Rhus toxicondendron Kind Anhang
ADHS
[Elaine Lewis and Lowanna
Hugall]
A Day in the Life of Rhus
Toxicodendron
The person who needs Rhus
tox has a sensitivity that makes him very irritable.
With Rhus tox, it’s all
about having to move! Anything that causes stagnation within the body such as
cold or water or ice will aggravate. Ice, for its hard, cold quality and the
wetness of frozen water, is what a Rhus tox hates the most, perhaps this is why Rhus
tox is easily comforted by anything that is warm and
encourages a flow within the organism, including vigorous massage.
The central idea of Rhus
tox is stiffness. They become all bound-up and unable
to release the inner tightness they feel. This is seen throughout the Rhus tox symptomatology
on all three levels–mental, emotional and physical.
Character is a picture of anxiety and
restlessness, they are unable to relax. Constantly needs to stretch. They feel
the urge to move to loosen up to keep from becoming the image of ice-cold and
hard.
Now, with Rhus tox constantly moving they become anxious. The anxiety is
from never being able to stay in one place for very long (“Anxiety, House,
in“), progressing into
a state where they think something bad is going
to happen (“Fear, superstitious“, “Ailments from anticipation, foreboding“).
These foreboding feelings come from delusions that something terrible is going
to happen (“Mind: Anxiety“, “Anxiety, future, about, Delusion: Murdered, will
be“); these are examples of the well-known Rhus tox “Restlessness” on the mental plane (“Mind: Thoughts,
rush, flow of; Mind: Suspicious“).
The Rhus Tox cycle:
Let’s see if we can find a Rhus
tox or two! Now where are those little Rhus tox people? I can hear them
but I just can’t see them, let us see if we can catch up with some of them.
Look way over there! What fun! All those children enjoying themselves at their
school athletics carnival. “BANG!” The starting gun fires and they all run off
down the track. They are having a beautiful day, the sun is shining. The
children, with all their might, race off down the track, it looks like a day
full of racing and getting many ribbons for their achievements. Let’s see if
there is a Rhus tox amongst
them!
And there he is now!
Our Rhus tox boy has had a monumental day. “The best day ever,” he
remarks and he has ribbons to prove it. He got three 1st , four 2nd
and a 4th prize. Yes, you’re right he does look over-heated. In fact
he says that he’s been getting very hot and even perspiring from all his fine
effort. He has really over-exerted himself most of the day and is
now looking forward to getting home to rest and
have a good night’s sleep.
Twilight finds him still hard at work, however;
packing away the equipment and carrying the podium back to the equipment shed.
For Rhus tox, twilight is
not a good time and this is when many symptoms of the tensing up start. FAST
FORWARD PLEASE!!
Later that night Rhus
tox now home drinking tea. He starts to feel an
anxiety within himself rising, no doubt because of night coming on (“Fear, at
night“), he has an emotional fear setting in and as this begins to happen, he
feels more stiff and tight. He explains to his mum that he has a general
bound-up sensation everywhere throughout his body. (“Generals: Constriction“)
Mum can see he is emotionally irritable and to
touch he is cold, his limbs especially. This cold, tight sensation is making
him twist and stretch the muscles to stop the limbs from being so constrictive.
(“Generals: Position, change of, ameliorates“) This is frustrating him
immensely not to mention his Mum having to watch him squirm around the kitchen.
He keeps getting in Mum’s way so she tells him to go and relax in front of the
T.V. She is hoping this will take his mind off his discomfort, but once he goes
to watch TV with his older sister, he tries to settle down but he just can’t
sit still! He moves this way and that. The urgency that he must keep on moving
and changing position becomes too much for Rhus tox and he groans (“Mind: moaning“) as he becomes more
restless, and his sister’s complaints of “Sit down, I can’t see the TV!”
irritate him still further (“Mind: Irritability, night“). He wants to sit still
but “ggrrrr!” What an aggravation!
We see the dance of the Rhus
tox begin. He gets up and moves, he changes position.
In doing so he stretches and contorts his ligaments to stop the stiffening and
the build-up of toxins in the muscles. The lactic acid builds up and this
causes a restlessness that spurs him on. To stop moving now would mean an
increase the toxins, not to mention the irritability.
The pain sensations of Rhus-t.
includes numbness and prickling (“Generals: Formication“).
His legs also feel dead and heavy like wood (“Legs: Wooden, sensation“). After
much effort to continuously move about, Rhus Tox begins to tire from all the activity. The dilemma now
is that he must rest. The relief he was experiencing from moving about is
diminishing as he is now being over-powered by the urge to rest his tired body.
Rhus-t. rests!! This rest causes again a build-up and
intense irritability and so he has the urge to move and here the cycle starts
again and continues many times.
Mum comes in to see what all the commotion is
about and sees her son squirming all over the TV room. She suggests to him to
go and have a hot shower. Finally, something that’s going to make Rhus-t. feel better!
