Ranunculus Sceleratus

The best-known characteristic of R. sc. (which is a well-proved drug) is the

mapped or peeled tongue, and when this is associated with smarting, burning, and rawness R. sc.

• ▸will be the remedy.
• ▸R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸has the acridity of all the Ranunculi, causing burning in mouth, throat,

stomach, chest, urethra, and other parts. It causes blisters on the skin which leave a raw surface

with acrid discharge. It has cured pemphigus in a three-months old infant, with continual thirst,

weak, intermitting pulse, trembling, with anxious features. After Ars. 4 had caused improvement,

• ▸R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸3 healed up the resulting ulcers.
• ▸External sensitiveness is a leading feature of R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸,

especially of region of chest and sternum. These symptoms with others have led to the cure of

• ▸many chest affections, including aneurism.
• ▸A leading Concomitant of R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸is arrest of

breathing: pains in liver, spleen, chest, or heart, < on deep inspiration and associated with

external soreness calls for R. sc. Gnawing and boring are common sensations with the remedy,

and most of the symptoms are right-sided; but there is one left-side symptom that is peculiar:

continual gnawing in left palm. The right toes, especially the right big toe, are the seat of many

acute pains, giving the remedy a high place in acute attacks of gout, and also painful corns.

• ▸Among the Sensations of R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸are: As if head were too full and too large.
• ▸As if face covered

with cobwebs (this proved a keynote in a case of aneurism which was much relieved by R. sc.).

As if a plug were lodged in umbilicus. Pressure as from a dull instrument. As if diarrhoea would

set in—As of a needle thrust deep into big toe. With pains in stomach there is fainting.

• ▸Convulsive twitches of limbs.
• ▸The effects of R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸(which German shepherds call "cold fire") on

horned cattle is. Loss of appetite; trembling and shivering; distention of abdominal veins. A dog

poisoned with it became anxious, howled, tossed about, bent double, was very restless at night.

He was killed, and after death the stomach was found contracted, inflamed in several parts,

surface corroded; papillz prominent; swelling, pale redness and contraction of pylorus. Mahoney

• ▸(M.
• ▸A.
• ▸, xxvi.
• ▸110) cured with R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸3 in an aged woman subject to gout aching in dorsa of feet,

• ▸especially the right, with wakefulness at night.
• ▸K.
• ▸ca.
• ▸30 had previously removed pain passing

downward over the glutei. The symptoms are: < By touch; pressure; blow. < By motion; deep

inspiration; walking; letting limb hang down. < Evening; after midnight; morning. < In open air.

< After a meal.

Indolence, and aversion to (mental) labour, in the morning.—Sadness and melancholy

in the evening.

Gnawing in one spot left of vertex. Frightful dreams about corpses, serpents, battles, etc. Fluent coryza, with sneezing and burning micturition.

Vertigo, with loss of consciousness.—Headache, as if head were compressed in a

vice.—Gnawing, drawing, spasmodic, dull pressure, often affecting only a very small spot on

vertex (or temples).—Compressive and expansive pressure in temples.—Heaviness and sensation

of fulness in head, which seems to be swollen and increased in size.—Contraction of integuments

of head.—Smarting and itching in scalp.

Pain in eyes on moving eyeballs quickly —Biting-gnawing in eyes and corners of

eyes.—Frequent aching (painful pressing) in eyeballs.—Smarting in canthi, from time to

time.—Eyes convulsed.—Lachrymation.

Otalgia (r. ear), with pressure (or gnawing pain) in head, and drawing in

teeth.—Drawing, shooting, and boring at exterior of auditory duct.

• ▸Smarting and tingling in nose.
• ▸—Pricking in point of nose.
• ▸—Frequent sneezing.
• ▸—Much

serous mucus in nose.—Ulecers or large sores on r. side of nose.

Face as if covered with cobwebs.—Drawing in face, with a sensation of

coldness.—Spasmodic twitchings in facial muscles and extremities, risus sardonicus.—Sensation

of quivering round commissures of lips, and lower lip.

• ▸Teeth and gums sensitive.
• ▸Tongue mapped denuded patches.
• ▸Mouth sore and raw.
• ▸Burning and rawness of tongue.

