Ranunculus sceleratus
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: marsh butter cup.
Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the right side (Bell., Bry., Lyc.) (G.).
Gnawing and screwing pains in the evening and before mid-night.
Twitches in the limbs (Bell., Cupr., Gels., Helt., Ign., Kali-P., Lach., Mosch., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Sil., Zinc.).
FAINTING FROM PAIN (Apis, Cham., Cocc., Hep., Nux-V., Phyt., Valer., Verat.)
Fainting from pain in the stomach (Coll., Puls.) (K.)
The pains are aggravated in the evening and diminish toward mid-night and are followed then by sleeplessness.
Periodical complaints (Ars., Chin., Kali-B., Nat-M., Sulph.).
Sensation of enlargement of the head (Glon., Nux-M., Nux-V., Sil., Spig.).
Vesicular eruptions, with an acrid exudation that renders the surrounding parts sore (Bl.).
Pain over the liver (Bry., Chel., Hep., Iod., Kali-M., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Pod., Sep., Sulph.) (Bl.).
A feeling as though diarrhœa would come on (Bl.).
Sensation of cobwebs on the face (Alum., Bar-C., Bor., Brom., Calc., Con., Graph., Laur., Mag-C., Mezer., Phos-Ac., Plb., Sulph., Sulph-Ac.) (K.).
Mapped tongue (Ars., Cham., Kali-B., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Rhus-T., Sulph-Ac., Tarax.) (K.).
Tongue covered with a white film, which comes off in patches, leaving dark-red, tender and very sensitive spots (Tarax.) (A.).
Burning and rawness of the tongue (Ars., Nat-M., Sulph.) (Br.).
Ulcers or large sores on the right side of the nose (G.).
Fluent coryza, with sneezing and burning micturition (All-C.) (Br.).
Frightful dreams about corpses, serpents, battles, etc. (Br.).
STITCHES IN THE CHEST MUSCLES (Apis, Bell., Bry., Carb-An., Kali-B., Kali-C., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Sil., Sulph.) (B.).
Bullæ with acrid contents (B.)
Pemphigus (Apis, Canth., Ran-B.) (B.).
Gnawing in the knees (Benz-Ac., Kali-I., Merc., Nat-M., Zinc.) (B.).
Sensation as of a plug forced between the ribs, under the navel, in the heart, etc. (B.).
Gout of small joints (Benz-Ac., Calc-P., Lyc., Nit-Ac.) (B.).
AGGRAVATION: In the evening; before midnight; from deep breathing; and from motion.
AMELIORATION: After midnight.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Apis, Bry., Canth., Ferr-P., Graph., Hep., Kali-B., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T. and Sulph.
Remedies following: Bell., Phos., Puls., Rhus-T. and Sil.
ANTIDOTE: Camph.