Rhus Venenata

Great sadness, no desire to live, or do anything, everything seems gloomy

Apprehensive, restless, variable feeling; sometimes cheerful, then hypochrondiacal

Cannot connect ideas or concentrate mind; forgetful; dull; stupid.

Dizzy when first getting out of bed (B)

Whirling vertigo, much < evening

Head enormously swollen, eyes closed

Dull, heavy stupefying headache

Sharp pains in parietal bones

Jerk-like drawing here and there in nerves of head

Dull frontal headache < by walking and stooping

Headache as though brain squeezed.

< Stooping (B)

Tearing in r. temple extending from forehead upwards into l. half of head, always seated in the bone; thence to l. occiput and down to nape

Jerk-like headache in occiput

Skin of forehead rough; pimples; herpes phlyctenuloides.

Eyes nearly closed with great swelling; red

Eyes feel as if being pressed out of head

Eyes ache as though pressed on (B)

Eyes feel as if sand in them (B)

Smarting, burning irritation and acridity about eyes; profuse lachrymation

Blear-eyes, < night; cannot read by candle-light (B)

Photophobia

Sharp pain in r. eye, extending to supraorbital region

Constant dull aching pains in eyeballs

Sight dim

It becomes black before eyes while looking

Flashes of light before eyes (B).

Transient stitches in r. concha

Jerk-like tearing in bone behind r. ear

Much earache; hammering-throbbing deep in ear after dark (B)

Jerk-like cutting stitches in ear

Vesicular inflammation of ears, exuding a yellow watery serum

Very troublesome deafness

Ringing, rustling, and noises in r. ear.

Nose red and shiny, redness not removed by pressure

Erysipelas

Profuse secretion from r. nostril of thin ichorus fluid; l. stopped

Both nostrils filled with tenacious mucus

Nose dry; sore

Loss of smell

Nose sore internally coming on a few days before menses, lasting three or four days after (B).

Nose and r. side of face much swollen, esp. under r. eye

Skin of face dry, rough, scurfy, seems thickened and indurated.

Face red, swollen, shining, glistening; desire to rub constantly; hot water > and = peeling

Face more swollen l. side than r

Heaviness in swollen face

Boring in r. upper jaw

Drawing pains in r. upper and lower jaw

Sensation as if sand on lips

Face and esp. upper lip swollen

Lips sore, swollen, blistered, cracked

Cannot get lips cool

Itching of upper lip and chin 4 p.m.

Drawing in r. upper teeth

Gums swollen

Eruption on gums of upper incisors

On drinking anything warm, slight irritation on inner lips, gums, and tip of tongue

Tongue: coated white in middle, back and edges red; red on tip; red and cracked in middle; cracked in middle and covered with little vesicles; several vesicles on under side

Sensation as if tongue were being pulled out by the roots

Distress in root of tongue and fauces

Scalded feeling in tongue; while at dinner it extends to mouth and fauces, causing dryness

Tongue and mouth as if burnt with an acid

Itching of tongue and roof of mouth

Tongue and lips feel cracked

Breath hot, feverish, offensive

Breath hot, and not offensive; feels like steam

Fever sore on mouth

Mouth feels rough as if sand under mucous membrane when touched

Saliva increased; viscid

Hot water runs from mouth when lying down, with sickness at stomach < at night (B)

Slimy, nasty, putrid taste (B)

Taste: lost; slimy; flat, rough

Cannot speak distinctly, palate fallen and feels as if something in mouth impeding speech, unchanged by hawking and clearing throat.

Soreness l. side throat, swelling extending downwards

Throat sore, swollen

Irritation and acridity about throat and eyes

Tonsils red, congested, dull aching distress in them

Irritation; dryness; burning in throat

Pharynx and oesophagus irritable and sensitive, painful and difficult to swallow, food caused pain and seemed to stop mid-way to stomach; cold water produced the same effect as very hot tea, and an aching such as is felt after drinking ice-water, though thirst was great

Frequent desire to swallow

Swallowing difficult

Feels as though hairs in throat way back; lasting several days at a time (B)

Difficulty in swallowing solid food, throat feels as though it were drawn up (B).

Appetite: improved; lost

Thirst very great

Eructations

Nausea and loathing.—(Dyspepsia and belching relieved.)

Severe pain in stomach 2 a.m.; sudden call to stool two hours later

Much distress and pain in (cardiac end of)

Sudden vomiting when at table eating (B)

Pressure in stomach after eating, and I can pound lightly on stomach and throw up any meal (B)

Pressure in pit of stomach (B)

Creeping or crawling sensation in stomach (B)

Stomach feels bad in evening (B)

Pork = vomiting instantly (B).

Hard beating or throbbing a little below pit of stomach (B)

Distress in umbilicus with dry, lumpy, dark stools

Abdomen bloated, very sensitive to least pressure

Swelling of abdomen, in morning have to rub it down with my hand before I can button my clothing (B)

Sharp cutting pain in umbilical and hypogastric regions

Colic, rumblings and soreness to touch

Pain in hypogastrium before every stool; very little warning

Pain in bowels < mornings.

Bleeding haemorrhoids with extensive itching and burning

Discharge of blood from rectum after a stool

Neuralgic pains in anus

Most intolerable burning and itching in anus

Diarrhoea 2 to 5 a.m., stools nearly white

At 4 a.m., large watery stool passed with great force and attended with violent colicky pains; during next two hours there were similar profuse stools, after which pains ceased

Stool: very dark; dark and partly undigested; dark, hard, and small in quantity.

Burning in urethra

Urine increased

Desire to void urine often, but in small quantities.

