hard substance in pit of stomach
Bunch in throat or behind sternum
Pressure of a stick in rectum
As if urine could not long be retained
As if she could not get another breath
As if air did not penetrate chest
As if a feather swaying to and fro in bronchi
As if head would fly to pieces (with cough)
As if he might raise blood any minute
As if cough did not reach low enough to raise phlegm
As if heart suddenly stopped
Sternum feels sprained
Raw feeling under clavicles
Hands cold when coughing
Symptoms are < by touch; pressure; riding
Symptoms are < by cold; > by warmth
Symptoms are < change: warm to cold or cold to warm; changing rooms
Symptoms are < lying down (pain in pit of stomach > lying perfectly quiet)
Symptoms are < lying on left side; burning in left side
Symptoms are > lying right side
Symptoms are < talking
Symptoms are < deep inspiration; or irregularity of breathing
Symptoms are < walking
Symptoms are < evening and night; and morning on waking, 3.30 and 11 p.m., 2 to 5 a.m.
Symptoms are < when eating and after meals
Symptoms are > discharge of offensive flatus
Low-spirited
Serious expression of face
Suicidal mood
Irritable
Disinclined to mental exertion
Indifference to surroundings
Stagnation of ideas, lassitude, and uneasiness
Headache after waking in morning, preceded by a disagreeable dream
Dull (and bruised) pains: on r. side; in occiput; in forehead with bruised feeling, < on motion
Darting pain or sharp piercing in l. side of head
Catarrhal headache with great irritation of larynx and trachea, clavicular pain and soreness behind sternum
Bruised sensation on waking, continued till noon, disappeared suddenly after dinner
Headache < in open air
Pungent drawing in l. occiput with a similar pain in l. nostril and feeling as if coryza would ensue
Pain in eyes as from dryness
Lids inflamed, < evening
Sore feeling in eyes without inflammation
Deep-seated pain in r. eye
Sharp, shooting pain in (and over) l. eye
Ringing in ears
Itching deep in ears
Pain, throbbing, stopped sensation in ears
Great desire to pick nose
Nose obstructed
Dry sensation, even in posterior nares
Sudden, sharp, tingling sensation in Schneiderian membrane, followed by violent and rapid sneezing five or six times in succession, with watery discharge
Violent sneezing with watery coryza and headache, < evening and night
Accumulation of mucus about posterior nares
Yellow mucus discharged through posterior nares
Epistaxis, violent sneezing, and painful irritation of nostrils
Influenza with violent catarrh, followed by bronchitis
Great paleness of face while standing
Heat of face; redness < evenings; dull headache; with pulsations over whole body
Pain in side of face, including r. temple and ear; also l. side of upper lip
Pain in r. jaw, morning
After retiring late at night, lancinating pains in lower jaw at root of l. canine teeth
Pain in teeth of both sides, morning
Toothache: entirely > after eating dinner; > by rinsing mouth with cold water
Grumbling stinging toothache in r. upper molars, while riding in a cold wind; with pain in forehead
Tongue coated: white; yellow; yellowish-brown, or reddish-brown
Dryness of anterior part of tongue, with sense of repletion in stomach and as if one had eaten spice
Sensation of excoriation at edges of tongue
Front of tongue dry and hot
Soreness of r. edge of tongue
Sensation as if tongue and mouth burnt
Ulceration of mouth and throat
Taste: bitter (mornings); nasty; flat (on rising)
Flow of saliva
Scraping in throat; excoriated feeling with secretion of mucus in upper part
Sensation of a lump in throat, not > by hawking or swallowing; it descends on swallowing, but immediately returns
Sensation of a lump in sophagus
Aching in pharynx with collection of tough mucus in fauces
Catarrhal affections of throat and fauces
Throat dry, swallowing difficult; pain in l. side on swallowing
Appetite: much increased lost
Thirst
After meals: flatulency; heaviness in stomach or epigastrium aching in l. breast; pressure and distension in stomach
Nausea in night before diarrha
