Podophyllum peltatum
di H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
The marked symptom causing one to think of Podophyllum in rheumatic pains is the location in the ulnar nerve.
NECK AND BACK
Nape of neck stiff with soreness of muscles of neck and shoulders.
Pain under right shoulder blade.
Pain in loins < walking on uneven ground or from a misstep.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
PAIN IN COURSE OF ULNAR NERVE OF BOTH ARMS.
RHEUMATISM OF LEFT FOREARM AND FINGERS.
Rheumatic pains from head into neck and shoulders.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
SHARPLY DEFINED ACHING PAIN IN SACRO-ISCHIATIC FORAMEN, TENDER ON PRESSURE.
Rheumatic pain in left hip as from cold, < going upstairs.
Knee joints crack during motion.
Severe pain and swelling of ankle joints.
RHEUMATISM IN PATIENTS HAVING HAD MUCH MERCURY.
CONCOMITANTS
WATERY DIARRHŒA.
EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF BILE.
FAINTNESS.
GREAT DESIRE TO RUB REGION OF LIVER WITH HAND.