# Rumex Crispus ## Remedy Classification - **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy - **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm - **Temperament:** Chilly - **Aggravation Time:** Morning ## Keynote Indications Source: Derived from the fresh root of Rumex crispus, commonly known as yellow dock or curly. dock, a perennial plant in the Polygonaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through. trituration and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material astringency,. in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for respiratory, dermatological,. gastrointestinal, and psychological disorders , particularly those involving cough, skin eruptions,. and irritability. It is noted for symptoms such as dry, tickling cough, itchy rashes, and aggravation. from cold air, often worsened by exposure to cold, uncovering, or night, and ameliorated by. warmth, covering, or rest. Modern Context : Indicated for respiratory conditions (e.g., acute bronchitis, allergic rhinitis),. dermatological conditions (e.g., eczema, urticaria), gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., irritable. bowel syndrome, dyspepsia), and psychological conditions (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder,. adjustment disorder). It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by tickling. cough, itchy eruptions, digestive discomfort, irritability, or cold-air sensitivity, typically. exacerbated by cold air, uncovering, night, or stress, and often seen in individuals with sensitive,. irritable constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with respiratory or. dermatological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like persistent cough or pruritic rashes,. commonly observed in patients with acute bronchitis, eczema, or allergic rhinitis triggered by cold. air, exposure, or emotional stress. ## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations) Worse from: Cold air, uncovering, night, talking, deep breathing, scratching, exposure,. stress, eating (raw, rich foods), motion, dust, emotional stress, solitude, morning. ## Symptoms by System ### Mind - Disinclination to mental exertion. - Indifferent about his surroundings. - Restlessness in evening. - Patient refuses to speak or even listen to conversation, lest his attentio.i should be withdrawn from the supervision of his respiratory acts. - Low spirited with serious expression of the face. - Suicidal mood. - Feels like killing herself in despair. - Disinclination to mental exertion. - Indifferent about his surroundings. - Restlessness in evening. - Patient refuses to speak or even listen to conversation, lest his attentio.i should be withdrawn from the supervision of his respiratory acts. - Low spirited with serious expression of the face. - Suicidal mood. - Feels like killing herself in despair. ### Head - Headache after waking in morning. - Headache and nausea after eating. - Catarrhal headache with great irritation of larynx and trachea. - Darting or sharp piercing pains, in left side. - Bruised feel ing in forehead. - Dull feeling in head Rumex crispus during cough. - Headache after waking in morning. - Headache and nausea after eating. - Catarrhal headache with great irritation of larynx and trachea. - Darting or sharp piercing pains, in left side. - Bruised feel ing in forehead. - Dull feeling in head Rumex crispus during cough. ### Eyes - Burning indoors, puffed up in morn ing. - Pain in eyes as from dryness, lids inflamed, worse evening. - Sore feeling in eyes without inflammation. - Deep -seated pain in right eye. - Sharp, shooting pain in left eye. - Lachrymation when yawning. ### Ears - Ringing in ears. - Itching deep in ears. - Pain, throbbing, stopped sensation in ears. ### Face - Sodden complexion. - Pale, while standing. - Pain in right jaw, morning. ### Mouth - Bitter taste in morning. - Dry tongue and mouth. - Tongue sore at edges, coated. - Tongue feels as if burned. - Tongue coated yellowish -brown or reddish -brown. - Toothache, entirely better after dinner, rinsing mouth with cold water. - Toothache with acute colds. - Ulceration of mouth and throat. - Nose - Nose obstructed, dry sensation in posterior sinuses. - Copious mucus discharge from nose and trachea. - Yellow mucus from posterior nares. - Sneezing attacks, fluent coryza. - Violent sneezing and painful irrita tion of nostrils. - Itching that extends from the end of the nose to pharynx. - Desire to pick nose. - Nosebleed. ### Throat - Throat feels hollow. - Rawness of larynx and trachea. - Hawks much tenacious mucus. - Lump, not