Rhamnus californica

Rhamnus californica
(california coffee-tree)
* One of the most positive remedies for rheumatismand muscular pains.
* Pleurodynia, lumbago, gastralgia.
* Vesical tenesmus; dysmenorrhoea of myalgic origin; pain in head, neck, and face.
* Inflammatory rheumatism, joints swollen, painful; tendency to metastasis; profuse sweat.
* Rheumatic heart (Webster).
Provings of students.
2x potency.
Mind
- Nervous, restless, irritable.
- Lassitude; mentally dull and dazed; unable to concentrate mind on studies.
Head
- Dizzy full feeling.
- Heavy bruised sensation; better from pressure.
- Bursting feeling with every step.
- Soreness, especially in occiput and vertex, worse, bending over.
- Dull pain in left temple.
- Dull aching in frontal region (left), extending backwards and over forehead.
- Deep, right-sided frontal headache.
- Twitching eyelids.
Ears
- Dullness of hearing.
- Soreness, deep under right tragus on swallowing.
Face
- Flushed, hot and glowing.
- Outward pressure from malar processes.
Mouth
- Canker sore between gums and lips.
- Tongue coated, with clean, pink central patch.
Throat
- Dry, rough..
- Soreness on right side and tonsil.
Bowels
- Constipation with some flatus.
- Tenesmus and dry stool.
- Flatulent diarrhoea.
Genito-urinary
- Increased urination.
- Tickling in anterior urethra, small morning drop(no previous gonorrhoea).
- Sexual desire increased.
Respiratory
- Substernal oppression.
- Tenderness on pressure of right intercostal muscles.
Heart
- Variation of pulse.
- Slow pulse.
Extremities
- Unable to control muscular action.
- Legs sore.
- Walked like a drunken man.
Modality
- Symptoms worse in evening.
Relationship
- Rhamnus cathartica or Rhamnus Frangula-European Buckthorn-a rheumatic remedy-(abdominal symptoms, colic, diarrhoea; haemorrhoids, especially chronic).
- Rhamnus Purshiana-Cascara Sagrada-(palliative inconstipation, as an intestinal tonic, and
dyspepsia dependent thereon. 10-15 drops of tincture).
Dose
- Tincture in 15-drop doses every four hours.