Rhamnus californica
Frangula californica · Plant · Rhamnaceae
Suited to individuals with pronounced muscular and rheumatic complaints, presenting with nervous restlessness, mental dullness, and an inability to concentrate on studies or mental work. The remedy has a marked action on muscles and joints with tendency to metastasis of rheumatic inflammation.
Key symptoms
- Inflammatory rheumatism with swollen, painful joints and profuse sweat
- Tendency to metastasis of rheumatic inflammation
- Pleurodynia and lumbago
- Gastralgia and dysmenorrhoea of myalgic origin
- Nervous, restless, and irritable with mental dullness
- Heavy bruised sensation in head, better from pressure
- Bursting feeling in head with every step
Worse (aggravation)
- Evening aggravates all symptoms
Better (amelioration)
- Pressure relieves head heaviness
California Coffee-tree
One of the most positive remedies for rheumatism and muscular pains. Pleurodynia, lumbago, gastralgia. Vesical tenesmus; dysmenorrhœa of myalgic origin; pain in head, neck, and face. Inflammatory rheumatism, joints swollen, painful; tendency to metastasis; profuse sweat. Rheumatic heart (Webster).
Provings of students. 2x potency.
Mind
Nervous, restless, irritable. Lassitude; mentally dull and dazed; unable to concentrate mind on studies.
Head
Dizzy full feeling. Heavy bruised sensation; better from pressure. Bursting feeling with every step. Soreness, especially in occiput and vertex, worse, bending over. Dull pain in left temple. Dull aching in frontal region (left), extending backwards and over forehead. Deep, right-sided frontal headache. Twitching eyelids.
Ears
Dullness of hearing. Soreness, deep under right tragus on swallowing.
Face
Flushed, hot and glowing. Outward pressure from malar processes.
Mouth
Canker sore between gums and lips. Tongue coated, with clean, pink central patch.
Throat
Dry, rough. Soreness on right side and tonsil.
Bowels
Constipation with some flatus. Tenesmus and dry stool. Flatulent diarrhœa.
Genito-urinary
Increased urination. Tickling in anterior urethra, small morning drop (no previous gonorrhœa). Sexual desire increased.
Respiratory
Substernal oppression. Tenderness on pressure of right intercostal muscles.
Heart
Variation of pulse. Slow pulse.
Extremities
Unable to control muscular action. Legs sore. Walked like a drunken man.
Modality
Symptoms worse in evening.
Relationship
Rhamnus cathartica or Rhamnus Frangula-European Buckthorn-a rheumatic remedy--(abdominal symptoms, colic, diarrhœa; hæmorrhoids, especially chronic). Rhamnus Purshiana-Cascara Sagrada--(palliative in constipation, as an intestinal tonic, and dyspepsia dependent thereon. 10-15 drops of tincture).
Dose
Tincture in 15-drop doses every four hours.
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