Dryness of mouth.—Frothy salivation—Tongue coated white.—Shooting in tip of

tongue.—Inflammation of tongue, with burning sensation, and redness.—Desquamation and

rhagades on tongue.

Toothache, with shooting pains, and bluntness of teeth —Jerking and shooting

drawings in teeth.—Red and painful swelling of gums, which bleed easily.

Contraction, with choking in throat, < by eating bread.—Burning sensation in

throat —Scraping in throat.—Swelling of tonsils, with lancinations.—Smarting and shootings in

gullet.

Sweetish taste in the morning, with white and loaded tongue.—Anorexia.—Violent

thirst with the fever-heat.

Risings, with taste of the food, after a meal——Frequent, empty risings.—Sour,

rancid risings, in evening.—Nausea, esp. after midnight, or in morning, with inclination to

vomit.—Pain in stomach, with fainting fits Violent pains in stomach, with

uneasiness.—Sensation of fulness, of pressure, and of tension in epigastrium, < by external

pressure, with < in the morning.—Constrictive pains in stomach.—Lancinations in

epigastrium.—Pain as from excoriation, and burning sensation in epigastrium.—(Inflammation of

stomach.)

Sensation of a plug behind umbilicus. Pain over region of liver, with sensation as if diarrhoea would set it. Pressure as of a plug behind right false ribs; worse, deep inspiration.

Dull aching in hepatic region, < by taking a deep inspiration.—Lancinations in

hepatic region.—Pressure and shootings in splenic region (in liver and kidneys), < by breathing

deeply.—Shootings, shocks, and pressure in lumbar region.—Pains in abdomen, with

syncope.—Dull pressure, as from a plug, or a sensation of twisting behind navel, at night, or in

• ▸morning.
• ▸—Spasmodic pains in abdomen.
• ▸—Pinching and cutting in abdomen.
• ▸—Jerks in abdomen

(in abdominal integuments).

Itching, tickling, burning of anus.—Fine stitches into rectum.—Moisture in

anus.—Itching and pressing-out sensation at anus, as if premonitory of hemorrhoids, <

• ▸walking.
• ▸—Great urging after a meal; only flatus passes.
• ▸—Retarded evacuations.
• ▸—Frequent and

urgent want to evacuate, with soft feeces.—Serous, fetid diarrhcea.

Strangury.—Burning in fore part of urethra a short time after

• ▸urinating.
• ▸—Tickling crawling at meatus.
• ▸—Drops pass after urinating, wetting sheet.
• ▸—Frequent

desire.

Small dry cough, seldom recurring, and without effort——Obstructed

and deep respiration.—Involuntary sighs.

Integument sensitive. Bruised pain and weakness in the chest every evening. Sore burning behind xiphoid cartilage.

Pain in chest as if beaten, with sensation of fatigue in that part, esp. in

evening.—Oppressive pressure on chest.—Pinching and shootings in chest, and region of heart,

• ▸sometimes with suspended respiration.
• ▸esp.
• ▸in evening, or at night.
• ▸—Stitches in chest and

intercostal muscles.—Gnawing behind sternum, which suspends respiration. —Painful sensibility

of exterior of chest, esp. of sternum.—Burning soreness behind xiphoid cartilage —Painful

drawing in pectoral muscles ——Constant pressure as of a dull instrument below r. false rib, <

• ▸inspiration.
• ▸—Painful sticking in r.
• ▸chest.
• ▸—Very painful pinching around 1.
• ▸nipple.

Pressure as from a blunt piece of wood in region of heart.—Stitches in region of

heart.—Sticking-contracting pinching in heart-region causing tightness of breath.

Pain in loins, as if bruised or paralytic.—Pricking and tingling in back and

chest.—Aching between scapulze.—Sudden violent jerks in loins during walk in open air, arresting

breathing.

Soreness under r. arm in armpit.—Boring shootings in forearms, extending to

• ▸fingers.
• ▸—Gnawing in r.
• ▸elbow-joint.
• ▸—Stitch in elbow.
• ▸—Boring in bones of hands —Gnawings in

palm.—Gnawing, boring, and shooting jerks in bones of fingers.—Swelling of fingers.

