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homeopathic remedy
Rhus toxicodendron
homeopathy

definition

source: fresh leaves of shrub poison oak
organ affinities: skin, nerves, muscles, glands, mucous membranes, tissues
associated conditions: fevers, sprains/strains, paralysis, tonsillitis, rash, diarrhea, eczema, herpes; as an organ drainage remedy
miasms:
indications:
» strain/sprain of a single part; overlifting, lying on damp ground
» TEARING pains, as if sprained, as if tendon torn from bone, < after midnight, wet, rainy weather; lameness, stiffness on first movement, > WITH MOTION; GREAT RESTLESSNESS, must constantly change position
» very sensitive to OPEN AIR
» rheumatic pains spread over a large area; sciatica, left side
» headache with brain feeling loose when moving head; stupefying, as if torn; from beer, cold
» paralysis with numbness of area; from getting wet, after exertion, parturition, sexual excesses
» intense itching in skin; vesicles, herpes, urticaria; burning eruptions
as an organ drainage remedy:
action on tuberculous subjects:
» generalized stiffness
» pains of infectious origin, restlessness, shivering with dry cough
pulse:
» sharp stroke (Jones, p. 38)
» sharp stroke with tremulous wave between strokes (Scudder, 1903, p. 153)
modalities:
» worse: during REST, during sleep, night, before storms, cold wet weather, beginning to move, lying on back or right side
» better: warm dry weather, MOTION, change of position, rubbing, warm applications,
from stretching out limbs
relationships:
» complementary: Bry., Calc., Calc-f.
» remedies that precede well: Arn., Bry., Calc., Calc-f., Clem., Lach., Ph-ac., Sulph.
» remedies that follow well: Ars., Bry., Calc., Con., Nux-v., Ph-ac., Puls., Sulph.
» inimical: Apis
» antidotes: Anac., Bell., Camph., Graph., Mez., Plb., Sulph.
dosage: 6-30 and higher


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