Ranunculus Bulbosus
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 42
Questions
What is its common name and how is the mother tincture prepared ?
It is the Buttercup, and the tincture is made from the plant and root combined.
What is its general effect upon the system ?
It acts especialh' on the muscular tissue and skin, and its most characteristic effects are upon the chest walls, like pleurodynia. It symptoms are especially worse from change of weather.
In what affection is it most often indicated ?
In intercostal Rheumatism, with a sharp stitch in the chest, much soreness, and a feeling as if the parts were pounded, and worse every change of weather.
What is the action of Ranunculus on the skin ?
It produces an eruption similar to Herpes zoster or shingles, which occurs along the course of nerves; they are burning vesicles filled with serum and are followed by sharp, stitching pains.
What use may we make of Ranunculus clinically ?
In Delirium tremens, to calm the maniacal attacks.