Ruta Graveolens ruta.

Fibrous tissues: EYES. Flexor tendons. Joints. Wrists and ankles. Back (lumbar). Cartilages. Periosteum. Uterus. Skin.

Over - exertion: EYE-STRAIN. Injury. Sprains. COLD: Air. Wind. Damp. Wet. LYING. SITTING. Pressure on an edge.

Lying on back. Warmth. Motion.

BRUISED, SORE ACHING AND RESTLESSNESS. Painful weariness. Heaviness; as of a weight in forehead or hanging to feet; of lower limbs. As of a rough, blunt plug in part; head, nose, etc. Nodes. Paralytic rigidity. Distortions. Rheumatism. Gnawing - burning. Neuralgia.

Dissatisfied. Fretful. Itching inner canthi. Eyes burn. Lachrymation. Dim vision. Woody taste. Swelled spleen. Urging to stool, but only rectum prolapses; < after labor, stooping, etc. Corrosive leucorrhœa. Weak, bruised feeling in small of back, hips or lower limbs in A.M. Nodes in palms. Stumbles easily. Lumbago. Deep pains. Thighs feel broken. Pains as if deep in long bones; must walk about. Bursæ. Erosive itching. Chafing. Flat warts. Contractions. Brittle bones. Cracking joints, < walking in open air. Ganglion. Glowing heat of face, skin, etc.

Complementary: Calc - p. Related: Arn. Phyt. Ran-sc. Symp.

Scrofulous exostosis; bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum; sprains; periostits; erysipelas; fractures, and especially dislocations (Symph.). Bruised lame sensatoin all over, as after a fall or blow; worse in limbs and joints (Arn.). All parts of the body upon which he lies are painful, as if bruised (Bap., Pyr.). Restless, turns and changes position frequently when lying (Rhus). Lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles (chronic sprains, Bov., Stron.). Phthisis after mechanical injuries to chest (Mill.). Aching in and over eyes, with blurred vision, as if they had been strained. After using eyes at fine work, watchmaking, engraving (Nat. m.); looking intently (Sen.). Amblyopia or asthenopia from over-exertion of eyes or anamolies of refraction; from over-use in bad light; fine sewing, over-reading at night; misty, dim vision, with complete obscuration at a distance. Eyes burn, ache, feel strained; hot, like balls of fire; spasms of lower lids. Constipation; from inactivity, or impaction following mechanical injuries (Arn.). Prolapse of rectum, immediately on attempting a passage; from the slightest stooping; after confinement; frequent unsuccessful urging. Pressure on the bladder as if constantly full; continues after urinating; could hardly retain urine on account of urging, yet if not attended to it was difficult afterwards to void it; scanty green urine; involuntary. Warts; with sore pains; flat, smooth on palms of hands (Nat. c., Nat. m. - on back of hands, Dul.). Backache, relieved by lying on the back.

Compare: Arn., Arg. n., Con., Euphr., Phyt., Rhus, Symph. After Arnica, it hastens the curative process in the joints; after Symphytum, in injuries to bones.

We are led to use this remedy for injuries of the periosteum, as when one has a fall or an accident which injures the periosteum, making it very sore and causing a bruised sensation.

When the rectum protrudes from the anus after confinement; prolapsus ani, which may come down every time the bowels are moved. Pain as if bruised in the outer parts and in the bones; painfulness of the bones in general; wounds where the bones are injured; gnawing in the inner parts.

Affections in general of the left side of the head; of the bladder; wrist joints; lumbar region; bones of the lower extremity.

While lying on the painful side; looking fixedly at an object, as in cases of those who have looked closely at watch-making, fine sewing, etc.; from taking uncooked food.

Calc. carb., Caustic., Lycop., Phosph. ac., Pulsat., Sepia, Sulphur.

Camphor.

Eyes burn, ache, feel strained and fatigued as after reading too long, from fine sewing, too much reading, or otherwise overtaxing them; worse using them in the evening. Bruised feeling all over, as from a fall or a blow, worse in limbs and joints.

Rue-bitterwort

Acts upon the periosteum and cartilages, eyes and uterus. Complaints from straining flexor tendons especially. Tendency to the formation of deposits in the periosteum, tendons, and about joints, especially wrist. Overstrain of ocular muscles. All parts of the body are painful, as if bruised. Sprains (after Arnica). Lameness after sprains. Jaundice. Feeling of intense lassitude, weakness and despair. Injured "bruised" bones.

Pain as from a nail; after excessive intoxicating drinks. Periosteum sore. Epistaxis.

Eyes-strain followed by headache. Eyes red, hot, and painful from sewing or reading fine print (Nat mur; Arg nit). Disturbances of accommodation. Weary pain while reading. Pressure deep in orbits. Tarsal cartilage feels bruised. Pressure over eyebrow. Asthenopia.

Gastralgia of aching, gnawing character.

Pressure in neck of bladder after urinating; painful closure (Apis). Constant urging to urinate, feels bladder full.

Difficult feces, evacuated only with straining. Constipation, alternating with mucous, frothy stools; discharge of blood with stool. When sitting, tearing stitches in rectum. Carcinoma affecting lower bowel. Prolapsus ani every time the bowels move, after confinement. Frequent, unsuccessful urging to stool. Protrusion of rectum when stooping.

Cough with copious, thick, yellow expectoration; chest feels weak. Painful spot on sternum; short breath with tightness of chest.

Pain in nape, back and loins. Backache better pressure and lying on back. Lumbago worse morning before rising.

Spine and limbs feel bruised. Small of back and loins pain. Legs give out on rising from a chair, hips and thighs so weak (Phos; Con). Contraction of fingers. Pain and stiffness in wrists and hands. Ganglia (Benzoic ac). Sciatica; worse, lying down at night; pain from back down hips and thighs. Hamstrings feel shortened (Graph). Tendons sore. Aching pain in tendo-Achilles. Thighs pain when stretching the limbs. Pain in bones of feet and ankles. Great restlessness.

