Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Rhododendron rhod.
General
We think of this remedy chiefly for sufferings that are made worse in windy weather, even if the patient be not exposed to it; he may be in bed or in a warm comfortable room, but the blowing of the wind aggravates the symptoms.
Generalities
Affections in general of the right upper extremities; right abdominal ring; left side of the nose; testes; right lower extremity; inner surface of the thigh. Serous cysts in the vagina. Induration or swelling of the testicles particularly of the right one. Diarrhœa after eating fruits, or from wet cold weather; flatulent colic, especially if it comes on in windy, stormy weather. Arthritic nodes.
Sensations
Dragging up or rotting sensation; crawling of the skin or over the skin like ants; toothache which ceases suddenly, beginning again in two or three hours; feeling of heaviness in the stomach after drinking cold water.
Better
On beginning to move.
Remedies following
Arnica., Arsen., Calc. carb., Conium., Lycop., Mercur., Nux vom., Pulsat., Sepia, Silic., Sulphur.
Antidotes
Clemat., Rhus tox.