Gnawing and boring throughout legs and feet, esp. in toes.—Gnawing pains

in |. heel—Burning and smarting on dorsum of r. foot —Jerking shootings, and tingling in great

toes.—Sudden stitches in forepart of r. big toe as if needle thrust in deep, causing him to cry

• ▸out.
• ▸—Sudden stitches in r.
• ▸big toe, passing into a burning.
• ▸—Lancinations and burning pains in

corns.

24. Generalities—Under this drug the symptoms usually appear on the r. side; on crown of head;

toes.—Boring sensation; gnawing pains in inner or outer parts; prickling in outer parts.—<

• ▸Evening; before midnight.
• ▸—(Arthritic affections.
• ▸).
• ▸—Piercing, gnawing, shooting, tingling pains,

which manifest themselves, or are <, towards the evening.—Pressive and drawing

• ▸pains.
• ▸—Periodical affections.
• ▸—Convulsive jerks (twitches of the limbs).
• ▸—Syncope.
• ▸—Fainting

with the pains.

• ▸Boring pain.
• ▸Sudden burning sticking in right toe.
• ▸Corns, with burning and soreness, especially when feet hang down.
• ▸Gout in fingers and toes.

Vesicular eruption, with tendency to form large blisters. Acrid exudation, which makes surrounding parts sore.

Vesicular eruptions, with acrid, thin, yellowish discharges.—Obstinate

ulcers.—Itching, boring, biting, tingling, gnawing in various parts of body, now here, now there,

< evening.—Pemphigus.—Large isolated blisters which burst and leave ulcers.

Sleeplessness after midnight, with anxiety, heat and thirst; or with restlessness and

tossing about.—Imperfect sleep after midnight; with anxious, frightful dreams, of corpses,

• ▸serpents, beetles, &c.
• ▸—Early waking (3 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸), with prolonged watchfulness.

Pulse quick, full, but soft, with heat at night—Chill and chilliness (shivering) during

meals.—Heat in the evening in the room after walking in the open air.—Dry heat at night, with

violent thirst and ebullition, mostly after midnight —Waking after midnight, many nights in

succession, with heat over whole body, violent thirst, pulse accelerated, full, soft —Heat

predominates.—Perspiration after the heat, towards morning, mostly on forehead.—Intermittent

fever, after midnight; heat and violent thirst, with full, soft, quick pulse, followed by general

perspiration, mostly on forehead.

• ▸Aneurism.
• ▸Anus, itching in.
• ▸Chest, sternum, pain behind.
• ▸Corns.
• ▸Coryza.
• ▸Diphtheria.

• ▸Earache.
• ▸Glossitis.
• ▸Gout.
• ▸Hemorrhoids.
• ▸Herpes; zoster.
• ▸Liver, pain in.
• ▸Neuralgia.
• ▸Nose,

• ▸ulceration of.
• ▸Pemphigus.
• ▸Quinsy.
• ▸Sternum, pains in.
• ▸Stomatitis.
• ▸Toes, affections of.
• ▸Tongue,

peeling, mapped. Varicosis.

Antidoted by: Puls. Wine and Coffee antidote only partially. The ulcers were

• ▸somewhat relieved by Peruvian Balsam.
• ▸Follows well: Ars.
• ▸in pemphigus.
• ▸Followed well by:

• ▸Lach.
• ▸in diphtheria with denuded tongue.
• ▸Compare: R.
• ▸bulb.
• ▸(R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸more irritative).
• ▸Headache,

• ▸gnawing in small spot at vertex, Puls.
• ▸Mapped tongue, Nat.
• ▸m.
• ▸, Ars.
• ▸, Rhus, Tarax.
• ▸(R.
• ▸sc.
• ▸has

• ▸more burning and rawness than any).
• ▸Cobweb sensation, Alm.
• ▸, Bar.
• ▸c.
• ▸, Bor.
• ▸, Bro.
• ▸, Bry.
• ▸, Calc.
• ▸,

• ▸Con.
• ▸, Graph.
• ▸, Mag.
• ▸c.

First to third potency.