Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

RUTA GRAVEOLENS [ruta] [Kent’s]Ruta is another remedy often overlooked. It is sometimes overlooked and or given, or other remedies not fully related to the case are given because Ruta isnot well known. Many of its symptoms are difficult to classify in the Repertory. A knowledge of its must be obtained. It falls under a class of complaints that resemble , in that it issensitive to cold, aggravated from cold, damp weather; aggravated from becoming cold, and thecomplaints are often brought on from straining the part; overstraining or overexertion of parts, butprincipally confined to parts that are of a tendinous character; aponeurotic fibers; white fibrous tissue;the flexor tendons especially; flexor tendons that are overstrained by exertion. has somethinglike 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, nodularcondition, 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 shinbone. In farmers, woodmen, mechanics, from holding a hammer or iron instrument; hard nodules formin the palm from clasping the hand over an iron instrument in projecting it forward, as from using acrowbar; a hardened mass of tissue in the tendons, like a bursa. Tendency to the formation of depositsin the periosteum, in bone, in tendons, about joints. The especial location is in the wrist; bursae andnodules form in this part. Overstraining of tendons and in the place where it is likely to give out anodule will form in the tendon; lumps, bunches, little tumors in the tendon. Gradually increasingcontraction of flexors, so that the hands become permanently flexed; the foot becomes flexed so thatthe sole becomes increasingly concave, and the toes are drawn under from overstraining and violenceto the flexors.Overstraining of the muscles of the eye. These muscles are largely tendinous. Continual useuntil it becomes an overuse.Eyestrain followed by headache, and the effects are also on the globe of the eye, and coating ofthe eye, so that the overstrained eye is red. Pain in the eye, above and through the eye when he attemptsto use the vision, that is, aggravation from the exertion of vision. From looking at fine print, finesewing.Thus overexertion of vision brings about redness, pain and inability to concentrate vision on onepoint. Headache follows.Here resembles Ruta. and are the tworemedies most frequently used, but is a very frequently indicated remedy forheadaches from eyestrain. But they can be easily different Ruta is aggravated from cold, wantseverything warm. is aggravated from heat, wants to be in a cool place. The patient must beconsidered.There is general exhaustion in Ruta. The legs give out on rising from a chair, the patient tottersand makes several efforts on rising from a seat. Routinists give and for this.Ruta and both have violent, unquenchable thirst for ice-cold water. and because of the weakness through the hips and thighs.The remedy has not been proved sufficiently to bring out the mental symptoms. They are onlycommon and belong to many other remedies. "Inclination to contradict and quarrel". "Dissatisfied withhimself and others". "Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection". These symptoms are onlycommon; they can be grouped in one of two classes. The patient can be irritable, or the opposite--goodnatured.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 isaggravated toward evening. When things are brought out so that they belong to one of two classes, theyare 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 its painsare of a chronic nature. Old neuralgias, stinging, tearing, burning pains, especially in the lowerextremities, about the eyes; face aches. It has all the pains, described by all the adjectives that apply topain, 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 a great sciatic remedy, and it also has this aggravation from lying down."Eyes feel hot like balls of fire". To use Ruta for a pure inflammation when the eyes feel hotwould be a failure.