Worse, lying down, from cold, wet weather.

Compare: Ratanhia; Carduus. Rectal (irritation); Jaborandi; Phyt; Rhus; Sil; Arn.

Antidote: Camph.

Complementary: Calc phos.

First to sixth potency. Locally, the tincture for ganglia and as a lotion for the eyes.

This remedy which has already been mentioned as to its prominent action in the periosteum, especially in injuries and effects therefrom, also, like Arnica, has a "bruised, lame sensation all over as after a fall; worse in limbs and joints," and also "all parts of the body upon which he lies are painful, as if bruised." Like Rhus tox., the Ruta patient wants to change position frequently. The pains and lameness of Ruta seem to have a particular liking for the wrists. Here also must Eupat. perf. be remembered.

These pains in the wrists of Ruta are, like Rhus toxicod., < in cold, wet weather, and > on motion. There is no remedy oftener useful for eye-strain from close study, sewing, etc., than Ruta. The eyes feel weary and ache as if strained, or they burn like balls of fire. Two other remedies must be remembered for eye-strain, viz.: Natrum muriaticum and Senega. An understanding of these three remedies may save many cases of asthenopia or weakness of accommodation from the abuse of spectacles. Ruta is also one of our best remedies for prolapsus of the rectum.

Ignatia stands closest here. Both are < on stooping, lifting, or at stool. Muriatic acid and Podophyllum should also be remembered; with the former the prolapsed organ is very sore and sensitive to the least touch, even of the sheet on which he lies, and the rectum comes down even when urinating (Aloe). The prolapse of Podophyllum is almost always accompanied by the characteristic diarrhea, but may be the result of strain by lifting, when the uterus may also prolapse. These uses of Ruta make it a very valuable remedy.

Melancholy disposition towards evening. Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection. Inclination to quarrel and contradict.

Giddiness ; in the morning when rising ; when sitting, and when walking in the open air. Great heat in the head, with much restlessness. Headache as if a nail were driven into the head. Headache after excessive use of intoxicating drinks. Ulcers and scabs on the scalp. The head is externally painful, as if bruised or beaten. Pain in the periosteum of the cranium as from a fall. Large painful swellings on the scalp, as if originating in the periosteum, the place pained previously (tearing), and felt sore to the touch. Biting, itching (ulcers) on the scalp. Humid scabs on the head, with scald-head.

Spasms of the (lower) eyelids. Watering eyes, they are full of tears in the open air, not in the room. Heat in the eyes in the evening when reading with candlelight. Spots on the cornea. Pains in the eyes as if they had been strained too much. Obscureness of sight from reading too much, with clouds, or like a veil before the eyes. A green halo appears around the light in the evening. Bad effects of overstraining the eyes, from reading too much, from sewing, especially fine work at night.

Pain as if bruised in the cartilages of the ear.

Bleeding of the nose, with pressure at the root of the nose. Perspiration on the dorsum of the nose.

Erysipelas and swelling on the forehead. Pains in the face as from contusion in the periosteum of the facial bones.

Pain in the lower teeth. Gums painful, and bleed readily. The lips are dry and sticky. Sensation as from a lump in the throat on empty deglutition. Spasm of the tongue, with difficulty of speech.

Violent thirst in the afternoon. Sudden nausea while eating, and vomiting of food. Colic, with burning or gnawing pain. Gnawing, pressing pain in the region of the liver. Gnawing sensation in the stomach, as from emptiness or hunger. Painful swelling of the spleen. Colic in children from worms. Gnawing and eating pain about the navel.

Soft stool, which is discharged with difficulty from inactivity of the rectum. Constipation, alternating with mucous, frothy stools. Frequent urging to stool, with small, soft discharges. Frequent unsuccessful urging, with prolapsus ani. Prolapsus ani with every (soft or hard) stool.

Frequent pressure to urinate, with scanty discharges of green urine. Pressure on the bladder, as if continually full ; the pressure to urinate continues after micturition. Frequent micturition at night. Involuntary micturition at night in bed, and during the day when walking.

Women. Menstruation irregular, followed by leucorrhœa.

Dyspnœa, with anxiety from stitches in the chest. Sensation of coldness or heat in the chest. Corrosive leucorrhœa after the menstruation has ceased. Corrosive eating or gnawing in the chest. Sensation in the larynx as from a bruise. On the sternum painful spot, which is painful to pressure. Violent cough, with expectoration of tough mucus and nausea. Cough, with copious expectoration of thick yellow mucus. Expectoration of thick yellow mucus, almost without cough, with sensation of weakness in the chest. Phthisic after mechanical injuries of the chest.

Pain in the back and on the os sacrum, as if bruised. Stitches in the small of the back when sitting, walking or stooping, relieved by pressure and when lying down.

Upper. Lameness and stiffness of the wrist after a sprain, worse in cold wet weather. Sensation as from a sprain, and stiffness in the wrist. Numbness and tingling in the hands after exercise. Lower. Lameness and pains in the ankles after a sprain. Sensation as if the tendons under the knee were shortened, and weakness in them, especially on descending. Fistulous ulcers on the lower legs.

Sensation of soreness or as from a contusion, bruise or fall or from a blow, especially in the limbs and joints. Sensation of soreness of the parts on which one lies. Lameness after sprains, especially the wrists and ankles. Worm complaints of children. Pulse only accelerated during the heat. Internal chilliness and shaking even near the warm stove. Coldness running over one side of the head. Chilliness principally in the back, and running up and down. Chilliness with heat in the face, and violent thirst. Heat over the whole body, mostly in the afternoon, without thirst, but with anxiety, restlessness and dyspnœa. Heat in the face, with red cheeks, and cold hands and feet. Frequent attacks of flushes of heat. Cold perspiration on the face in the morning in bed. Perspiration all over when walking in the open air.

The skin becomes easily chafed from walking and riding, also in children. Inflammation of the ulcers. Pain in the long bones as if they were broken. Bruises and other mechanical injuries of the bones and the periosteum. Dropsy ; warts, with sore pains.

