Materia Medica

Rhododendron

Snow-rose

Rheumatic and gouty symptoms well marked. Rheu- matism in the hot season. The modality (worse be- fore a storm) is a true guiding symptom.

Mind

Dread of a storm; particularly afraid of thunder. Forgetful. 635

Head

Aching in temples. Tearing pain in bones. Headache; worse, wine, wind, cold and wet weather. Pain in eyes before a storm. Ciliary neuralgia, in- volving eyeball, orbit, and head. Heat in eyes when using them.

Eyes

Muscular asthenopia; darting pains through eyes from head, worse before a storm.

Ears

Difficult hearing. with whizzing and ring- ing in ears. Hearing better in the morning; noises come on after patient has been up a few hours.

Face

Prosopalgia; violent, jerking pain involving dental nerves, ,from temple to lower jaw and chin; better, warmth and eating. Toothache in damp weather and before a storm. Swollen gums. Stumps of teeth are loosened.

Male

Testicles swollen, painful, drawn up. Or- chitis; glands feel crushed. Induration and swelling of testes after gonorrhoea. Hydrocele. [Sil.]

Chest

Violent pleuritic pains running downward in left anterior chest. Breathless and speechless from violent pleuritic pains running down the anterior chest. Stitches in spleen from fast walking. ( Crampy pain under short ribs.

Extremities

Joints swollen. Gouty inflammation of great toe-joint. Rheumatic tearing in all limbs; worse, at rest and in stormy weather. Stiffness of neck. Pain in shoulders, arins, wrists; worse when at rest. Pains in bones in spots, and reappear by change of weather. Cannot sleep unless legs are crossed.

Modalities

Worse, before a storm. All symptoms reappear in rough h weather, night, towards morning. Better, after the storm breaks, warmth, and eating.

Relationships

Compare : Ampelopsis (hydrocele and renal dropsy) ; Dulc.; Rhus; Nat. sulph.

Dose

First to sixth potency. (Fragrant Sumach) Renal and urinary affections, especially diabetrs. Enuresis due to vesical atony: senile incontinence. Haematuria and cystitis come within the range of this remedy. Urine. — Pale, albuminous. Incontinence. Srvere pain at beginning or before urination, causing great agony in children. Constant dribbling. Diabetes, large quantities of urine of low specific gravity. [Phos. ac.; ,1cet. ac.] Tincture, in rather material doses.