Rhus Glabra

Smooth Sumach

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Epistaxis and occipital headache. Fetid flatus . Ulceration of mouth. Dreams of flying through the air ( Sticta ). Profuse perspiration arising from debility ( China ). It is claimed that this remedy will so disinfect the bowels that the flatus and stools will be free from odor. It acts well in putrescent conditions with tendency to ulceration.

Mouth

Scurvy; nursing sore mouth ( Veronica ). Aphthous stomatitis.

Relationship

Said to be antidotal to the action of Mercury, and has been employed in the treatment of secondary syphilis after mercurialization.

Dose

Tincture. Usually locally to soft, spongy gums, aphthæ, pharyngitis, etc. Internally, first potency.

Rhus Glabra across the other classic books

Rhus Glabra appears in 3 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Rhus glabra, Linn. Natural order , Anacardiaceæ. Common names , Smooth Sumach. Preparation , Tincture of the bark. Authority. Dr. A. V. Marshall, Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed., p. 872, took 30 drops of tincture once and 60 drops twice, first day; 90 drops once and 120 drops twice, second day; 120 drops twice, third day…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“R. carolinensis. R. elegans. R. virginica. Common Smooth Sumach. Pennsylvania Sumach. Upland Sumach. (Rocky or barren soils in North America.) N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark; of root; of berries. Debility / Diarrhœa / Dreams, annoying / Dysentery / Epistaxis / Hæmorrhage / Head-ache / Mouth, ulcers in Rhus…”

Rhus Glabra in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Rhus Glabra in 2 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

HEAD - PAIN, - exertion - amel.
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation - evening

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