The Mnemonic Similiad

Rhus Toxicodendron rhus-t.

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Mnemonic names

Rhus. / (1st R.) / The Russian.

Verse

Rhus tox. keeps upon the go,
Ever better moving.
Always worse on starting though,
After that improving.
Ailments his from chilling drench,
Caught when overheated.
Ailments from a strain or wrench
In the muscles seated.
Ailments worse before a storm,
Mainly those rheumatic.
Fevers of rheumatic form,
Typhoid more emphatic.
Red his tongue upon the end,
Red and dry the edges.
Flames of red his eyes subtend,
Raising swollen ledges.
Holding stiff the gummy lids
In a tight enclosure
Whilst his nose in redness bids
Claim to frost exposure.
Painful stiffness gives his clue
In all parts affected.
Burning his eczema crew,
Oozing scab elected.
Erysipelas, his to bear
Hives, and shingles baneful.
Glands hard swollen everywhere;
Prepuce red and painful.
Stool of dysentery red,
Cough of ill devising.
Vertigo that spins his head,
When from bed arising.
Numbness in his arm-left side-
Leagued with palpitation.
Pricking palms-no doubt allied
To faulty circulation.

Mnemonic sentences

The Russian,-Has relief from pain by continuous motion.

The Russian, Capt. Aurum, foiled the old Lady Black.

This Russian,-Who is subject to ailments from a strain,-Is in the road with John Symphytum, leading Ruth Bovis, the coy squaw, to the car.

Indications

Better by Motion: Rhus, Caps., Aur., Ferr., Lyc., Con., Pul., Sep. (Dancing, Ig., Sep.-Riding in carriage, Nit. a.)

Ailments from a Strain, Sprain or Wrench: Rhus, Rhod., Hyper., Symph., Led., Ruta, Bovis., Cal. c., Arn., Cimi., Carb. v.