Ranunculus sceleratus

by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes Of The Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

Gnawing and screwing pains in the evenings and before mid-night.

Twitches in the limbs.

Fainting from pain.

The pains are aggravated in the evening and diminish toward mid-night and are followed then by sleeplessness.

Periodical complaints.

Sensation of enlargement of the head.

Ranunculus sceleratus across the other classic books

Ranunculus sceleratus appears in 12 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. Delirium, 7. A species of hydrophobia, 7. Sad mood, grief, in the evening, 1. Oppression and anxiety, 6. Disinclination to work, ill-humored. Great absent-mindedness, tears a paper, on which he had made some…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Marsh Buttercup Is more irritating than others of this botanical family, as seen in the skin symptoms. Boring, gnawing pain very marked. Pemphigus . Periodical complaints. Fainting with pain in stomach. Gnawing in one spot left of vertex. Frightful dreams about corpses, serpents, battles, etc. Fluent coryza, with…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“BORING, grinding, etc. GNAWING, eating, festering pains PLUG, nail, wedge, clavus, etc. RAWNESS VERTEX”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“CHEST. SKIN. Vertex. Right side. Evening. Motion. Deep breathing. After midnight. Acridity, rawness or burning - smarting. Eating, gnawing or boring pains; causing faintness, or short breath. .................... Sneezing coryza, with burning urine. Blunt teeth. Mapped tongue. Nausea after 12 P.M. Stitches in chest…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Marsh crowfoot. Celery-leaved crowfoot. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Aneurism / Anus, itching in / Chest, sternum, pain behind / Corns / Coryza / Diphtheria / Earache / Glossitis / Gout / Hæmorrhoids / Herpes; zoster / Liver, pain in / Neuralgia / Nose, ulceration of / Pemphigus / Quinsy / Sternum…”
Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Ranunculus sceleratus: Tongue, etc.; Skin. Compare with Natrum m., Arsenicum, Taraxacum, Rhus tox. Ranunculus sceleratus is more irritating in its action than is the Ranunculus bulbosus. In its action on the skin it produces a vesicular eruption with thin, yellow, acrid discharge, something like the Ranunculus…”
Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the right side; on the crown of the head; toes. Ulcers or large sores on right side of the nose. Boring sensation; gnawing pains in inner or outer parts; prickling in outer parts. Worse.--In the evening; before midnight. Remedies following:--Bellad., Phosphor., Rhus tox…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Celery-Leaved Crowfoot. Ranunculaceæ. Proved by Y., Archiv für Hom., and Schreter, Neues Archiv für Homöopathie. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Inflammation of mouth and tongue, diphtheria , Rittenhouse, A. O., vol. 7, p. 528 ; B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 428 ; Use in aneurism of aorta , Searle, A. O., vol. 7, p. 409 ; Neuralgia …”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“BannXlClllllS BceleratOS) marsh crowfoot, celery-leaved buttercup. I. Provings, — I. a. Dr. Y — took, Oct. i6th and 17th, 2 dr. of tinct., fasting j on 20th, 3 dr. ; on 25th and on Nov. 5th, 4 ; on 30th, 6; on December 29th5 12; and on Jan. 4th, 15 dr. (The greatest number of symptoms and the most disagreeable…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Indolence and aversion to mental occupation in the morning, and low spirited, depressed in the evening. Vertigo, with loss of consciousness. Gnawing headache in (a small spot of) the temples or on the vertex. Sensation as if the head were enlarged and too fall. Tension of the scalp. Biting-itching on the scalp…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: marsh butter cup. Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the right side (Bell., Bry., Lyc.) (G.). Gnawing and screwing pains in the evening and before mid-night. Twitches in the limbs (Bell., Cupr., Gels., Helt., Ign., Kali-P., Lach., Mosch., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Sil., Zinc.). FAINTING FROM PAIN…”

Ranunculus sceleratus in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Ranunculus sceleratus in 624 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (94), EXTREMITIES (93), HEAD (58), SKIN (44), STOMACH (44).