The pains in the limbs are aggravated during rest and cold wet weather, and principally while sitting, and are ameliorated by motion.

Ruta graveolens. Rue. N. O. Rutaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Amblyopia . Anus, prolapse of. Bone, bruised; pains in. Bruises . Bursitis. Cartilages, bruises of; pains in. Chest, sternum, pains in . Constipation. Dislocations. Dyspepsia. Enuresis. Epistaxis. Exostosis. Eyes, sight weak ; pains in. Facial, paralysis, from cold. Fevers. Fractures. Ganglion . Hæmorrhages. Hands, pains in . Paralysis. Perichondritis . Periostitis. Rectum, affections of; prolapse of. Restlessness. Rheumatism Sciatica . Spleen, affections of. Sprain . Stammering. Tongue, cramp in; swelling of. Urination, difficulty of. Varicocele. Veins, swollen; varicose. Warts.

The common Rue of our gardens is a native of Southern Europe. It was formerly in great repute in medicine; epilepsy, hysteria, hydrophobia, weakness of sight (from excessive reading), ozæna, epistaxis, foul gumboils, flatulent colic (in hysteric females), inertia of the bowels, having been cured with it empirically (Teste). It was also supposed to be a kind of universal antidote: "Even in our own time the Roman ladies imagine that the most odoriferous flowers may be left in their rooms without the least danger provided a bush of garden rue be amongst them" (Teste). Practitioners (says Treas. of Bot .) have perhaps been deterred from employing it by the symptoms of acrido-narcotic poisoning induced by an overdose. Locally applied Rue is a powerful irritant, and one species, Ruta montana , is dangerous to handle even with gloves. Ruta is "useful in feverish complaints, promotes perspiration and removes noxious material; in headache, nervous and hysteric complaints, weakness of the stomach and pains in the bowels, suppressed menses, and if taken for a long time it benefits epilepsy. The expressed juice benefits nightmare" (Green's Herbal ). In large doses it causes violent gastric pains, excessive and sometimes bloody vomiting, profuse salivation and swelling of the tongue, great prostration, confusion of mind, and convulsive twitchings, with, in pregnant women, abortion (M. Hélie). In olden times it was used to ward off plague, and is at the present day the great remedy for pip or roup in fowls: a disease which affects the throat and causes chokiness and turns the comb of the fowl black; it is due to impure water and is contagious. "It certainly acts strongly on deposits of scirrhous material in both the breasts and in the vagina and sometimes lessens the size of these" (Cooper). Hahnemann's proving shows how largely the old uses were founded on a homœopathic relationship. The vulnerary remedies indicate in symptoms of their provings the peculiar form of injuries for which they are adapted; there are the sprained pains of Rhus , the bruised pains (in skin and muscles) of Arn.; Ruta also has bruised pains, but these are more particularly manifested in bones. Ruta is one of the chief remedies for injured bones, and especially bruised bones. This power of Ruta does not appear to have been known before the provings were made. But impaired sight due to straining the eyes was an old use of the remedy; and here are symptoms from the provings His eyes feel as if he had strained the sight too much by reading; Weak, pressive-like pain in right eye, with dimness of surrounding objects, as if from having looked too long at an object that was fatiguing to the eyes;" "A feeling of heat and burning in the eyes, and pain in them when he reads (in the evening and by candle-light)." Each of these symptoms was experienced by a separate prover. Another effect of bruising is seen in prolapse of the rectum after confinement . But Ruta has, independently of this, a powerful action on the rectum, and caused prolapse in the provers and many severe symptoms. Tearing stitches in rectum when sitting. The prolapse is < by stooping, and especially by crouching together; it comes on immediately on attempting a passage. Rushmore ( H. P ., x. 516) cured with one dose of Ruta 900 (Fincke) a case of prolapse preceding a very difficult stool . — Tearing in rectum and urethra while urinating. Constipation; from inactivity of rectum or impaction of fæces following mechanical injuries. A curious clinical symptom is a sensation of nausea located in the rectum. Among the general symptoms are: Great weakness after a short walk; limbs feel bruised; small of back and loins painful. Tottering as if thighs were weak; limbs pain when walking. Does not know where to lay his legs on account of uneasiness and heaviness; lies now in one place, now in another, and turns from side to side. All parts of the body on which he lies, even in bed, are painful as if bruised. Facial paralysis from catching cold, in robust, sanguine persons. Rheumatic paralysis of wrists and ankles. Ruta is specially suited to robust, sanguineous persons; and corresponds to hæmorrhages from nose (with pressure at root), gums, rectum. Peculiar Sensations are: Pain as if from a fall in periosteum. As if a nail were driven into head. Head as if bruised or beaten. Eyes, as if strained; as if a shadow flitting before them; as after looking too long and intently at an object; as if eyes were balls of fire. As if one were digging about in the ear with a blunt piece of wood. As of a lump in throat. Bladder as if constantly full. Spine as if beaten and lame. Wrists as if sprained. As if pain were in marrow of bone, or as if bone were broken. Thighs as if beaten; as if weak. As if there were an ulcer on ankle. All parts of body bruised at night, feeling as if it were time to rise. Restlessness is a very frequent Concomitant of Ruta conditions. A peculiar symptom is cramp in the tongue with embarrassed speech. A prolonged use of Ruta 3x has cured ganglion in front of left wrist (Oran W. Smith, H. P ., ix. 308). Slow pulse, contracted pupil, salivation and swollen tongue are features of its action. The symptoms are: < By touch. Pressure < sore spot on sternum; > pain below r. scapula, and stitches in small of back. Backache > lying on back. [This is characteristic, and has led to many cures; and the relief of a case of malignant disease of kidneys and bladder (Rushmore, H. P ., x. 516). This is important in connection with a use Cooper has made of Ruta ointment, prepared by extracting the plant in warm vaseline as an application in broken cancer of the breast.] Walking or riding = chafing. Dyspepsia from straining stomach by carrying heavy weights. Scratching > . Rubbing > . Rest < . Motion > . Lying down = parts lain on to be sore; > pain below right scapula; > stitches in small of back. Sitting < . Stooping < . Bending over = fæces to escape. Exertion < . Ascending < . Going up and down stairs = hamstrings to feel shortened and weak. < At night. < Morning. (Vertigo on rising. Rheumatic pain in back < before rising. Sweat in bed.) Warm stove = chilliness. Indoors = yawning and stretching. Open air = vertigo. Cold applications < . Cold wet weather < . < Reading and straining eyes. < During menses.

