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Rumex crispus (Rumx.)

Rumex crispus (Rumx.) appears in 61 rubrics in the repertory. Two of them are single-remedy rubrics, listing only this remedy. There is no small rubric with at most two other remedies.

Voice and Gestures

Voice is the largest main rubric with six rubrics, gestures follow with five. Aphonia is listed four times. The voice rubrics describe changes in speaking and falling silent, the gestures the bodily mode of expression.

Stagnation of Thought and Despair

A single-remedy rubric describes a stagnation of thoughts that appears in the evening and is described as halting. Another single-remedy rubric links despair with an asthma attack. Suicidal disposition is represented with five rubrics, irritability and fear follow with four and three.

Summary

The picture links voice and expression with a despair that shows itself in difficulty breathing. Stagnation of thought and irritability complete it. The single-remedy rubrics are few in number but clearly carry the picture.

All rubrics of this remedy, the materia medica and the case work are in Rathmer’s Repertory.

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