RHUS TOXICODENDRON mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Pulfords Remarks: Rhus-t. naturally recalls the rheumatic individual whose troubles have been brought on from exposure to cold, damp weather and to cold, damp air while perspiring, such as ice-handlers or workers in water, who are agg. from rest, on beginning to move, on rising from a seat and from cold, are amel. from warmth and motion but easily fatigued from continued motion (Puls. differs that it must move slowly to avoid the heat which agg.), amel. change of position, he is extremely restless because he cannot find a comfortable place in bed and therefore must move to ease his pains, there is general soreness, stiffness and lameness. There is a general tendency to pains, intense fever, marked thirst, great prostration, dyspnea and bloody expectoration. Useful in both pleuro [Bry., Kali-c. tl3] and typhoid forms [Bapt. tl3, Ars. bhb2, Phos. bhb2] Is the ONLY known remedy for: Dwells on past disagreeable occurrences after midnight; triangular red tip of tongue [Red line in center - Verat-v. tl3], or white on one side, or yellow white at base; dreams of roaming over fields; fever 10h as if dashed with hot water or hot water running through bloodvessels. Is THE leading remedy for: Timid and irritable at night; eyes closed; tongue brown in morning; desire milk; dyspnea 18h; cough agg. by bathing, or before chill, dry; restless sleep after midnight; chill from becoming wet, when overheated; heat of left side, right cold; agg. in general in cloudy weather; weakness sitting; cases from getting wet, esp. during sweat; breath hot; weeping without knowing why. Rhus-t.: THERAPEUTIC HINTS - The triangular, red tip of the tongue. Borland bl4 (Ed.: Is one of Borland's "Complicated Pneumonia = mixed infection or alcoholic patient" - remedies. (Bapt., Hep., Lach., Merc., Pyrog., Rhus-t.) In appearance these Rhus-t-patients are always somewhat cyanotic, they are rather dusky in colour, and they have a moist skin, very often they have a profuse sweat [except the head mrr5]. The lips are very cyanotic, and extensive herpetic eruptions are developed quite early in the Subdivision. I think in Rhus-t. the herpes tends to appear first of all on the lower lip, but mostly by the time you see the patients they have pretty generalized, extensive herpetic eruptions about the mouth. In their pneumonic attacks these Rhus-t. patients are horribly distressed, they feel ill, they are anxious, and they are dreadfully restless, they cannot get peace at all. They are very depressed, and have a general feeling of discouragement. They will very often tell you that they feel so horribly uncomfortable that they think they would be better if you could only let them out of bed, they say that, if they could only move about a little more, it would help them. In their anxiety, particularly if they are becoming a bit muddled, they are very liable to get an obsession that they may be poisoned. Quite frequently in these cases you will find the patients becoming mildly delirious [delusions respecting personal identity fr3]. It is a low, restless, muttering delirium, and it is always accompanied by extreme physical restlessness as well. In addition to general restlessness, in these Rhus-t. cases you will usually get a complaint of pretty generalized aching pains, and the patients say these aching pains are easier if they keep on the move. The tongue in Rhus-t. is fairly suggestive. In the earlier stages, certainly in the stages before the patients become delirious, you get a typical Rhus-t. tongue, which is a white-coated tongue with a red margin, or a red triangular tip. But by the time the muttering delirious state has developed the tongue will have tended to become brown, and intensely dry [and cracked, at times bleeding fr3]. The patients often complain of a horrible metallic sort of taste; they may call it coppery, or something of that sort, but in any case it is a very unpleasant, metallic taste. The patients complain of the mouth and throat feeling appallingly dry, almost as if burnt, and they have incessant thirst, with a preference for cold drinks. The cough is always a very troublesome one. It is a constant, tormenting cough, and the patients will usually tell you that they have a feeling of intense irritation in the middle of the chest, somewhere behind the sternum. The respirations are always very shallow, short, hurried, and difficult. These Rhus-t. patients are just about as sensitive to cold as are the Hep. patients, and the attack of coughing will be brought on by any cold draught, or any exposure to cold. In both cases when examining your patients you have to be very careful not to uncover them too much or you will precipitate one of these violent paroxysms of coughing. There is always a certain amount of laryngeal involvement in these Rhus-t.