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Inclination to contradict and quarrel.
Dissatisfied with himself and others.
Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection.
Melancholy disposition toward evening.

Vertigo : in morning when rising ; when sitting ; when walking in open air.

Sticking drawing pain extending from frontal to temporal bone.
Stitches in left frontal bone, only while reading.
Pulsative pressing pain in forehead.
Heat in head, with much restlessness.
Rhythmical pressive pain in head.
Pain as from a fall, in periosteum, extending from temporal bones to occiput.
Headache : as if a nail were driven into head ; like a stupefying pressure on whole brain ; after excessive use of intoxicating drinks.

Large painful swelling on scalp, as if originating in periosteum, sore to touch and preceded by rending pain.
Head externally painful, as if bruised or beaten.
Erysipelas of scalp, arising from wounds.
Humid scabs on head.
Periosteum from temples to occiput, pains as if bruised.
Corrosive itching on scalp.
Twitching in muscles of brow.

Vision very weak, as if eyes were excessively strained.
Objects seem dim before eyes, as if a shadow were flitting before them.
Dulness of sight, brought on by taxing or straining eyes.
As if sight had been strained by too much reading.
Letters seem to run together.
Pain like a pressure in right eye, with obscuration of vision, as if one had looked too long and intently at an object.
Aching in and over eyes, with blurring of vision, after using eyes and straining them at fine work.
Amblyopia : dependent upon overexertion of eyes, or anomalies of refraction ; from writing by artificial light ; fine needlework, etc. ; in a weaver, could with difficulty distinguish one thread from another, and could not read at
all ; mistiness of sight, with complete obscuration at a distance.
Asthenopia : irritability of every tissue of eye from overwork or from using eyes on fine work ; heat and aching in and over eyes, eyes feel like balls of fire at night, blurring of vision, letters seem to run together, lachrymation, etc.
Choroiditis in a myopic eye, caused by straining eyes ; much pain in eyes on trying to look at objects, heat in eye though it seems cold, and twitching in balls.
Asthenopia ; more often indicated in weakness of ciliary muscles than of internal recti.
Loss of power over internal rectus.
Burning in eyes in evening, especially when trying to sew or read ; eyes feel strained ; read too much by articial light.
Green halo around light in evening.
Spots on cornea.
Itching on inner canthus and on lower lid, smarting after rubbing, eye becomes full of water.
Eyes burn, ache, feel strained, sight blurred ; < using them in evening.
Burning beneath left eye.
Sensation of heat and fire in eyes and aching while reading (in evening by light).
Eyes appear irritable and run water, especially toward evening after working all day.
Pressure deep in orbits.
Pain as from a bruise in orbicular cartilages.
Pressure on inner surface of left eye, with profuse lachrymation.
Eyes feel hot like balls of fire.
Eyes water in open air, not indoors.
Spasms of lower eyelids, afterward lachrymation.

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Ruta is another remedy often overlooked. It is sometimes overlooked and Rhus or Argentum nitricum given, or other remedies not fully related to the case are given because Ruta is not well known.

Many of its symptoms are difficult to classify in the Repertory. A knowledge of its nature must be obtained. It falls under a class of complaints that resemble Rhus, in that it is sensitive to cold, aggravated from cold, damp weather; aggravated from becoming cold, and the complaints are often brought on from straining the part; overstraining or overexertion of parts, but principally confined to parts that are of a tendinous character aponeurotic fibres; white fibrous tissue; the flexor tendons especially flexor tendons that are overstrained by exertion.

Rhus has something like this, but nothing like what is found in Ruta. Ruta often suits in various surgical conditions; periosteal troubles from injury. Periosteal trouble where the flesh is thin over the bone; over the tibia. Bruises go away slowly and leave a hardened spot; thickening of periosteum; a knotty, nodular condition; it remains sore; slow repair. A lump in the periosteum that has existed for months or years; sensitive and sore and nodular; as a result of a blow with a stick or a hammer, or from bumping the shin bone,

In farmers, woodmen, mechanics, from holding a hammer or iron instrument; hard nodules form in the palm from clasping the hand over an iron instrument in projecting it forward, as from using a crowbar; a hardened mass of tissue in the tendons, like a bursa.

Tendency to the formation of deposits in the periosteum, in bone, in tendons, about joints. The especial location is in the wrist; bursae and nodules form in this part. Overstraining of tendons and in the place where it is likely to give out a nodule will form in the tendon; lumps, bunches, little tumors in the tendon. Gradually increasing contraction of flexors, so that the hands become permanently flexed; the foot becomes flexed so that the sole becomes increasingly concave, and the toes are drawn under from overstraining and violence to the flexors.

Overstraining of the muscles of the eye.

These muscles are largely tendinous. Continual use until it becomes an overuse. Eyestrain followed by headache, and the effects are also; on the globe of the eye, and coating of the eye, so that the overstrained eye is red.

Pain in the eye, above and through the eye when he attempts to use the vision, that is, aggravation from the exertion of vision. From looking at fine print, fine sewing. This overexertion of vision brings about redness, pain and inability to concentrate vision on one point.

Headache follows. Here Argentum nitricum resembles Ruta. Arg. nit. and Na trum mur are the two remedies most frequently used, but Onosmodium is a very frequently indicated remedy for headaches from eyestrain.

But they can be easily differentiated. Ruta is aggravated from cold, wants everything warm. Arg. nit. is aggravated from heat wants to be in a cool place. The patient must be considered.