EXTREMITIES - PAIN - gnawing - joints
FEVER - WALKING in open air - after
GENERALITIES - PRICKLING - externally
SKIN - ULCERS - phagedenic
CHEST - WEAKNESS
GENERALITIES - NIGHT - midnight - before
GENERALITIES - PAIN - gnawing - externally
ABDOMEN - PAIN - diarrhoea - as if,would come on
ABDOMEN - DIARRHOEA - sensation as if,would come on
GENERALITIES - SIDE,symptoms on one side - right
GENERALITIES - PAIN - biting
GENERALITIES - PAIN - boring
HEAD - PAIN, - Vertex
GENERALITIES - EVENING
CHEST - FORMICATION - Sternum
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - boring - Toes - first - right
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - gnawing - Toes - first
HEAD - PAIN, - pressing - gnawing
RECTUM - PAIN - burning - tickling
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - gnawing - Hand - palm

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Ranunculus sceleratus across the other classic books

Ranunculus sceleratus appears in 12 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.

“Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. Delirium, 7. A species of hydrophobia, 7. Sad mood, grief, in the evening, 1. Oppression and anxiety, 6. Disinclination to work, ill-humored. Great absent-mindedness, tears a paper, on which he had made some…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“Marsh Buttercup Is more irritating than others of this botanical family, as seen in the skin symptoms. Boring, gnawing pain very marked. Pemphigus . Periodical complaints. Fainting with pain in stomach. Gnawing in one spot left of vertex. Frightful dreams about corpses, serpents, battles, etc. Fluent coryza, with…”

Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.

“BORING, grinding, etc. GNAWING, eating, festering pains PLUG, nail, wedge, clavus, etc. RAWNESS VERTEX”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“CHEST. SKIN. Vertex. Right side. Evening. Motion. Deep breathing. After midnight. Acridity, rawness or burning - smarting. Eating, gnawing or boring pains; causing faintness, or short breath. .................... Sneezing coryza, with burning urine. Blunt teeth. Mapped tongue. Nausea after 12 P.M. Stitches in chest…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“Marsh crowfoot. Celery-leaved crowfoot. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Aneurism / Anus, itching in / Chest, sternum, pain behind / Corns / Coryza / Diphtheria / Earache / Glossitis / Gout / Hæmorrhoids / Herpes; zoster / Liver, pain in / Neuralgia / Nose, ulceration of / Pemphigus / Quinsy / Sternum…”

Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.

“Ranunculus sceleratus: Tongue, etc.; Skin. Compare with Natrum m., Arsenicum, Taraxacum, Rhus tox. Ranunculus sceleratus is more irritating in its action than is the Ranunculus bulbosus. In its action on the skin it produces a vesicular eruption with thin, yellow, acrid discharge, something like the Ranunculus…”

Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.

“Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the right side; on the crown of the head; toes. Ulcers or large sores on right side of the nose. Boring sensation; gnawing pains in inner or outer parts; prickling in outer parts. Worse.--In the evening; before midnight. Remedies following:--Bellad., Phosphor., Rhus tox…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“Celery-Leaved Crowfoot. Ranunculaceæ. Proved by Y., Archiv für Hom., and Schreter, Neues Archiv für Homöopathie. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Inflammation of mouth and tongue, diphtheria , Rittenhouse, A. O., vol. 7, p. 528 ; B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 428 ; Use in aneurism of aorta , Searle, A. O., vol. 7, p. 409 ; Neuralgia …”

Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.

“BannXlClllllS BceleratOS) marsh crowfoot, celery-leaved buttercup. I. Provings, — I. a. Dr. Y — took, Oct. i6th and 17th, 2 dr. of tinct., fasting j on 20th, 3 dr. ; on 25th and on Nov. 5th, 4 ; on 30th, 6; on December 29th5 12; and on Jan. 4th, 15 dr. (The greatest number of symptoms and the most disagreeable…”

Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.

“Indolence and aversion to mental occupation in the morning, and low spirited, depressed in the evening. Vertigo, with loss of consciousness. Gnawing headache in (a small spot of) the temples or on the vertex. Sensation as if the head were enlarged and too fall. Tension of the scalp. Biting-itching on the scalp…”

Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.

“Common name: marsh butter cup. Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the right side (Bell., Bry., Lyc.) (G.). Gnawing and screwing pains in the evening and before mid-night. Twitches in the limbs (Bell., Cupr., Gels., Helt., Ign., Kali-P., Lach., Mosch., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Sil., Zinc.). FAINTING FROM PAIN…”