-cases, and it may be very troublesome indeed. Short of this, there is always at least a degree of hoarseness. The sputum in the Rhus-t. case is usually fairly profuse, rather liquid, dark in colour, and definitely blood-stained. The temperature tends to be of the swinging type, but it does not have the same degree of swing as you find in Hep. As a rule there is rather a full pulse, which is fast and not well sustained. There are two other points which sometimes help you in your Rhus-t. diagnosis. One is that after a paroxysm of coughing, when the patient has apparently got very hot, he immediately gets a horribly chilly sensation, sweats profusely, feels horribly cold, and wants to be covered up. And the other point, which you can link on to that, is that, although they are intensely thirsty, if they drink too much cold water they are apt to feel very chilly, and it is very likely to precipitate another paroxysm of coughing. As a rule in these Rhus-t. cases the times of maximum aggravation occur during the night rather than during the day. The patients become more restless, more worried, and more inclined to get out of bed, during the night. Farrington fr2 Typhoid Pneumonia often from re-absorption of pus; rales especially over the lower lobes; tearing cough, restlessness, stool and urine passed unconsciously; dry sooty tongue, red at tip; distension of abdomen; sputa bloody or blood-streaked, of the color of brick-dust, of putrid smell [or cold, green, putrid-smelling sputum tl3]. [If there is Diarrhoea, it progresses to a severe type - the stools are watery, sometimes bloody and involuntary. fr3; Diarrhoea, yellowish- brown or greenish stools of cadaverous smell, involuntary during sleep. Tearing pains down the thighs during stool, involuntary urine. danx] Hering hr1 Pneumonia ... urine dark, becoming turbid on standing and depositing a sediment; ... sleep restless and full of dreams. Pleuro-pneumonia biliosa - stitches in right side agg. coughing and breathing; lies upon right side or back; transient delirium; circumscribed redness of cheeks with yellowness of alae nasi, corners of mouth and sclerotica; ... tongue yellowish-brown; bitter taste; nausea, inclined to vomit; urine dark brown. Pneumonia relapse; restless tossing about at night; acute pain in right side of chest in locality previously affected, very sensitive to touch; pulse again rapid, strong and full; cough severe with scanty expectoration of bloody mucus; on breathing sensation as if air became imprisoned in epigastrium causing great anxiety. [Dyspnea worse from distension of pit of stomach ll1]. Tyler tl3 Much fever; aching bones; marked prostration. Dry hot skin. Royal ry2 ...Loose, yellow stools; rapid, weak [easily compressed, small nicx] pulse; urine dark, scanty, with a sediment, oxaluria... oppression of the chest at night, agg. breathing; dyspnea due to weight on the lower part of chest... Fenimore fenx Lancinating pain extends from the left side through and under the scapula, accompanied by a dry, tickling cough, worse after midnight, oppression of the chest with a sensation that he cannot breathe because of the sticking pains. Lilienthal ll1 Pleurisy: After exposure to wet, or from straining, lifting, etc.; oppression of breathing, as if it were stopped at the pit of the stomach; dry, teasing cough; stitches in chest, agg. when at rest, sitting crooked, or when sneezing; tingling in chest [agg. during rest danx], with tension in the intercostal muscles, ... Rückert rke1 Typhoid Pneumonia after Acon. eliminated the storm of fever and leave a stuporous, painless pneumonia... red face, prostration, thirst at night, ... Mathur mtarx Congestive stage: Diarrhea may also set in the beginning. ...one of the first rank medicines