better by hawking, descends and rises again after swallowing. - Irritation in larynx when eating, causes cough. - COMMENTS -Guernsey described the cough of Rumex as a “cough caused by an incessant tickling in throat- pit, which tickling runs down to the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes touching the throat brings on the cough, by covering up all the body and head with the bed-clothes there is no cough.” Shakes head as if it would fly to pieces and chest so that he feels he might raise blood any minute. - Exhausting paroxysms, rapid coughing spells (Coc -c., Cor-r.). - Coughing if the hands get cold. - Headache during cough. - Cough causes expulsion of urine and it may even cause expulsion of the fetus in pregnant women. - Palliates late stage tuberculosis (Phos., Ph-ac., Stann.). - Cold air and drafts bring on coughing spells, as well as itching and skin aggravations. - Characteristic sensitivity to cold air. - The cough and skin symptoms are worse by uncovering or exposure to air. - Wants to be covered (Hep.). - Worse from change of weather, temperature, talking with cough, eating. - Worse motion, lying on the left (Phos.). - Worse touching the throat. - Irritated b y irregular or deep breathing. - Coughing worse at night around 11 p.m., and from 2-4 a.m. - Flu with a dry, hacking cough. - Dryness of the nose and throat. - Tendency to colds easily, with cough. - Asthmatic cough, allergic asthma with constriction and a hacking, tickling cough. - Allergies with more coughing than sneezing, with a runny nose. - Irritation of the nose. - Burning, smarting, rawness in nasal passages (Caust.). - Rapid sneezing. - Severe sinus headaches, especially when the discharge dries up. - Thick, white discharges deep in the lungs or in the sinuses. - Mucus or dryness alternating with total obstruction of thick mucus. - Catarrh of the nose, eyes and chest that is gluey, thick, white, gelatinous, ropy and lumpy (Ant- t.). - Nosebleeds from hawking. - Lachrymation of the eyes. - Aphonia, aphasia. - Hoarseness and change of voice (Spong.). - Toothache, worse from inhaling cold air, may be better from cold drinks. - Raw, burning sensation on inhaling. - Disturbed circulation. - Violent palpitations of the heart and throbbing through out the whole body. - Itching with burning, worse scratching, after bathing (Sulph.). - Skin is worse be ing uncovered (Hep.). - Scabies with severe itching. - Eczema with small, red pimples. - Itching without eruptions (Spong., Alum., Sulph.). - Sensation of weight in stomach. - Borbo- rygmi, particularly on the left. - Flatulence and rumbling. - Diarrhea in the early morning, driving the patient out of bed. - Morning diarrhea, brown, watery, offensive. - Diarrhea after catarrh, often associated with a cough. - Sadness and aversion to work, with irri tability. - Restless, sleep with vivid dreams, especially when the cough wakes them. - Dreams of danger and robbers. - Can wake up coughing or with diarrhea. - Paine noted a particular symptoms that led to many cures of skin cases where exp osure to air is the exciting cause, “while undressing and for some time after, considerable inching of surface of lower limbs.” P. - P. - Wells related the case of Mrs. - X., who had eight miscarriages all in the early months of pregnancy. - Each miscarriage was attended with a severe dry, shaking, spasmodic cough in violent attacks. - This was regarded as the cause of the miscarriages. - At the beginning of the ninth pregnancy she came under homeopathic treatment. - The cough came on very dry, harsh, loud, shaking, worse at night, preventing sleep, excited instantly by pressure on the trachea. - Rumx. - 30c promptly relieved. - Wells also cured with Rumx. - 200c a cough in a man that began with tickling behind top of sternum, sometimes in paroxysms lasting for five to ten minutes. - Joslin pointed out the left chest had more verified symptoms than any other region. - Conditions are worse lying on left side, better lying on right side. - Worse at 11 p.m. - and 4 a.m. ### Chest - Dry, tickling cough, with a sensation of irritation or scraping in the throat,. - resembling acute bronchitis, worse with cold air, uncovering, talking, deep breathing,. - or night, often with hoarseness or chest soreness. - Nasal irritation or discharge, with a tendency to sneezing or burning, resembling. - allergic rhinitis, aggravated by cold air, dust, or exposure, often with watery eyes or. - postnasal drip. - Respiratory sensitivity or wheezing, with a sensation of tightness or oppression,. - resembling allergic asthma, worse with cold