As he walks out, she asks him to stick out his
tongue. As suspected, there is a red area shaped like a triangle on the tip
that he says also is painful, but more importantly for us a good conformation
that Rhus-t. is needed (“Tongue: Red, tip,
triangular“). Mum packs him off to the shower by telling him that she has put
on the heating lamp in the bathroom and is warming his towel. Normally < for
bathing but that is only if they get cold and today everything is all set up
for him to have a nice HOT soothing shower. The shower will help him immensely
as the heat will stimulate the flow within the body, easing the discomfort he
feels. While he is showering let’s look at why he is suffering. The causations
are many. He had a successful day, nothing wrong with that!
However, on top of winning all those races, he
might also have won a medal for Over-Exerting, Heavy Lifting, and Going from
Hot to Cold rather suddenly. It’s the Rhus Tox Triple Crown! What he needs are some warm clothes, a
massage and anything else that will stop the stagnation he feels within his
body.
Now let’s look at some other Rhus tox aspects.
Henrietta Housewife;
she’s a Rhus tox too. She doesn’t have a lot of energy and looks
somewhat worn out (“Generals: Weariness). Henrietta becomes exhausted easily
and quickly (“Generals: Weakness, sudden“). She can only do a little housework
and then she needs to rest as her energy quickly depletes on any exertion. The
nature of her energy comes in fits and starts; she is helpless in harnessing
this erratic energy into a nice steady flow. Instead she must just be content
to work on her house chores when she has a burst of energy and work until the
energy is depleted and again she becomes exhausted. She has no choice, but must
wait to recharge her energy and then is off again trying to clean the entire
house before she again is exhausted.
Another factor is that she also has been very
irritable (like Nux-v.). She gets annoyed if anything
gets in her way, so the pets need to be extra diligent in these households!
Rhus tox, as said before, has many delusions and so they are
better if they are kept active. By keeping active they have less time for
reflection over what the future may bring. He or she is very suspicious
generally and has a great deal of hostility (“Mind: Reproaches others“). She
blames others and this quality has isolated her from society. Her life is a
struggle and she starts to have the sensations of drowning in more ways than
one. The metabolism slows down and liquid pools in the body. The body’s tissues
become oedematous eventually leading the Rhus tox patient into congestive heart failure as their system
is overwhelmed. As the body has slowed down and become congested with fluid the
mind too degenerates, making the Rhus Tox confused and forgetful (“Mind: Confusion“).
If they live in a cold, wet climate these
conditions will come on faster for the sufferer Rhus tox. Activity, warmth and dryness are the answer.
[Dr. med. Manuela Mai]
Rhus toxicodendron
soll sich bei Kindern bei der Behandlung von grippalen Infekten, Verstauchungen
und Zerrungen sowie bei Windpocken und anderen juckenden Hautausschlägen mit
Bläschen bewährt haben.
Kinder sind unruhig und werfen sich im Schlaf hin
und her. Meist wollen sie nichts Festes essen, verlangen aber nach kalten
Getränken. Haben die Kinder Gliederschmerzen, sind diese schlimmer, wenn die
Kinder ruhig liegen sollen. Sie finden nämlich keine Position, in der sie gut
und beschwerdefrei liegen können und suchen ständig nach einer bequemen
Stellung. Bewegen sie sich aber, schmerzt die anfängliche Bewegung, nach kurzer
Zeit werden die Schmerzen aber deutlich besser.
[Elaine Lewis and Lowanna
Hugall]
A Day in the Life of Rhus
Toxicodendron
The person who needs Rhus
tox has a sensitivity that makes him very irritable.
With Rhus tox, it’s all
about having to move! Anything that causes stagnation within the body such as
cold or water or ice will aggravate. Ice, for its hard, cold quality and the
wetness of frozen water, is what a Rhus tox hates the most, perhaps this is why Rhus
tox is easily comforted by anything that is warm and
encourages a flow within the organism, including vigorous massage.
The central idea of Rhus
tox is stiffness. They become all bound-up and unable
to release the inner tightness they feel. This is seen throughout the Rhus tox symptomatology
on all three levels – mental, emotional and physical.
Character is a picture of anxiety and
restlessness, they are unable to relax. Constantly needs to stretch. They feel
the urge to move to loosen up to keep from becoming the image of ice-cold and hard.
Now, with Rhus-t.
constantly moving they become anxious. The anxiety is from never being able to
stay in one place for very long (“Anxiety, House, in“), progressing into
a state where they think something bad is going
to happen (“Fear, superstitious“, “Ailments from anticipation, foreboding“).
These foreboding feelings come from delusions that something terrible is going
to happen (“Mind: Anxiety“, “Anxiety, future, about, Delusion: Murdered, will
be“); these are examples of the well-known Rhus-t.
