Rumex Crispus
By H.C. Allen — Keynotes And Characteristics With Comparisons of some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica
Yellow Dock. (Polygonaceae.)
For the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes. Extremely sensitive to open air ; hoarseness; worse evenings; after exposure to cold; voice uncertain. Tickling in throat pit , causing, dry, teasing cough. Dry, incessant, fatiguing cough; worse from changing air or room (Phos., Spong.); evening after lying down; touching or pressing the throat pit; lying on left side (Phos.); from slightest inhalation of cold air; covers head with bedclothes to make air warmer ; little or no expectoration. The cough is < in cool air or by anything which increases the volume or rapidity of inspired air. Sensation of lump in throat; descends on swallowing, but returns immediately. Raw sensation in larynx and trachea when coughing (Caust.). Urine; involuntary with cough (Caust., Puls., Sil.). Early morning diarrhoea; from 5 to 10 a. m. (Aloe, Nat. s., Pod., Sulph.); stools painless, profuse, offensive; sudden urging, driving out of bed in morning. Skin: itching of various parts; < by cold, > by warmth; when undressing, uncovering or exposing to cold air (Hep., Nat. s., Olean.).
Relations . - Compare: Bell., Caust., Dros., Hyos., Phos., Sang., Sulph.
Aggravation . - Cool or cold air ; lying down (Hyos.).
Amelioration . - Warmth; keeping mouth covered to exclude cold air.