There is general exhaustion in Ruta. The legs give out on rising from a chair, the patient totters and makes several efforts on rising from a seat. Routinists give Phosphorus and Conium for this. Ruta and Phosphorus both have violent, unquenchable thirst for ice-cold water. Compare Phos. and Con . because of the weakness through the hips and thighs.

The remedy has not been proved sufficiently to bring out the mental symptoms.

They are only common and belong to many other remedies.

"Inclination to contradict and quarrel."

"Dissatisfied with himself and others."

"Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection."

These symptoms are only common; they can be grouped in one of two classes. The patient can be irritable, or the opposite-good-natured. This remedy is classified among the irritable.

"Despondent," that is, the opposite of happy-another of two classes.

"Melancholy disposition toward evening."

The only thing here is that it is aggravated toward evening. When things are brought out so that they belong to one of two classes, they are important only in a mild degree.

Many of the complaints are worse lying down, especially the pains that are sharp, stinging, tearing in the nerves.

Ruta is a painful medicine, but is slow in producing symptoms, hence it of a chronic nature. Old neuralgias, stinging, tearing, burning pains, especially in the lower extremities, about the eyes; faceaches. It has all the pains, described by all the adjectives that apply to pain, but it is worse lying down and worse from cold.

Rending, tearing pains in the sciatic nerves. The severest forms of sciatica; pains commence in the back and go down the hips and thighs; tearing pains; comfortable during the day, but aggravated as soon as he lies down at night. Gnaphalium is a great sciatic remedy, and it also has this aggravation from lying down.

Eyes again:

"Eyes feel hot like balls of fire."

To use Ruta for a pure inflammation when the eyes feel hot would be a failure. Euphrasia, Belladonna and Aconite are used in simple inflammations from a cold, and the, antipsorics when the case is chronic. But if a woman strains her eyes from long sewing on fine work, and the balls feel like fire, she needs Ruta. Aconite if after exposure to cold winds, there is inflammation with lachrymation, and the eyes look like raw beef.

"Eyes burn, ache, feel strained; sight blurred; aggravated from using them in the evening,"

In part of the general aggravation in the evening. When, in copying, the manuscript is placed here, and the copy at a different distance, this necessitates a constant change of vision in looking from one to the other, and especially if the copying is done in a poor light, a headache will come on, which Ruta will cure.

After overusing the eyes in this way, if the patient rides in a cold wind, a paralytic weakness results, and this is a further indication for Ruta. Lachrymation from exposure to the wind or riding in the cold. Paralysis of certain muscles of the eye, even strabismus; all sorts of disturbances of accommodation.

"Loss of power over internal rectus."

"Asthenopia; irritability of every tissue of eye from overwork or from using eyes on fine pork; beat and aching in and over eyes; eyes feel like balls of fire at night; blurring of vision; letters seem to run together, lachrymation, etc."

Amplyopia, dependent upon overexertion of eyes, or anomalies of refraction; from writing by artificial light.; fine needlework, etc. in a weaver, could with difficulty distinguish one, thread from another, and could not read at all; mistiness of sight, with complete obscuration at a distance.

Constipation is a striking feature, with prolapsus of the rectum at stool.

"Frequent unsuccessful urging with prolapsus ani."

"Protrusion of rectum after confinement."

Pain in rectum when sitting. Great soreness in rectum as from ulceration. It is a useful remedy in piles and stricture of the rectum.

Back symptoms.

It is a decided rheumatic remedy. All those remedies which are susceptible to cold, aggravated by cold, wet, stormy weather, are described as rheumatic remedies.

Rheumatic symptoms of the back.

"Pains as if bruised in lumbar vertebrae."

"Pain in back or coccyx as from a fall or blow, or as if bruised."

"Hamstrings feel shortened and weak; knees give way going up or down stairs."

"Pain and lameness in the ankles after sprain or dislocation."

"Lameness after sprains, especially of the wrists and ankles."

Immediately after a, sprain, for the inflammatory state, you will most likely need to give Arnica, and Rhus will probably follow. But when nodules occur in the tendons as a result of the strain, Ruta is called for.

Ruta is a great remedy for a mere sprain; it has all the soreness and weakness of tendons. Arnica, Rhus and Calcarea are often necessary in a routine way when there is absence of all symptoms, except the strain alone.

Paralytic weakness in the lower extremities after a sprain of the back. Under the aggravation in the evening is melancholy disposition, burning in the eyes, green halo around the light; sight blurred; eyes ache; pain below right scapula.

Extreme restlessness like Rhus. So restless be can't keep still; a nervous restlessness.

"Bruised feeling all over as from a fall or blow, worse in the limbs and joints."

"Bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum; sprains; periostitis; erysipelas."

Ruta is related to and is an antidote to Mercury.

Eruptions on the skin with itching, which changes place after scratching like Mezereum. Compare Phos. in the thirst for cold water and the weakness of the lower extremities. In the rheumatism distinguish Phytolacca.

Compare Rhus, Sepia, Silicea and Sulphur. Ruta is an antipsoric, but not so deep as Silicea and Sulphur.

Inclination to quarrel and contradict.
Dissatisfied with himself and others.
Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection.
Melancholy disposition toward evening.

Vertigo: in the morning when rising; when sitting; when walking in the open-air.

Headache: as if a nail were driven into head; like a stupefying pressure on whole brain; after excessive use of intoxicating drinks.
Pulsative, pressing pain in forehead.
Stitching, drawing pain from forehead to temples.
Heat in head, with much restlessness.

Large, painful swelling on scalp, as if originating in periosteum, sore to touch and preceded by rending pain.
Head externally painful, as if bruised or beaten.
Erysipelas of scalp, arising from wounds.
Humid scabs on head.
Periosteum, from temples to occiput, pains as if bruised.
Corrosive itching on scalp.