Menses (which were near at hand) came on immediately in very large clots like pieces of meat

Every month, dull heavy pain in l. ovarian region (B)

Hard, labour-like pains for one day before menses (B)

Soreness of vagina during menses (B)

Menstrual discharge regular, rather scanty, always bright pink in colour

Terrible lancinating pains through l. breast < for three days before menses (B)

Burning in l. breast and l. side of body (B)

Sometimes sensation as if a thousand small needles were sticking in l. breast (B)

Breast symptoms: < moving l. arm forward and across body; by pressure; just before and during menses; at night and when lying down;

> by motion; continuous work (B)

Breast must be supported; it aches when it hangs down (B)

Eruptions just before menses (B).

Dryness and pains in larynx

Hoarseness

Harsh, dry cough, lasting more than two weeks

Sense of oppression as if the air was too heavy.

Violent stitches through chest with great suddenness

Violent stitches in l. lung causing anxiety, esp. on breathing

Stitches in both lungs; in apices

Rush of blood to chest with anxiety

Stricture in chest

Pain over sternum; lancinating in sternum and r. leg

Drawing pain in lower l. side.

Stiff neck or crick-in-neck

Ulceration of cervical glands, which discharged a very offensive dark-coloured pus; dark red areola round ulcers

Dull pain in cervical, dorsal and lumbar regions

Back very stiff

With rumbling of flatus in bowels, pains in back extending from lumbar region to umbilicus

Sharp pain under l. scapula, extending through to ribs

Rheumatic pains between scapulae

Dull, heavy pains in lumbar region < stooping or walking

Drawing in lumbar muscles extending into hips

Drawing in l. loin

Dull, aching pain and weakness across loins

A little pain in sacrum

Lumbago from a strain or a cold.

Trembling of limbs with twitching of muscles

Swelling of all the limbs with redness, and thirst

Wrists, ankles, feet ached so severely he could not sleep.

Tearing in l. arm, extending up from elbow; a sensation as if the bone would break

Pain from l. breast extends into l. arm (B)

Drawing in l. arm, forearm, and last three fingers; arm feels paralysed

Paralytic drawing in r. arm, esp. wrist, extending to tip of fingers

Jerking pain in muscles of both arms

Crawling in l. arm, esp. when resting it upon anything

Severe pain in l. elbow-joint preventing moving it

Rheumatic pains in l. elbow and shoulder-joints < on motion

Weakness of forearm and fingers, which are cold

When hand becomes numb and goes to sleep it feels as if puffed up (B)

L. hand becomes numb on sitting or lying down (B)

Dull, drawing pains in wrists and fingers

Wrists and fingers very stiff

Dark-coloured ganglion on wrist

Drawing pressing pain in r. wrist, extending through the bones to elbow

R. hand swelled without redness

Constantly aching dulness in hands and fingers

Drawing in r. fingers

Backs of hands swollen and puffy

Blue finger-nails

Hands swelled and clumsy.

Paralysed and bruised sensation in legs

Pain as if sprained or dislocated in r. hip.

(> by Nit. ac.)

Drawing, cramp-like pain in l. thigh

Crop of boils on r. thigh

Paralytic drawing with pains in bones of left leg

Streaks of pain run down l. leg (B)

Great weakness of knees and ankles, they ache constantly

Jerk-like drawing in leg

Wandering drawing pains

Drawing in knees

Cramp-like pain and tension in calves

Ankles and feet ached so that it was painful to stand or walk, < afternoon

Throbbing in both feet as if distended with blood

Jerk-like drawing in r. foot, extending from ankle to heel, and shooting up with pains in the bones

Crawling and crackling in r. foot

Pulsation in r. foot

Eczema of (l.) foot

Swelling of feet < at night; sensitive to touch (B).

A fine white rash keeps under the skin

Ulcers, cuts, and other lesions surrounded by a miliary whitish rash

Nightly itching, and an eruption very like erythema nodosum

Within twenty-four hours itching with swelling, which gradually extends over body assuming erysipelatous appearance

Red indurated elevations, esp. on face, neck, and chest

Redness, swelling, and vesicular rash on skin of eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, ears, behind ear and front of neck

Boils on forehead, neck, and arms

At night much itching of face and sexual organs

Rash-like-pimples appear under skin just before menses, esp. on head, face, back, and hands; burning, but not quite like burning in breast and side (B)

Rash appears also if she takes cold (B)

Fine vesicular eruption on forearm, wrist, back of hands, between and on fingers; vesicles are situated on an inflamed erysipelatous base, and accompanied with most intolerable itching, esp. in evening in a warm room and in bed; after scratching and rubbing (which cannot be resisted) the itching is intolerable; large quantities of serum run from each vesicle after it is scratched

Clusters of vesicles

Boils on r. thigh

Desquamation

Itching and complete desquamation of skin of hands

Deep, corroding phagedaenic ulcers with cadaverous-swelling pus

Itching and, creeping sensation, < by warmth.

Restlessness with dry, hot skin

Sleep disturbed by many dreams: of death and near future; lascivious; with wild fancies

Bad dreams, which impress her much next day (B)

Sleep bad till after midnight on account of nausea and pressure in stomach and chest; restless, tossing (B)

Starts on falling asleep (B).

Chills: over whole body; run up back even when warm and in a warm room

Feeling of coldness when moving (B)

Shivering down the back

Skin hot, dry, burning, at night with restlessness

Intermittents without sweat

Frequent attacks of ague (B)

Dry, burning

Flashes of heat as though a stream of hot air was passing over body, with throbbing and tearing pains from each temple back to occiput and down neck to each shoulder

Hands constantly very dry and hot

Slight moisture behind r. ear.