Author:
Cyrus Boger
Book:
Synoptic key
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Rhododendronn
Rhododendron
Gouty-rheumatic subjects. SENSITIVE TO WINDY OR STORMY, WET WEATHER. Sensitive to windy weather, even if he is in house. Tearing, zigzag, boring, rapidly changing, descending, paralytic pains.
Confused and stupid; forgets his subject (Bar-c.). Headache, < early in bed, > eating. Throbbing in right head. Deafness long after rising. Nostrils obstructed alternately. Tearing, jerking faceache or toothache; > food or warmth. Cool drinks lie heavy. Colic at navel. Pain from rectum to genitals. Diarrhoea, < fruit. Profuse, foul, urine. Drawing from spermatic cord into abdomen and thighs. Testes and glans feel crushed. Testes hard; pain alternately. Orchitis. Itching, sweaty, wrinkled scrotum. Hydrocele (of boys). Menses with fever. Bruised, sprained feeling in chest and wrists. Strong heart-beat. As of a weight hanging to feet. Wants to cross legs. Drawing, tearing in periosteum of long bones and under scalp. Rheumatism of hot weather (reverse-Rhus-t.). Formication; with sweat. Must cross legs to sleep.
Region: FIBROUS TISSUES, Forearm; Lower legs; Small joints; Bones; Genitals; Nerves; Vascular system; Single parts.
Worse: Weather: BEFORE STORMS; Rough; Windy; Cold damp; Changing; Cloudy; Night; Midsummer; Wine; Rest.
Better: Heat; In sun; Motion (at once); Wrapping head.