“Restless” on the mental plane (“Mind: Thoughts, rush, flow of; Mind: Suspicious“).
The Rhus-t. cycle:
Let’s see if we can find a Rhus-t.
or two! Now where are those little Rhus-t. people? I
can hear them but I just can’t see them, let us see if we can catch up with
some of them. Look way over there! What fun! All those children enjoying
themselves at their school athletics carnival. “BANG!” The starting gun fires
and they all run off down the track. They are having a beautiful day, the sun
is shining. The children, with all their might, race off down the track, it
looks like a day full of racing and getting many ribbons for their
achievements. Let’s see if there is a Rhus-t. amongst
them!
And there he is now!
Our Rhus tox boy has had a monumental day. “The best day ever,” he
remarks and he has ribbons to prove it. He got three 1st, 4th
and 2nd . Yes, you’re right he does look over-heated. In fact he says
that he’s been getting very hot and even perspiring from all his fine effort.
He has really over-exerted himself most of the day and is now looking forward
to getting home to rest and have a good night’s sleep. Twilight finds him still
hard at work, however; packing away the equipment and carrying the podium back
to the equipment shed. For Rhus-t., twilight is not a
good time and this is when many symptoms of the tensing up start. FAST FORWARD
PLEASE!!
Later that night Rhus-t.
now home drinking tea. He starts to feel an anxiety within himself rising, no
doubt because of night coming on (“Fear, at night“), he has an emotional fear
setting in and as this begins to happen, he feels more stiff and tight. He
explains to his mum that he has a general bound-up sensation everywhere
throughout his body. (“Generals: Constriction“)
Mum can see he is emotionally irritable and to
touch he is cold (his limbs). This cold, tight sensation is making him twist
and stretch the muscles to stop the limbs from being so constrictive. (“Generals:
Position, change of, ameliorates“) This is frustrating him immensely not to
mention his Mum having to watch him squirm around the kitchen. He keeps getting
in Mum’s way so she tells him to go and relax in front of the T.V. She is
hoping this will take his mind off his discomfort, but once he goes to watch TV
with his older sister, he tries to settle down but he just can’t sit still!
He moves this way and that. The urgency that he
must keep on moving and changing position becomes too much for Rhus t. and he groans (“Mind: moaning“) as he becomes more
restless, and his sister’s complaints of “Sit down, I can’t see the TV!”
irritate him still further (“Mind: Irritability, night“). He wants to sit still
but “ggrrrr!”
What an aggravation! The dance of the Rhus t. begins. He gets up and moves, he changes position.
In doing so he stretches and contorts his ligaments to stop the stiffening and
the build-up of toxins in the muscles.
The lactic acid builds up and this causes a
restlessness that spurs him on. To stop moving now would mean an increase the
toxins, not to mention the irritability.
The pain sensations of Rhus-t.
includes numbness and prickling (“Generals: Formication“).
His legs also feel dead and heavy like wood (“Legs: Wooden, sensation“).
After much effort to continuously move about, Rhus t. begins to tire from all the activity. The dilemma
now is that he must rest. The relief he was experiencing from moving about is
diminishing as he is now being over-powered by the urge to rest his tired body.
Rhus-t. rests!! This rest causes again a build-up and
intense irritability and so he has
the urge to move and here the cycle starts
again and continues many times.
Mum comes in to see what all the commotion is
about and sees her son squirming all over the TV room. She suggests to him to
go and have a hot shower. Finally, something that’s going to make Rhus-t. feel better!
As he walks out, she asks him to stick out his
tongue. As suspected, there is a red area shaped like a triangle on the tip
that he says also is painful, but more importantly for us
a good conformation that Rhus-t.
is needed (“Tongue: Red, tip, triangular“). Mum packs him off to the shower by
telling him that she has put on the heating lamp in the bathroom and is warming
his towel. Normally < for bathing but that is only if they get cold and
today everything is all set up for him to have a nice HOT soothing shower.
The shower will help him immensely as the heat
will stimulate the flow within
the body, easing the discomfort he feels. While
he is showering let’s look at why he is suffering. The causations are many. He
had a successful day, nothing wrong with that!
However, on top of winning all those races, he
might also have won a medal for Over-Exerting, Heavy Lifting, and Going from
Hot to Cold rather suddenly. It’s the Rhus-t. Triple
Crown! What he needs are some warm clothes, a massage and anything else that
will stop the stagnation he feels within his body.
He got out of the hot shower looking a lot
calmer. Mum gave him his Rhus-t. remedy and massaged
his sore, stiff joints till he fell asleep. He is now resting soundly, but
within that brain of his he is still dreaming of exerting himself (“Dreams:
Exertion, physical“) which, I’m sure he will do again tomorrow! I hope mum got
a large bottle of Rhus-t. as she’s going to need it!!