A Text-Book of
Materia Medica.
(Characteristic,
Analytical, and Comparative.)
By Pr.
Allen Corson Cowperthwaite, M. D., PH. D., LL. D.
RHEUM
.
(
Rhubarbarum.)
Natural order.- Polygonaceae.
Common naive.- Rhubarb.
General Analysis.-
Acts especially upon the liver and intestinal canal, increasing the
secretion of bile, stimulating the muscular activity of the bowels,
and causing purging of fecal matter, without symptoms of inflammatory
action.Its chief characteristic is a diarrhoea, with an excessively
sour-smelling stool.Characteristic symptoms.
Mind.- (Rheum)
The child demands different things, with vehemence and crying.
Head.- (Rheum)
Dull, stupefying headache.
Heaviness of the head.
Face.- (Rheum)
Cool sweat on face (Verat. alb.) ; most around nose and mouth.
Stomach.- (Rheum)
Desire for various things, but cannot eat them, they become
repulsive. (Cham., Cina, Bry.)
Nausea, as from the stomach or abdomen, with colic.
Fullness in stomach, as after eating too much. (
Cinch., Lyc., Nux v., Puls.)
Abdomen.- (Rheum)
Violent, cutting colic, forcing one to bend double. (Aloe, Caust.,
Coloc., Iris.)
Griping in abdomen, with great urging to stool.
Stool and Anus.- (Rheum)
Frequent, ineffectual urging to stool (Ambr., Coni., Natr. carb.,
Nux v.) ; worse on motion and when walking.Colic before each stool. (
Coloc., Merc.)
Desire for stool after a meal.
Thin, pasty, sour-smelling stools
(Arn., Hep. s., Podo., Sulph.), with straining before, and colicky,
constrictive cutting in the abdomen after, and shivering during stool. (Merc.)Stools brown, mixed with mucus, followed by tenesmus, and great
burning in anus and rectum. (Ars., Sulph.)
Back.- (Rheum)
Violent cutting, as if in the lumbar vertebrae, increased from
stool.Limbs.- (Rheum)
Pain in all the joints during motion.
The limbs upon which he lies fall asleep.
Weariness of the thighs, as after great exertion.
Tensive, pressive pain in the hollow of the left knee, extending to
the heel.Sleep.- (Rheum)
Restless sleep, with tossing about, and talking in sleep. (Acon.,
Rhus tox.)
Vivid, sad, anxious dreams. Snoring inspiration during sleep.
Generalities.- (Rheum)
Child smells sourish, even if washed or bathed every day.
Heaviness of the whole body, as after awaking from a deep sleep.
Aggravation.- (Rheum)
From uncovering ; from cold.
Amelioration.- (Rheum)
From wrapping up ; from warmth.
Therapeutic Range.- (Rheum)
Diarrhoea of children, or of lying-in women.
Condition.- (Rheum)
Often suitable for children, suckling or during dentition.
Compare.- (Rheum)
Ars.,
Bell., Cham., Coloc., Nux v., Podo., Puls., Rhus
tox., Sulph.Complementary to Mag. carb., while Rheum follows Ipec. well.
Antidotes.- (Rheum)
Cham
., Camph.,
Coloc., Merc., Nux
v., Puls.Rheum Antidotes.-
Canth., Mag. carb.