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.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“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…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“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…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ORIFICES”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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 /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“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…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“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…”
