RATANHIA


Ratanhia homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


      Common names, Ratanhia, Mapato, Pumacuchu (Peru).

Introduction

Krameria triandra, Ruiz and Pavon. Natural order, Polygalaceae. Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Mind

Mental restlessness, that caused excessive exacerbations.

Constant irascibility. Ill-humored and quarrelsome (twelfth day).

Peevish and fretful (seventh day). Apprehensive depression while alone, relieved by conversation and giving place to gayety. Woke with trembling apprehension and fear, so that she started high up, at 2 A.M. (second day). Changeable mood.

Head

Dulness of the head, as if intoxicated. Dulness of the head.

Bruised pain in small spots here and there in the head (first day). Violent pain in the head, as though it would burst, after the usual stool. Pain as if the head would burst (second day). Headache, as if screwed together, lasting a long time (after eleven days). Tearing or stitching in the head, on moving and on deep breathing. Fine jerking deep in the brain.

Painful stitches here and there in the head, in the evening (first day). Forehead. Dulness in the forehead, disappearing in the open air. Pain in the forehead, as if it would burst, while sitting bent over, in the evening. Pain in the middle of the forehead, as if the whole brain would force out, while straining at stool (after fourteen days). Drawing behind the right side of the forehead, while walking. Transient tearing in the forehead. Sticking in the middle of the forehead, on stooping. Some fine stitches in the right side of the forehead. Temple. Violent tearing in a small spot in the right temple. Tearing in the left temple. Jerking in a small spot in the right temple, externally (first day). Vertex. Painful tearing and burning on the vertex, even at night, relieved in the open air, during the menses (after ten days). Tearing in the vertex, and afterwards fine acute stitches, at short intervals.

Deep course stitches in the vertex. Parietals. Bruised pain in the left parietal bone, frequently returning (third day).

Burrowing in the brain, in the right side of the head, better in the open air (twenty-third day). Fine tearing mostly confined to the left side of the head. A sharp stitch in the left side of the head, on sitting down (second day). A sharp stitch in the upper part of the right side of the head, after which the part pains as if beaten. Occiput and External Head. Pain, like a tearing, extending from the occiput up to the vertex (sixth day). Once a feeling as if a portion of scalp, in a direction from above root of nose vertically upward to top of forehead, were stretched; once a feeling as if a portion of scalp, in a direction from center of forehead to right frontal protuberance, were stretched. Very often a momentary feeling as if the skin in the center of the forehead were drawn together. Stiff feeling of skin across lower forehead, worse on knitting brows. Violent itching on the head, not relieved by scratching (second day). Violent itching on the right temple. Itching on the left side of the occiput, where small glandular swellings were found.

Eye

Inflammation of the white of the eye; a membrane seemed to extend to the central point of the eye, that burned (after twenty-six days). Twitching of the right eye (fourteenth day).

Sensation in the right eye as if screwed in, or as if there were an impediment, so that it could not be moved, still she could move it easily (fourteenth day). Burning in the eyes, in the morning, after waking (second day). Burning in the eyes, in the evening; agglutination, at night (first day). Burning in the eyes, in the evening; agglutination, at night (first day).

Burning and a constrictive sensation in the eyes, in the evening. Biting in the right eye, in the morning (second day).

Lid. Eyes agglutinated, in the morning (first day). Twitching of the right lower lid for two hours, with which the vision was weaker (after thirteen days). Twitching of the right upper lid (after twelve days). Twitching in the right inner canthus, and after this ceased, a sensation as if the lid were pressed upward, preventing vision (after twenty days). Stiffness of upper lids, with soreness of upper tarsal edges. Fine tearing in the right inner canthus, in the evening (sixth day). Two sharp stitches above the right external canthus (first day). Fine stitches in the left upper lid, in the evening (fifth day). Itching in the right lower lid (first day).

Lachrymal Apparatus. Lachrymation, in the morning, after waking (after four days). Vision. Dimness of vision; she sees objects only as through a veil (after eight days). Dimness of vision for distant objects (after six days). A white spot seemed to be before the eyes, preventing vision, in the evening, by the light; he was constantly obliged to wipe the eyes, which afforded relief.

