- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Poison Oak. (Anacardiaceae) Adapted to persons of a rheumatic diathesis; bad effects of getting wet, especially after being overheated. Ailments: from spraining or straining a single part , muscle or tendon (Cal., Nux); overlifting, particularly from stretching high up to reach things; lying on damp ground; too much…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Rhus toxicodendron, Linn. (including its variety R. radicans, L.). Natural order , Anacardiaceæ. Common names , Poison ivy, Poison oak, Mercury vine, Three-leaved ivy, etc., (G.), Gift-sumach, Wurzel-sumach. Preparation , Tincture of the plant. Authorities. "A," Barton's collection for a Materia Medica, 1795, effects…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Poison-ivy The effects on the skin, rheumatic pains, mucous membrane affections, and a typhoid type of fever, make this remedy frequently indicated. Rhus affects fibrous tissue markedly-joints, tendons, sheaths-aponeurosis, etc, producing pains and stiffness. Post-operative complications. Tearing asunder pains …”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ACHING ACRIDITY, excoriations, etc. ADHESIVE, ADHERENT, TORN, LOOSE, ETC. (COMP. STICKY) AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. BALL. BATHING, cold applications, etc., Amel. BLOOD SEPSIS, etc. BONES. BREAKING, broken, brittle, etc. BREATHING, DEEPLY, Agg. BROWNISH, rusty, etc. BURNING, stinging. CALF…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“SKIN: Face. Scalp. Genitals. Blood. Tissues: Cellular. Ligaments. Fibrous. Joints. Mucous membranes. GLANDS: Pyer's. Parotid. NERVES: CORD. Sciatic. Left side or left to right. EXPOSURE TO: WET; cold. Air. WASHING. Chill or draft. When hot or sweaty. Uncovering; hands, etc. BEGINNING MOTION. REST. Before storms…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Henry CLARKE, M.D. Rhus Toxicodendron. POISON OAK. N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves gathered at sunset just before flowering time. and Rhus Radicans. POISON IVY. N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves gathered at sunset just before flowering time. [Under the name Rhus Hahnemann published his proving…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“RHUS TOXICODENDRON. The drug of which I wish to speak this morning is the chief member of the Anacardiaceae, namely, the poison-ivy or Rhus toxicodendron. You must remember it as complementary to Bryonia, a fact discovered by Hahnemann in his experience with an epidemic of war-typhus, during which he treated many…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“We are led to think of this remedy where we find an irresistible desire to move, or change the position every little while, followed by great relief for a short time, when they must again move, and again experience the same relief for a short time; this condition is usually worse at night. After resting for a time, or…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Rhus. radicans, also called toxicodendron.) (The freshly expressed juice, mixed with equal parts alcohol, and diluted and potentized up to the thirtieth development of power (X), as taught in the preface to pulsatilla.) From vol. ii, 3rd edit., 1833. Careful consideration and comparison of the symptoms of this…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Poison Oak or Ivy. Anacardiaceæ. Provings by Hahnemann and his provers, R. A. M. L, vol. 2, p. 357 ; Helbig, Heraclides, vol. 1, p. 53 ; Robinson, Br. J. of Hom., vol. 25, p. 330 ; Joslin, Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 1, p. 553 ; Berridge, N. A. J. of Hom., N. S., vol. 3, p. 501 ; and numerous involuntary provings from coming…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Rhus radicans, poison-ivy or -vine, Rhus toxicodendron, poison-oak. [There seems no real distinction between these two, and most of the observations of Rhus poisoning belong to the radicans variety.] 1. Provings, — I. Hahnemann, Mat. Mtd. Pura^ vol. ii of original and translation. Contains 976 symptoms, from self, 9…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Modalities: The complaints of this remedy come on from cold damp weather, from being exposed to cold damp air when perspiring. The patient is sensitive to cold air and all his complaints are made worse from cold and all are better from warmth. In a general way, the aching pains, the bruised feelings over the body…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Rheumatic drawing and tearing pains in the limbs worse during rest, relieved by continued motion. Tension as from shortening of the muscles. Stiffness of the joints, worse when rising from rest. Tingling in the feet and other places of the body. Serious consequences from over-lifting in sprains and contusions. Nervous…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Restlessness which does not permit one to sit quiet, and compels him to throw himself about in bed. Anxiety and apprehensiveness (at twilight). Fear; that he will die; of being poisoned. Desire to commit suicide (to throw himself into the water). Disgust for life. Absence of mind. Inclination to weep, especially in…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: poison ivy. It affects powerfully the skin, mucous membranes and fibrous tissues (viz., aponeuroses, ligaments and tendons of muscles.) (D.). It affects the right side more than the left (A.). Headache, as if a board were strapped on the forehead (as if a rubber band were stretched tightly over the…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Dry or coated tongue with a triangular red tip. Great restlessness, cannot lie long in one position, changes often with temporary relief, tosses about continually. Lameness and stiffness on beginning to move after rest; on getting up in the A. M. > by continued motion. Erysipelas or scarlatina with vesicular eruption…”
- Nash (Testimony) — The outcome — what the remedy did once the characteristic symptoms were matched.
“Rheumatism (?). (83) Case.—Ingrowing toe nails and ulcers about the nails are often most troublesome affections, and the more we confine ourselves to the treatment of these apparently local troubles the worse off we shall be as well as the patient. A few months since I saw a case of this kind in company with another…”
- Nash (Typhoid) — The course of the illness — which remedy fits which phase, and why.
“But if, as is often the case, diarrhœa supervenes, the tongue becomes dry as a board and especially if red at the tip in the shape of a triangle; pointing backward; again, if the delirium and stupor increase with low form of muttering much of the time, and the patient cannot lie still but must toss and change position…”
- Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“Rhus tox. is one of the most valuable remedies in rheumatic conditions; it may be effective in every form of rheumatism, and is often called for because it affects the whole body. It may be safely chosen when the marked indications are clear; the marked aggravations and ameliorations of the remedy point its field of…”
- Tyler — The whole picture — temperament and leading symptoms drawn as one portrait.
“(“Rhus radicans, also called toxicodendron.” Hahnemann.) Rhus is a native of North America, and is one of those most valuable medicines which we owe to the domestic practice of the North American Indians:—Baptisia, Gelsemium, Caulophylum, etc. It was proved and included in his Materia Medica Pura by Hahnemann, as “a…”
