作者：C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
rheumatic or gouty pains. Takes cold easily. Tuberculosis. Hyper-plasia. .................... Light, foaming stools. Hydrops ovarii. Nervous asthma. Hives, in flat plaques. Profuse sweat, without relief.
Related: Rhus-t. Urt-u.
Formica Rufa 出现在 Similia 的 13 部经典著作中的 6 部。每部书的写作目的各不相同 — 以下是每部书对该药物的补充内容，以及其条目的开头。
“Formica rufa, Linn. Class , Hymenoptera. Common name (Fr.), Fourmi fauve des bois. Preparation , Tincture of live ants. Authorities.”
“Crushed Live Ants (MYRMEXINE) An arthritic medicine. Gout and articular rheumatism; pains worse, motion; better, pressure. Right side most affected. Chronic gout and stiffness in joints. Acute outbursts of gouty poisons, especially when assuming the neuralgic forms. Tuberculosis, carcinoma, and lupus; chronic…”
“SNOW AIR, Agg.”
“rufa. The Ant. N. O. Hymenoptera. Tincture from crushed live ants. Contains formic acid (HCO, OH). Apoplexy / Brain, affections of / Bruises / Chorea / Cough / Diarrhœa / Dislocations / Dropsies / Eyes, affections of / Facial paralysis / Foot-sweat, checked, consequence of / Gout / Hair, falling out / Headaches /…”
“The Ant. Hymenoptera. "The name Formica was used by Linnæus as a generic name for a large number of species, all of which appear to common people to be ants. Later entomologists had to separate the species and arrange them under different names, as different genera. The genus to which the old name, Formica, was left…”
肯特《症状汇编》在 451 个症状条目中列出了 Formica Rufa。 这些是其级别最高的条目 — 即肯特认为最具特征性的症状。 其中大多数位于 EXTREMITIES (103), HEAD (45), GENERALITIES (31), STOMACH (26), ABDOMEN (24)。