Sensation of hard substance in pit of stomach
Fulness and pressure in pit of stomach extending toward throat-pit; descends with every empty deglutition but immediately returns
Tight, suffocative, heavy ache in epigastrium, through to back; clothes seem too tight; weak feeling in epigastrium, all < when talking; frequently takes a long breath
Shooting from pit of stomach to chest; sharp in l. chest; slight nausea; dull aching in forehead
Aching and shooting in pit of stomach and above it on each side of sternum
Eructations; empty; tasteless
Hiccough
Pyrosis
Nausea; > by eructations
Nausea and vertigo while dressing in morning, compelling him to lie down again
Sensation of undigested food and upward pressure in throat-pit
Severe pain in digestive organs on waking
Pain in stomach with the pain in the lungs
Burning and cutting in stomach
Pain in hypochondrium from walking or deep inspiration
Griping near navel partially > by discharge of offensive flatus; flatulent colic soon after a meal
Pain occurring or < during inspiration
Sensation of heaviness and fulness in abdomen with rumbling
Borborygmus
Pain in abdomen in morning, followed by a stool
Colic from a cold, with cough
Stools: painless, offensive, profuse; brown or black, thin or watery; preceded by pain in abdomen
Before stool: sudden urging, driving him out of bed in morning
Morning diarrha, with cough from tickling in throat-pit
Diarrha 6 to 10 a.m.
Copious diarrhic stool with colic pain just above hypogastrium, and a very disagreeable rumbling in bowels together with nausea and loss of appetite; these sensations continued throughout the day with four or five evacuations which passed away in a stream as if a large quantity would be discharged; nevertheless each discharge was suddenly arrested, and the inclination passed away entirely for a short time; but on rising the urgency returned, and on returning to the closet a new stream poured forth as before
Fces black; scanty
Constipation for several days, followed by a dry, hard stool
Itching at anus with discharge of offensive flatus
Sensation as from pressure of a rough stick forced up rectum, painful on walking
Hmorrhoids protrude; much heat and itching at anus, and sensation as if a foreign body there
Sudden urging
Frequent inclination with feeling as if urine could not long be retained
Involuntary micturition with cough
Copious colourless urine in afternoon
Urine less copious, flocculent deposit, oily surface; marked brick-dust sediment
Tendency to phimosis
During evening feeling of soreness and excoriation, with redness of end of prepuce
Itching of prepuce
Sexual desire diminished; lost
Hoarseness < evenings: voice uncertain
Voice: changes suddenly on two consecutive days at 2 p.m. rose several notes; higher with catarrh nasal
Aphonia after exposure to cold
(Reflex aphonia from tubercle of l. apex.)
Tenacious mucus in larynx, constant desire to hawk
Violent irritation to cough in larynx while eating (at three meals)
(Cough all day, > lying down at night.)
Pain in top of larynx; mostly l. side
Dry, spasmodic cough, like beginning of whooping-cough; in paroxysms; preceded by tickling in throat-pit, with congestion and slight pains in head, and wrenching pains in r. chest; began a few minutes after lying down at night (11 p.m.); lasted 10 to 15 minutes, after which he slept all right; a less severe paroxysm in bed on waking and throughout day this lasted two weeks, when he began to expectorate adhesive mucus in small quantities, detached with difficulty
Hacking cough
Cough < by any irregularity of breathing
Hoarse, hacking cough 11 p.m. and 2 to 5 a.m.
Cough with pain behind mid-sternum
Pressure on throat = cough
Dry, tickling, spasmodic cough, with tenderness in larynx and trachea, rendering cough quite painful
Teasing periodical cough, < in cool air or by anything which increases the volume or rapidity of inspired air
Cough < from changing rooms
Cough originally caused by inhaling extremely cold air during winter, < lying down, esp. 11 p.m.