Ear

Frequent piercing tearing in front of the right ear (second day). Tearing behind the left ear, extending upward, in the bone (after three hours). Tearing in the right ear (first day).

Tearing in the inner and outer ears. Violent stitches in the right ear (first day). Crawling, as of insects, in the right ear (fifth day). Itching in the right ear (first day). Chirping in the right ear. Noises and ringing in the ears, on waking, about midnight (third day).

Nose

Violent nosebleed three times a day for five days in succession (after five days). Very violent and frequent sneezing. Left nostril somewhat inflamed and scabby (third day). Pimples in the right nostril that become scabs (after eight days). Fullness and stoppage of the nose. Stopped catarrh, so that he could get no air through the nose. Dryness of the nose. Dryness of internal nose, especially left side. Swelled feeling across bridge of nose. Sensation of swelling in the right nostril (after ten days). Burning in the nostrils (second day). Tickling or itching about the nostrils. Violent itching in the nose internally (fourth day).

Face

Sensation of cobwebs above the right side of mouth (after one hour). Violent tearing in the left malar bone, in the evening (first day). Tearing in the inner surface of the lips in a small spot (first day). Tearing in the left side of the lower jaw and in the corresponding teeth (sixth day).

Mouth

Teeth. The back teeth seem too long, and a coldness seems to come out of them (third day). A left upper incisor seems too long and is painful to touch (after six days). Digging pain in some lower back teeth, in the evening (seventh day).

Toothache like a shooting or jerking in the back teeth, from which coldness seems to start, in the evening and morning (after six days). Violent pain in one incisor, consisting of beating and shooting, in the evening after lying down, so that she could not sleep the whole night, continuing all day and aggravated by eating (after six days). Tearing, now in the lower, now in the lower, now in the upper back teeth of the right side, now also in front of the right ear, deep in the bone, in the evening (second day). Throbbing in a left upper incisor, with frequent bleeding of the teeth (second day).

Throbbing in the root of an upper tooth (third day). Gum.

Swelling of the gums. Fungoid softening of the gums. While sucking the teeth acid blood comes from the gum (first day). A spot painful, as if abraded, on the gum (third day). Tongue.

Tension of the tongue as if swollen (second day). Burning like fire, on the tip of the tongue (first day). Burning itching on the tip of the tongue (first day). General Mouth. Breath offensive (after ten days). Dryness in the mouth, all night, (second day). Insipidity in the mouth, in the morning in bed.

Tasteless water collects in the mouth (first day).

Throat

A painful spasmodic contraction in the throat, during which she could not speak a loud word (fifth day). Sore throat, worse on empty swallowing than on swallowing large pieces (after five days). Roughness and scraping in the throat (first day). A sharp stitch in the throat from time to time when swallowing and when not (second day).

Stomach

Appetite. Increased hunger, she wants to eat constantly (second day). She has no relish, the food has no taste (eleventh day). He is disgusted with everything that he even looks at, he will not hear of eating, in the morning (second day). Thirst. Great thirst. Thirst, in the evening. Eructations. Frequent eructations, with accumulation of water in the mouth (after ten days). Eructations tasting of the food, after dinner (first day). Empty eructations, after dinner (first day). Hiccough.

Very violent hiccough, so that the stomach is painful (first day). Long-continued hiccough, after dinner (after fourteen days). Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea. He woke at 1 A.M., with great nausea and retching, then vomiting of food eaten the preceding evening, after which the nausea disappeared; then he slept until 3 o’clock, when great nausea with rolling and constriction of the stomach woke him again; he was obliged to go into the open air, when he felt better (after two days). Vomiting of mucus streaked with blood. Vomiting of only water, preceded by nausea (second day). Stomach. Rumbling in the stomach while walking, it seems empty (sixth day). Frequent distension of the stomach before dinner, disappearing after emission of flatus (first day). Flatulent distension of the stomach, in the morning (third day). It produces in the region of the stomach a very painful sensation of weight, and sometimes a pinching pain. Digestion is more difficult. Disgust in the stomach, and a sensation as if too full. Griping in the stomach, in the morning (fourth day). A sensation of heat in the epigastrium, though this rarely proceeds so far as to become painful. Heat and burning in the stomach (soon). Ulcerative pain in the right side above the pit of the stomach (first day).

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.