Ratanhia
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Ratanhia appears in 9 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.
“Rhatany. (Polygalaceae.) Terrible toothache during early months of pregnancy; tooth feels elongated; < lying , compelling to rise and walk about. Constipation: stool hard with great straining ; protrusion of haemorrhoids followed by long lasting aching and burning in anus (Sulph.); bowels inactive; pain after stool as…”
“Krameria triandra, Ruiz and Pavon. Natural order , Polygalaceæ. Common names , Ratanhia, Mapato, Pumacuchu (Peru). Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. Mental restlessness, that caused excessive exacerbations, 2. Constant irascibility, 2. Ill-humored and quarrelsome (twelfth day), 1. Peevish and fretful…”
“Krameria-Mapato (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 . Bursting in head after stool, and when sitting with head bent forward. Sensation as if scalp from nose to vertex…”
“Rectum. Anus. Nipples. Teeth. Night. Anxiety. Heat. Exertion. Touch. Cool bathing. Walking in open air. Pains here and there. Hæmorrhage. Sense of constriction. Fissure. Dark, thin, scrawny and irritable. .................... As if brain would fall out of forehead. Bursting headache when straining at stool. As if cool…”
“Rhatany Root. Ratanhia. Mapato. Pumacuchu. The root of several species of Krameria, especially Krameria triandra. N. O. Polygalaceæ (or Leguminosæ according to some). Tincture of the root. Anus, fissure of / Breath, offensive / Constipation / Diabetes / Dysentery / Dyspepsia, atonic / Epistaxis / Eyes, pterygium /…”
“Rhatany, Mapato, Pumacuchu. Polygalaceæ. A native of Peru, growing in dry, argillaceous and sandy soil. The tincture is prepared from the dry root. Hartlaub and Trinks, Arz. M. L., vol. 3, p. 57 ; Teste, Mat. Med. ; Trousseau and Pidoux, Mat. Med. ; Gaz. des Hosp., 1843 ; Berridge, U. S. Med. Times, 1876. CLINICAL…”
“Painful sticking in the head here and there. Headache, as if the head were in a vice. Dull, deep stitches on the vertex. Pain in the middle of the forehead, as if the brain would fall out while straining to stool. Twitching in the right eye and right upper eyelid. Sensation of a white speck before the eyes, impeding…”
“Common name: rhatany. The rectal symptoms are most important, and have received much clinical confirmation (Br.). GREAT SENSITIVENESS OF THE RECTUM (Lach., Mur-Ac.) (A.). FISSURE OF THE ANUS (Aesc., Graph., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (A.). EXCRUCIATING PAINS AFTER STOOL (Ign., Nit-Ac., Thuj.) (A.). Burning after soft…”
Kent's Repertory lists Ratanhia in 680 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (167), HEAD (81), BACK (64), STOMACH (54), RECTUM (44).