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Rhus tox homeopathic medicine

1. Rhus Toxicodendron
Common Name – Poison Oak
Prover – Hahnemann
Family- Anacardiaceae

2. Introduction
Rhus is a native medicine of the North America and is
one of those most valuable medicines which we owe to
the domestic practice of the North American Indians.
Hahnemann in his Materia Medica Pura praised this
medicine as a remarkable and valuable medicinal
substance having a great number of characteristic
peculiarities in its action. There are other members of
the Rhus family which are also used in the
Homoeopathic Therapeutic.

3. Clinical
Sprain
Tongue affection
Measles
Gout
Beriberi
Chilblains

4. Rhus tox. acts predominantly upon the organs
of animal life, upon the mucous membrane,
lymphatic glands, skin, muscular tissues and
component parts of joints e.g. LIGAMENTS,
FIBROUS TISSUES, TENDONS, etc
Pathogenesis
By its actions, it produces a condition of
primary irritation of serous membrane which
may proceed to inflammation or if it stops, it
produces serous discharge, effusion and
oedema. On the skin it produces rheumatoid
inflammation, eruptions, burning and itching.
The lymph glands throughout the body enlarge
and inflame under the influence of Rhus tox.
When circulatory system becomes the seat of
its action, it causes a state of blood poisoning
typhoid like symptoms and febrile
disturbances. Intermittent fevers, etc. are also
noticed.
Sphere of Action
Intermittent fever

5. GUIDING SYMPTOMS
1.It is one of the NASH'S TRIO OF RESTLESS MEDICINES.
CANNOT STAY IN ONE PLACE. MUST CHANGE POSITION
FREQUENTLY TO OBTAIN RELIEF FROM PAIN (others of
the trio are Aconite and Arsenic).529530Text Book of
MATERIA MEDICA
2.2. Great rigidity, stiffness and lameness and pain are
experienced on first moving the joints after rest or on
waking up in the morning; RELIEVED BY WALKING OR
CONTINUED MOTION.
3.3. Most complaints are relieved by movement and
aggravated by rest.
4.4. Aggravation at night and in damp rainy weather,
and relieved by heat in general e.g., covering the
body, warm application, etc.
5.5. Great sensitiveness to open air. Putting the hand
outside from under the bed-coverbrings on cough .
6.6. Triangular red-tipped tongue with imprint of teeth
and bitter taste in the mouth.
7.7. Desire for cold milk which relieves gastric
complaints .

6. Extreme restlessness, with desire for
continuous change of position.Delirum with
fear and suspicion of being poisoned
(Kyos.). Sad, patient begins to weep
without knowing why.DREAMS of great
exertion, rowing, swimming and working
hard at his daily occupation (Bry.).
Ailments from:
Spraining or straining a single part, muscle
or tendon (Calc., Nux,), overlifting,
particularly stretching high up to reach
things, lying on damp ground, FROM
WETTING and too much summer bathing in
lake or river; cold air; getting wet when
heated.
Mind:
Fear of being poisoned

7. Causation: From Beer or too much
summer bathing.
Sensation: Brain feels loose when stepping
or shaking the head. Sensation of swashing in
brain; stupefying; l feels as if torn.
Location: Frontal headache especially.
Modalities:
Aggravation: By sitting or lying in cold.•
Amelioration: By warmth and motion.
Concomitants: Vertigo when standing or
walking, aggravation when lying down,
stooging (Bry.), and amelioration when rising
from bed.

Particulars
Headache
Headache
Amelioration Aggravation &

8. Cough:
Causation: From exposure to cold or even to open air,
putting hand outside from under the bed cover brings on
cough.Rhus Toxicodendron531Character of cough:
Hoarsensess arid scrapping rawness in larynx with
roughness and soreness in chest. Short dry respiration;
very much oppressed and anxious. Short dry cough from
tickling in trachea. Cough in morning soon after waking.
Spasmodic cough that seems to shatter the head
Modalities:
Aggravation: Before a storm, after midnight, bathing,
exposure to cold and inspiration and rest.•
Amelioration: By wrapping up warm application and dry
clear weather
Paralysis:
Causation: From getting feet, wet, on lying on damp
ground, after exertion, parturition, sexual excess, ague
or typhoid.
Location : Any and every part of the body is likely to be
affected, especially the extremities, eye- lids, etc.
Charater: Paralysis with numbness of affected parts,
paresis of limbs, ptosis.