air, exertion, or night, often with. - shortness of breath. - Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in cold-air or exposed. - states. - Dermatological:. - Itchy eruptions or rashes, with a sensation of burning or stinging, resembling eczema,. - worse with cold air, scratching, uncovering, or night, often with redness, dryness, or. - scaling. - Hives or urticaria, with a tendency to welts or swelling, resembling urticaria,. - aggravated by cold air, exposure, or stress, often with heat or prickling sensations. - Skin sensitivity or soreness, with a sensation of rawness or irritation, resembling. - contact dermatitis, worse with cold air, touch, or bathing, often with cracking or. - peeling. - Tendency to dermatological irritability, with aggravation in cold-air or irritated states. - Gastrointestinal:. - Bloating or flatulence, with a sensation of fullness or discomfort, resembling irritable. - bowel syndrome, worse with cold, eating (especially raw foods), or stress, often with. - cramping or diarrhea. - Sour belching or dyspepsia, with a tendency to acidic or offensive eructations,. - resembling functional dyspepsia, aggravated by cold, rich foods, or lying down, often. - with nausea or aversion to food. - Abdominal soreness or sensitivity, with a sensation of aching or tenderness,. - resembling gastritis, worse with cold, stress, or pressure, often with loose stools or. - constipation. - Tendency to gastrointestinal hypersensitivity, with aggravation in cold or dietary. - states. - Psychological:. - Irritability or restlessness, with a sensation of frustration or impatience, resembling. - adjustment disorder, worse with cold air, stress, discomfort, or night, often with. - mood swings or anger. - Rumex crispus (Yellow Dock) 1685. - Anxiety or nervousness, with a tendency to worry or tension, resembling generalized. - anxiety disorder, aggravated by cold air, emotional stress, or solitude, often with. - palpitations or insomnia. - Mental fatigue or overwhelm, with a sensation of dullness or agitation, resembling. - mild cognitive impairment, worse with cold air, stress, or physical discomfort, often. - with difficulty concentrating. - Tendency to psychological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in cold-air or stressed. - states. ### Stomach & Abdomen - Tight, suffocative, heavy ache in epigastrium to back, clothes feel tight. - Chronic gastritis, aching pain in pit of stomach and shooting in the chest, extends towards the throat, worse any motion or talking. - Hiccough, heartburn. - Nausea, better by belchings. - Eating meat causes belching and itching. - Teeth - Pain in teeth of both sides, morning. - Toothache better after eating dinner, better by rinsing with cold water. - Temperature - Sweat on waking from a sound sleep. - Annoying rumbling flatulence in women. - Flatulence. - Flatulent abdominal colic soon after a meal. - Creeping near navel better by discharge of offensive flatus. - Ravenous appetite. - Worse when eating and after meals. - Worse after excessive use of alcohol. - Gastric disturbances, from tea drinking. - Can’t eat meat, it causes eructations, pruritus. - Worse from apples. ### Urinary & Genital - Tendency to phimosis. - In evening, feeling of soreness and excoriation with redness of end of prepuce. - Itching of prepuce. - Sexual desire diminished, lost. - Pain from right ovary to back. - Tendency to miscarriages, in early stage of pregnancy (Sep.). - Miscarriage with dry, shaking, spasmodic cough, in paroxysms of great violence. ### Extremities - Pain in left shoulder on coughing, on raising arms. - Hands cold when coughing. - Spasmodic cramps in ankles and feet. - Liver - Jaundice after excessive use of alcohol. ### Neck & Back - Pain under scapulae, right. - Breasts - Pain in the left breast after meals. ### Skin - Acne vulgaris on back. - Intense itchin g of skin, especially of lower limbs, worse exposure to cold air or when undressing. - Urticaria, contagious prurigo. - Jaundice after excessive use of alcohol. ### Sleep - Sudden sleepiness. - Sleep disturbed, wakeful, restless, short naps and unpleasant fancies, even when awake. - Unpleasant dreams of danger and trouble. ### Generalities - Eyes pain as if from dryness. - Tongue as if burned. - As if cough did not reach low enough to raise phlegm. - Lump in throat, it descends on deglutition, but immediately returns. - Hands cold when coughing. - As if head would fly to pieces with cough. - As if he might raise blood any minute. - Hard substance in pit of stomach. - As if heart suddenly stopped. - Pressure of a stick in rectum.