Ratanhia Peruviana

(RATANHIA)

The rectal symptoms are most important, and have received much clinical confirmation. It has cured pterygium. Violent hiccough . Cracked nipples ( Graph; Eup ar ). Pin worms .

Head

Bursting in head after stool, and when sitting with head bent forward. Sensation as if scalp from nose to vertex were stretched.

Stomach

Pain like knives cutting the stomach.

Rectum

Aches, as if full of broken glass. Anus aches and burns for hours after stool. Feels constricted. Dry heat at anus, with sudden knife-like stitches. Stools must be forced with great effort; protrusion of hæmorrhoids. Fissures of anus, with great constriction, burning like fire , as do the hæmorrhoids; temporarily relieved by cold water. Fetid, thin diarrhœa; stools burn; burning pains before and after stools. Oozing at anus. Pin-worms ( Sant; Teuc; Spig ). Itching of anus.

Relationship

Compare: Paeon; Croton (rectal neuralgia); Sanguin nit (diseases of rectum); Macuna prurens-Dolichos-piles, with burning; hæmorrhoidal diathesis; Silico-sulphocalcite of Alumina; Stag -blast iron furnace cinder--(anal itching, piles, and constipation; housemaid's knee); abdominal flatulent distension and lumbago. Analogue to Lycopod.

Dose

Third to sixth potency. Locally, the Cerate has proved invaluable in many rectal complaints.