9. Diarrhea:
Causation: Damp wet weather and summer bathing.
Character of stool: Watery stool, involuntary, usually with beginning of
typhoid.
Concomitants: Great thirst with dry tongue, mouth and throat, with
great exhaustion and pain streaming down the posterior part of lower
limbs during stool.
Fever:Rhus tox. is a medicine which may be indicated in any and every
kind of fever-INTERMITTENT FEVER, CONTINUOUS FEVER, . FEVER and
the like.
(a)Intermittent fever
Before chill: Dry teasing cough with taste of blood.
During chill: Cough of the same character. Great thirst with dry,,
tongue, mouth and throat.
(a)Heat: Corners of mouth ulcerated. There may also appear fever
blisters around the mouth and chin. The patient is very much
restless with mental anxiety.
(b)Sweat stage: Great exhaustion with relief from fever.
Causation: Summer bathing, rainy Weather, damp weather, exposure
to cold air, walking in damp place, tank and river bathing.Mode of
onset: Usually there is insidious onset, or when acute diseases assume
a typhoid form.At the onset: Diarrhoea with begining of typhoid.During
fever: Restlessness. Cannot stay in one position. Must change position
often to obtain relief from pain (From mental anxiety).

10. Arsenic: Everything on which the patient lies seems too
hard, Arnica. Needs covering because ofgreat
sensitiveness to open air.
Tongue:Having TRIANGULAR RED TIP: tongue dry
cracked, sore with imprint of teeth.Delirium: Low
muttering type of delirium, talks about rowing,
swimming, daily occupation, etc. (Bry.).
Modalities:
Aggravation: In midnight, damp wet rainy weather.After
Fever: Paresis or paralytic condition of single muscles, or of lower limbs, and ptosis, etc.
Rheumatism:Better adapted to patients with rheumatic diathesis.
Causation:Lying on damp.ground, summer bathing or river bathing, working in damp place
and handling clay..
Location: Rheumatism, of any joint especially joints of right side.
Sensation: There is pain as if sprained, as if a muscle or tendon were torn from its attachemt,
as if bones were scrapped with a knife. Affected parts are very sore to touch.
Concomitants: Great restlessness, anxiety and apprehension. Cannot remain in bed at one
place; always wants to be moved. Lameness, stiffness and pain are well-marked.
Modalities:
Aggravation: After mid-night, in wet rainy weather, on first moving and on getting up in the
morning.Relief: By walking or continued motion.
Concomitants: Along with the fever, heart disease may appear.
Triangular red tip
Rheumatic Diathesis

11. Backache
Causation: Too much summer bathing in river or lake, lying on damp ground or
straining.Location: Between shoulders and small of he back.
Sensation: Pain with stiffness. Pain on swallowing.
Modalities:
Aggravation: By sitting and lying.•
Amelioration: By motion, lying on something hard.
Skin:Erysipelas VESICULAR ERUPTIONS, vesicles are yellow, from left to right, with
much swelling. inflammation, burning; itching and stinging.
Modalities: Worse at night, cold wet rainy weather and amelioration by dry
weather and warmapplication.In chronic urticaria when Rhus tox.
General Modalities:
Aggravation: Before a thunderstorm, cold wet rainy weather, at night, from
getting wet whileperspiring and during rest.
Amelioration:Warmth, dry weather, wrapping up; warm or hot Ithings; motion;
change of position; moving affected parts.
Relation:Complementary to: Bryonia.Rhus Toxicodendron533Inimical to: Apis,
Before or-after, especially in skin diseass.
Antidotes: Ant. tart., Ranan.
Antidoted by: Bell., Merc., Sulph.Compare: Amiga, Bryonia, Natrum sulph., and
Sulphur. Rhus tox. is best antidoted by its sintilimum the potentised remedy given
internally.
Backache
Rain aggravation