Itching at inner canthus and on lower lid, smarting after rubbing, eye becomes full of water.
Eyes burn, ache, feel strained, sight blurred, from fine sewing; reading too much, or otherwise overtaxing them; worse using them in evening.
Green halo around light in evening.
Spots on the cornea.
Eyes water in open air, not in-doors.
Spasms of lower eyelids, afterward lachrymation.

Scratching, pressure in ear, like from a blunt piece of wood.
Pain, as if bruised, in cartilage of ear, and under mastoid process.

Sweat on dorsum of nose.
Bleeding of nose, with pressure at root of nose.

Erysipelas and swelling on forehead.
Pain, as if bruised, in periosteum of facial bones.

Lips dry and sticky.

Gums painful, and bleed readily.

Sensation as from a lump in the throat on empty deglutition.

Thirst for cold water, in the afternoon.

After eating: sudden nausea; pinching in stomach after bread and butter; eructations and itching of skin after meat; replete as soon as he eats.
Intoxicating drinks: 3.

Hiccough, with depression.
Nausea, sudden, while eating, with vomiting of the food.

Burning or gnawing in stomach.
Dyspepsia from lifting heavy weights, with eructations and headache; cannot eat meat, it causes eructations and pruritus.

Gnawing, pressing pain in region of liver.
Painful swelling of spleen.

Gnawing pain about navel.
Colic in children, from worms.
Colic, with burning or gnawing pain.

Stool: soft, discharged with difficulty, from inactivity of the rectum; rectum protrudes immediately on attempting a passage; lumpy, slimy; or bloody, with much flatus, seemingly only flatus; empty eructations, distended abdomen; feces often escape when bending over.
Frequent, unsuccessful urging, with prolapsus ani.
Constipation, alternating with mucous, frothy stools.
Tearing stitches in rectum, when sitting.

Urging constantly, could hardly retain urine; if forcibly retained, it could not be voided; severe pains.
Urination involuntary at night, and during day when walking.
Pressure on bladder as if continually full; at every step after urination, she feels as if bladder were full and moving up and down.
Frequent pressure to urinate, with scanty, green urine.
Spasmodic stricture of neck of bladder.

Corrosive leucorrhœa after irregular or suppressed menses.

Metrorrhagia as a forerunner of miscarriage.
Prolapsus ani after confinement.

Sensation in larynx as from a bruise.

Short breath, with tightness of chest.

With copious expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, with weak feeling in chest after it.

Gnawing pain in chest.
Phthisis after mechanical injuries of chest.

Anxious palpitation.
Pulse unchanged; or, somewhat accelerated only during heat.

On sternum a painful spot; also painful pressure.

Pain on a spot, the size of palm of hand, below right scapula; worse in evening, after exertion, deep inspiration, or moving right arm; better from pressure.
Pain in back or coccyx, as if bruised.
Weakness in lumbar region; prolapsus recti.
Stitches in small of back when sitting, stooping or walking; better by pressure and when lying down.

Pain in left elbow-joint, as from a blow; arm weak.
Wrists feel as if sprained, stiff; worse in wet, cold weather.
Ganglion of the wrist.
Hands numb and tingle after exercise.
Flat, smooth warts on inside of hand.
Contraction of fingers.

Hip-bones feel bruised.
Anterior aspect of thighs feel bruised; painful to touch.
Shooting from back, down outside of left thigh on first moving or rising; hamstrings feel shortened. θ Sciatica.
Hamstrings feel shortened and weak, knees give way going up or down stairs.
Ankles pain after a sprain, or dislocation.
Pain in bones of feet, cannot step heavily thereon.

Rheumatism of right wrist and both feet; instep puffy; sour sweat.

Restless and weak, turns and changes place frequently, when lying.
Motion. 33. Exertion: 31, 32. Walking: 2, 21, 31, 36. Ascending and descending: 33. Stooping: 31. Bending Over: 20. Rising: 2, 33. Lying down: 31. Sitting: 2, 31. Rest: 44.

Tottering, as if thighs were weak; limbs pain when walking.

Much sleepiness during the day, with stretching.
Frequent waking at night.
Confused dreams.

Morning: 2, 40. Afternoon: 14, 40. Evening: 1, 5, 31.Night: 21, 37. Day: 21, 37.

Warmth of stove: 40. In bed: 40. In-doors: 5. Open air: 2, 5, 40. Wet, cold weather: 32, 44.

Chilly mostly left-sided; worse up and down back; shakes even near warm stove.
Chill with heat of face and violent thirst.
External and internal heat of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and feet.
Frequent attacks of quick flushes of heat.
Heat, mostly afternoons, with anxiety, restlessness and dyspnœa; but no thirst.
Sweat, cold on face; morning in bed.
General sweat, after walking in open air.

Right: 18, 31, 34. Left: 18, 32, 33, 40. Above downward: 33.

Bruised feeling all over, as from a fall or blow, worse in limbs and joints.
Bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and periosteum; sprains; periostitis; erysipelas.
Bone-pains with burning and gnawing, worse during rest and damp weather.
Dropsy.

Touch: 4, 33. Pressure: 30, 31. Rubbing: 5. Riding: 46. Wounds: 4. Straining: 5. Mechanical injuries: 28, 44.

Itching of skin after eating meat.
Jaundice from liver complaints.
Ulcers and scabs on scalp, with copious discharge.
Skin becomes easily chafed, from walking and riding; also, in children.
Fistulous ulcers in lower legs.

Ruta antidotes Mercur.

A tincture is made of the fresh plant of Ruta graveolens, L.

Its rheumatic and skin symptoms are closely like those of Rhus tox.; compare also Arn. and Puls.

Looked intoxicated, eyes and face red. ▶ Bruised pain in all parts on which he lies (Arn., Cic., Dros.); on touch of painful parts, agg. hips and bones of legs. ▶ Nervousness. ▶ Restlessness; in evenings, with headache and heat; in whole body after dinner, with pressure upon brain and great activity of nervous system; so that he does not know where to lay his legs, with heaviness (Rhus t.). ▶ Sensation as if he had not slept enough. ▶ Weakness; in morning; in afternoon, amel. walking, with sleepiness; in evening after playing with children; on sitting down after a short walk, amel. rising and walking (Rhus t.), with bruised feeling in limbs and pain in sacrum and loins; after a meal, amel. open air, with heaviness and sleepiness; when sitting, with indolence; with heaviness; Faintness.

