RHUS VENENATA
Poison-elder
The pores and skin signs of this species of Rhus are most severe.
Mind.–Great melancholy; no want to live, gloomy.
Head.–Heavy, frontal headache; worse, strolling or stooping. Eyes almost closed with brilliant swelling. Vesicular infection of ears. Nose purple and shiny. Face swollen.
Tongue.–Red at tip. Fissured in middle. Vesicles on underneath side.
Abdomen.–Profuse, watery, white stools in morning, four am, with colicky pains; expelled with force. Pain in hypogastrium earlier than each and every stool.
Extremities.–Paralytic drawing in proper arm, mainly wrist, and extending to fingers.
Skin.–Itching; relieved by using warm water. Vesicles. Erysipelas; pores and skin darkish red. Erythema nodosum, with nightly itching and pains in lengthy bones.
Relationship.–Antidote: Clematis. The California Poison-oak (Rhus diversiloba) is same with it. It antidotes Radium and follows it well. Compare: Anacard.
Dose.–Sixth to thirtieth potency.
