(RHEUM)

Of frequent use in children with sour diarrhœa; difficult dentition. Whole child smells sour .

Mind

Impatient and vehement; desires many things and cries ( Cina ).

Head

Sweat on hairy scalp; constant and profuse. Cool sweat on the face, especially about mouth and nose .

Mouth

Much saliva. Sensation of coolness in teeth. Difficult teething; restless and irritable. Breath smells sour ( Cham ).

Stomach

Desire for various kinds of food, but soon tires of all. Throbbing in pit. Feels full.

Abdomen

Colicky pain about navel. Colic when uncovering. Wind seems to rise up to chest.

Rectum

Before stool, unsuccessful urging to urinate. Stools smell sour , pasty, with shivering and tenesmus, and burning in anus. Sour diarrhœa during dentition. Colicky, even ineffectual urging to evacuate altered fecal stools.

Modalities

Worse , uncovering, after eating, moving about.

Relationship

Compare: Mag phos; Hep; Pod; Cham; Ipec .

Antidotes: Camph; Cham .

Complementary: Mag carb .

Dose

Third to sixth potency.

Rheum Palmatum