General feeling of soreness as from a bruise. ▶ General lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles. ▶ Periostitis, the result of bruises. ▶ Neuralgias; sciatic and other forms. ▶ Pains, especially in the wrist, in cold, wet weather, amel. motion (Rhus t.).

▶ Fretful; in afternoon and evening, melancholy dissatisfied with life; and mistrustful; and irresolute. ▶ Dissatisfied, especially with what he did himself, and inclined to weep. ▶ Inclined to contradict. ▶ Quarrelsome, inclined to anger and vexation. ▶ Anxiety, despondency and fear; A. all day as if he had down something wrong, if only the door opened he feared that some one had come to arrest him. ▶ Indifference; with discomfort and disinclination to work. ▶ Stupefaction. ▶ Confusion of ideas. ▶ Thought and memory slow. ▶ Frequent loss of thought, he did mechanically and at the wrong time things that had become easy from frequent repetition.

Pain in brain in morning after rising; P. from reading a little; tensive, in brain; stupefying burning compressing, externally; confused. ▶ Oppression. ▶ Dullness; with heaviness and with tension in forehead; a kind of loss of memory. ▶ Heaviness. ▶ Uneasiness. ▶ Vertigo as if he would fall forward in morning on rising; as if he would fall to the right when walking in open air; sudden, when sitting, then heat of cheeks.

Sticking in left eminence; in left bone when reading; agg. coughing; above left brow, with pressure; intermittent boring, in right when sitting. ▶ Gnawing. ▶ Pain above root of nose; drawing, in right side; sticking drawing, extending from frontal to temporal bone; rhythmical, in sinciput; stupefying, in sides, with cramplike tearing on malar-bone. ▶ Dullness in brain in evening before sleep, agg. morning on waking from sleep that was too sound, with throbbing pain. ▶ Heaviness.

Tearing in temporal bones. ▶ Pain as from a fall in periosteum of temporal bones, extending to occiput. ▶ Sticking drawing externally on vertex. ▶ Tensive drawing pain as from a blow or thrust, externally on sides. ▶ (Tearing on right parietal bone, amel. evening, next morning a boil painful to touch as if suppurating.). ▶ Pain in occiput; with heaviness and tension; beating in side.

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Bruised pain as from a blow in all parts on which he lies.
Great restlessness; cannot keep his legs still, with heaviness.
A painful sensation of weakness even after slight effort.
Symptoms < during rest, relieved by motion.
General aggravation in cold, wet weather.

Heat in the head, with anxious restlessness.
Shooting pains in the forehead, extending to temples.
Pains in the temple, as from a blow, extending to occiput.
Headache, as from a nail being driven in.
Headache after use of alcoholic stimulants.
Pains externally, as from a fall.

Spasmodic drawings in the lower lid, which move it back and forth.
Lachrymation in the open air.
Heat in the eyes by the light, with aching when reading.
Pain as if one had looked too intently.
Fatigue after reading too long.
Dim vision from much reading, like a mist before the eyes.
Green circle around the light in the evening.

Pains from a bruise in the cartilages of the ears.

Bleeding of the nose, with sensation of pressure at the root.

Pain in the face, as from a blow, seeming to be in the periosteum of the zygoma.

Boring pain in the lower teeth.
Gums bleed easily; dryness in the mouth and throat; feeling of a lump in the throat on empty swallowing.

Appetite disappears immediately on beginning to eat, with aversion to food; unquenchable thirst in the afternoon.
Food tasteless.
Eructations without odor; pain, especially after eating raw or indigestible food.
Soreness over the pit of the stomach.
Gnawing sensation of emptiness in stomach.

Clinical:
Dyspepsia from eating meat, with distress in the stomach and eruption like nettlerash.

An aching gnawing in the region of the liver.
Painful swelling of the spleen.
Gnawing and tightening in the region of the navel.
Bruised pain in the region of the loins, while sitting after walking.

Tearing stitches while sitting, frequent urging to stool, ineffectual, with prolapsus of the rectum.
A slimy diarrhœa alternates with constipation.
Stool constipated on account of inactivity of rectum.

Pressure in the neck of the bladder after urinating, as if it were still full.
Urging with scanty micturition.
Persistent urging to urinate immediately after micturition.

Clinical:
Irritable bladder with constant urging to urinate, retention of urine.
Involuntary micturition at night and even during the day on motion.
Frequent micturition at night.

Menses very irregular.
Menses scanty, lasting but two days, preceded and followed by leucorrhœa.
Corrosive leucorrhœa follows the menses.

Cough wakes him about midnight.
Violent cough with continuous expectoration and efforts to vomit.
Expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, with a feeling of weakness in the chest.
Gnawing, biting and burning in the chest.

Tension and pressure in the nape and shoulders.
Pain in spine as if beaten.
Stitches in the small of the back when walking or stooping.
Stitches in the small of the back while sitting, relieved by pressure and by lying on the back.
Bruised pain in the sacrum when sitting after walking, relieved by walking.

Bruised pain in the muscles and joints; a feeling of paralysis and stiffness of the wrists, worse in cold, wet weather.
The wrist is painful when lifting anything.
Pain in the hip as if the bones were beaten after a blow or fall, worse on motion.
Weakness and weariness in the limbs after walking.
Feeling as if the tendons under the knees were shortened.

Corrosive itching over the whole body, relieved by scratching.

Yawning and stretching, especially after eating; frequently waking at night as though he had slept enough.

Coldness and shivering, with great thirst, heat of the face and dull head.
Cold shivers run over the back.
Heat without thirst, with restlessness, anxiety and short breath.

Rut. / (Root-Route) /Ruth.