Cough provoked by change from cold to warm or warm to cold
Cough < lying l. side; > lying r. > covering up mouth; > wearing respirator
Sensation of breathlessness as if air did not penetrate chest; or as when falling or passing rapidly through the air
Frequent feeling as if she could not get another breath
Clavicular pain; raw pain just under each clavicle while hawking mucus from throat
Pain in chest: in both sides; dull aching in anterior part, with headache and belching
Sharp stitching or stinging through l. lung
Acute stitch along l. margin of sternum
Burning stinging: in l. side near heart; in whole l. chest suddenly when taking a deep inspiration while in act of lying down in bed at night
At 3.30 p.m., while writing, at desk, stitches in substance of l. lung
Burning, shooting pain in r. chest
Sharp pain near l. axilla
Pain in centre of l. lung
Sternum feels sprained
Great pressure and sense of depression in upper part of breast
Very sharp pain in breast running r. to l.
Sharp cutting pain in l. breast at noon lasting an hour
Heart feels as if it suddenly stopped beating; followed by a heavy throbbing
Dull pain in region of heart, with dull pain and heaviness in l. upper arm, esp. elbow
Dull pain in heart on deep inspirations
Burning in region of heart
Severe stinging in region of heart, extending through chest to apex of l. scapula, with frequent desire to take a deep breath, which < the pain (afternoon for two or three hours)
Sharp pain in l. side of heart
Palpitation: after supper; < going upstairs; violent with throbbing carotids
Sensation as if a thread were tightly tied round neck just below ears, with a slight roaring in the ears
Pain: in back of neck; running down back
Aching between scapul
Stinging burning just below inferior angle of l. scapula; followed and accompanied by stinging, almost itching pain l. chest just below nipple
Pain under r. scapula
Pain in l. scapula
Burning pain in small of back near tip of r. sacro-iliac joint
Sore pain in l. sacro-iliac joint, lame as from over-lifting; < by sudden motion; followed by pulsation in nates
Aching and sense of great fatigue in loins
Twitching of r. arm and leg
Pain in upper and lower limbs of same or opposite side
Pains in shoulder down to elbow, arms feel strained
Hands cold when coughing
Bruised aching and stinging pain in arms, hands, elbows, and r. wrist
Stitching in back of r. hip; limping walk
Legs ache
Stitch-like pain in knee-joint when standing
Legs covered with small red pimples
Feet cold
Feet sensitive, stinging in corns
Tender feet
Lassitude and weariness
Restless in evening
Pains not fixed or constant anywhere
Throbbing through whole body
Unusual sensitiveness to cold or open air
Itching in various parts, < on lower limbs
Eruption covered uniformly several regions of skin, with exception of face; itching more of a pricking than a burning; < by cold, > by warmth
Contagious prurigo or army itch
Stinging-itching or prickling itching of skin
Vesicular eruption, itching when uncovered and exposed to cool air
Periodic itch
Urticaria; < in open air
Sleep: disturbed; wakeful, restless; short naps and unpleasant fancies, even when awake
Unpleasant dreams; of danger and trouble; early in the morning; of being naked in the street; of murders; of autopsies
Wakes early with headache
Chilly, < on back; colic, nausea, stitches near middle of chest
Increased frequency of pulse and afternoon fever
Sensation of heat, followed by that of cold, without shivering
Flushes of heat, < on cheeks
Sweat on waking from a sound sleep

Allen's Keynotes

for the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes
extremely sensitive to open air
hoarseness
worse evenings
after exposure to cold
voice uncertain
tickling in throat pit, causing, dry, teasing cough
dry, incessant, fatiguing cough
worse from changing air or room
evening after lying down
touching or pressing the throat pit
lying on left side
from slightest inhalation of cold air
covers head with bedclothes to make air warmer
little or no expectoration
the cough is by warmth
when undressing, uncovering or exposing to cold air . &lt
cool or cold air
lying down . &gt
warmth
keeping mouth covered to exclude cold air

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