for typhoid pneumonia. Agg - While at rest; after midnight; from getting wet; cold air and drinking cold water. Amel - From continous motion, from dry, warm air. Second stage (Hepatization): The importance of this drug at this stage is only when pneumonia assumes a typhoid tendency. Small sml1 Pneumonia as the result of a contusion, fall, blow or other mechanical injury; also, before or after Sulph., in exanthematous cases. Nichol nicx The face is red and hot, the tongue red and glazed or hard and sooty; sopor is present with hardness of hearing and subsultus tendinum, together with involuntary discharges of faeces and urine. I have commonly used the dilutions from the fourth decimal to the twelfth centesimal, but often the thirtieth is the most appropriate strength. Das danx Location: ... Left chest. Causes: ... Cold. From wetting head; damp sheets. Bathing in fresh or salt water. ... Raising arms high to lift things. Drinking ice-water. Expectoration: ... Expectoration of pale or clotted blood. Acrid pus. ... pale, plugs or mucus. ... cold expectoration. Cough: Dry, teasing cough from midnight until morning, or when putting hands out of bed. Cough in the evening with vomiting of ingesta. ... Cough with pains in abdomen. Cough with ... profuse general perspiration, and pain in stomach. Tormenting, teasing, dry cough, first dry, then frequent and loose. Fever: Intense fever. Heat on the left side and coldness of the right side of the body. ... Head and hand hot, rest of body chilly or vice versa. Accompaniments: Mild temperament. ... Marked debility. (may lie perfectly quiet for this debility). Indifferent to everything. Hallucinations. Fear of being poisoned; refuses to take medicine, food or drink. Stupor, answers slowly in a petulant way. Severe headache, flushing of face. Epistaxis relieving headache. Dreams of hard work and difficulty; of mental exertion. ... mouth covered with a brownish tenacious mucus. Imprint of teeth on tongue. ... Backache, tearing pains in limbs. Dreams of the business of the day. Body dry and hot and redder. Copious sour smelling sweat, with milliary rash. Tympanitic abdomen, sensitive. Thirst for cold milk. Aversion to light. Dryness of nose. Longing for oysters. During stool shortness of breath. Divided stream of urine. Great sensitiveness to open air. Stretching of limbs. [Terrific pain in left shoulder during cough, as if it would fly to pieces, better by pressure, and swinging arm back and forth fast during convalescence from pneumonia. modx] Aggravation: Before a storm or rain. ... From breathing. In autumn. On taking a deep breath. On inspiration. ... From coughing. During chewing. Drawing up limbs. Bodily exertion. After drinking. ... During rest. ... Amelioration: ... Exhaling. In dry weather. In clear weather. From stretching out limbs. Rehman rma1 Compare with - Lach. in pneumonia if Rhus-t. seems indicated but fails. Merc. Pneumonia in people addicted to alcohol. Followed by - Ars. in pneumonia if restlessness with exhaustion persists. Hyos. in pneumonia with typhoid symptoms. Phos. Typhoid fever if pneumonic symptoms don't vanish after Rhus-t. and diarrhea persits. Sulph. Fibrinous pleuro-pneumonia; in pneumonia to finish the case, to clear up the case or to prevent chronic disease. Compare with: Pleuritic forms: Bry. tl3, Kali-c. tl3 and typhoid forms: Ars. bhb2, Bapt. tl3, Hyos. nh6, Lach. rma1, Merc. rma1, Phos. bhb2, Seneg. pfa3, Tub. pfa3 Follows often: Acon. rke1, Sulph. sml1 Followed by: Ars. danx,rma1, Bry. danx, Carb-v. danx, Hyos. mtarx, Lach. danx, Merc. danx, Phos. danx,rma1, Puls. danx, Sulph. sml1, Tub. pfa3 Rhus-t: Terrific pain in left shoulders during cough, as if it would fly to pieces, better by pressure, and swinging arm back and forth fast during convalescence from pneumonia. Cough whenever he puts hand out of bed in air. Cough in sleep before midnight, with short breath. Dry teasing cough comes on before chill, and continues during it. After cough weakness in whole system. Has become a habit so that patient becomes anaemic and weak. Hemorrhage that is renewed from least Mental excitement responds better to Rhus tox. Congestion of lungs in typhoid fever is covered by rhus tox. Tightness across inner chest, with short breath and weakness, in all limbs in evening is rhus tox symptom.