Ruta,-'Tis for thee we call,
When from sprain, or blow, or fall,
Bruised sensations we define,
In the muscle, bone or spine.
yea, the bruise pain may descend
Even to the coccyx end.
Also when we do descry
Bruise-like aching in the eye.
Caused by overstrain of sight,
Worse at evening and at night.
And with this a pressure keen
On the bladder-Urine green.
In the cold thou art distressed,
Whilst in motion feeling best.

Ruth,-Has suffering from eye strain.

Ruth Agar is with the ancient carver, Symphi.

This Ruth,-Who is subject to constant pressure on the bladder,-Is in with Lily Black, at old Nick's, for ale.

Suffering from Eye Strain: Rut., Agar., Nat. m., Chin., Carb., Symph.

Pressure on the Bladder, Constant: Rut., Lil. t., Sep., Con., Nit. a., Lach.

Apprehensive anxiety. Dejected and melancholy in afternoon and evening. Low spirits and mental relaxation.

Great heat in, with anxious restlessness. Throbbing (or tearing) pain in forehead. Ache, as of a nail being driven in. Headache after excessive indulgence in spirituous liquors.

Tensive drawing in periosteum as after a fall or blow with gatherings on scalp, paining as if festering when touched. Benumbed or bruised feeling of side lain on. Eating, itching ulcers on. Humid scurfs like scald head. Worse: Rest, lying on painful part, cold, wet weather. Better: Motion.

Spasms of lower lids, drawing tarsal cartilages back and forth. Tears and watering of, in open air, not when in room. Heat, in evening when reading by artificial light. Spots on cornea. Pain, as if strained. Short sight. Obscured vision, like a gauze or fog before., from reading too much. A green halo encircles the light in evening.

Crushed pain in cartilages. Pain, like a thrust or fall, below mastoid process.

Nosebleed with pressure in root of. Sweat on dorsum.

Swelling and erysipelas on forehead. Face-ache as from a thrust or contusion in periosteum of zygoma.

Burning in lower. Gums bleed easily.

Sticky dryness of. Sense of a lump in throat during empty swallowing. Spasm of tongue with difficult speech.

Taste: Tastelessness of food.

Gnawing sensation, from emptiness thereof, as if from hunger. Weak from vomiting. Pinching, after eating bread. Stomachache from uncooked or indigestible foods.

Hypochondriac: Pressive gnawing in hepatic region. Painful swelling of spleen.

Appetite: Vanishes on beginning to ear, with repugnance to all food. Unquenchable thirst for cold water, in afternoon.

Eructations: Foul, after eating meat. Hysterical.

Nausea: In pit of stomach. Sudden nausea and vomiting of food when eating. Vomiting of worms in children.

Eating and gnawing in navicular region. Bruised pain in loins when sitting after walking. Bellyache of children, caused by worms.

Soft, difficult, from inactivity of rectum. Frothy, mucous diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Frequent urging, with small, soft discharges. Ineffectual urging, with prolapsus.

Tearing and stitching. Prolapses, with every stool either hard or soft.

Frequent urging with a scanty, greenish discharge. Violent pressure on bladder, as though, ' it were constantly full. Even after every passage of urine there is a constant urging. Retained. Involuntary discharge, at night when in bed and during day when moving about. Frequent urination at night. Kidney gravel.

Menses: Very irregular, too early and too profuse. Scanty, discharge of blood lasting only two days, preceded and followed by milk leucorrhoea. Corroding leucorrhoea after cessation of menses.

Short. Anxious obstruction of, from stitches in chest.

Forcible, with expectoration of tenacious mucus and inclination to vomit. With copious, purulent expectoration. Expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, almost without cough, with a sense of weakness in chest.

Pain as from a blow or contusion.

Erosive eating and gnawing in. Stitches in. Ulcerative phthisis following injuries. Anxious palpitation. A painful spot on sternum, which is sore when pressed.

Bruised pain in, and in lumbar region. Pain in lumbar region and coccyx as after a blow or having been struck. Stitches in lumbar region when sitting, but when pressed upon or when lying on back there is no pain.

Pain as from a blow in elbow joint and fingers. Bruised pain and tearing in radius and bones of hand when pressed upon. Lameness and stiffness of wrist after a sprain, most violent during cold, wet weather sprained pain or stitches in wrist. Painfulness of wrist, when lifting a weight. Numbness and crawling in hands after exertion. Distorted fingers. Distended blood vessels on hands.

Pain in hip, as though' bones were beaten, or as from a blow or fall, especially during motion. Bruised pain in thighs, as though' middle of femur were beaten or broken. Restlessness and heaviness of legs. Weariness and weakness in legs after walking. Sense of shortening and weakness in hamstrings, especially when descending. (Kali bi.). lame ankle following sprains. Fistulous ulcers on lower leg. When stepping there is an eroding burning in bones of feet.

Bruised pains, or as from a blow, fall or contusion, in limbs and joints. Bruised sensation in parts wherein he lies. Painful weariness, like a bruised feeling, after moderate exertion. Paralysis after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles. Worm complaints of children. Rest and motion pains in limbs. Worse: In cold, wet weather.

Pain in cylindrical bones, as though' they were broken. Contusions and injuries of, and of periosteum.

Eating itching on. Easy excoriation from walking or riding, also in children. Inflamed ulcers. Anasarca. Warts.

Sleepiness, especially after eating.

Pulse: Somewhat accelerated during the heat only. Chill: Internal with shuddering and shaking, even near a warm stove. Coldness running over one side of head. Mostly in back, running upward and downward. With violent thirst, heat of face and dullness in head. With much yawning and stretching. Heat: Over entire body, mostly in afternoon, without thirst, but with anxiety, restlessness and obstructed breathing. External and internal heat, of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and feet. Frequent, sudden flushes running over him. Sweat: cold, on face, early in morning in bed, generally after walking in open air.

Allied Remedies: Open., Kali-bi., Nat-m.

Complementary: Calc-p.