Rheum

Common Homeo Name = Rheum

Full name = Rheum Officinale

Abbreviated Name = Rheum.

English Name = Rhubarb




Guiding Symptoms.     Baby smells bitter. Recurrent use for children in case of sour diarrhea and painful teething. 
     
Mind Symptoms. Patient especially babies annoyed and passionate and to cry (compare with Cina in this condition).

Mouth Symptoms. Painful teething in children. While inhalation bitter odor (compare with Chamomilla in this condition). Too much saliva produces in mouth. Feeling of chilliness in teeth.

           

Rectum Symptoms. Unpleasant diarrhea during teething in children. Unproductive influence to urinate before stool. Abdominal pains even incompetent influence to vacate tainted fecal stools. Smell of  stools is acidic, colorless, with trembling and tenesmus, and blazing in anus.

Stomach Symptoms. Patient wants to eat different kinds of food but soon exhaust from that foods. Aching in hollow portion of stomach.

Head Symptoms. Fresh sweating on the face particularly around the mouth and nose area. Regular and copious sweats on scalp covered with hair. 

Abdomen Symptoms.  Colic while un-dressing the abdomen. Gases give the impression to go up towards the chest. Abdominal pain in the umbilical region.


Modalities. Symptoms worsen while being naked and nude, after eating and with movement.

Relationship
i.                 Compare with:- Heper sulph, Mag Phos, Ipecac and Podophylum.
ii.                Antidoted by:- Chamomilla
iii.              Complementary remedies:- Mag Carb.
     
Dosage. 3x and 6x are particularly being used.