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Ratanhia Peruviana

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Peruvian Rhatany · "The Anal Knife Pain Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the rectum, specifically treating painful conditions like fissures and hemorrhoids with a characteristic sensation of broken glass.

📖 Boericke writes:

Krameria-Mapato

(RATANHIA)

The rectal symptoms are most important, and have received much clinical confirmation. It has cured pterygium. Violent hiccough. Cracked nipples (Graph; Eup ar). Pin worms.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Violent hiccough.

introduction

Pin worms.

introduction

Fissures of anus, with great constriction, burning like fire, as do the haemorrhoids; temporarily relieved by cold water.

rectum

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Treats head pain characterized by a bursting or stretching sensation associated with bowel movements.

Bursting in head after stool, and when sitting with head bent forward.

Sensation as if scalp from nose to vertex were stretched.

🔑 Modalities

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

3X to 6X

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📝Locally, the Cerate has proved invaluable in many rectal complaints.

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

⏭️ Similar

Lycopodium Clavatum →

🔄 Compare With

Paeonia Officinalis →Croton Tiglium →Silicea Terra →Sanguinaria Nitrica →Slag

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Ratanhia Peruviana is listed in 44 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 18 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen27 Teeth4 Female Sexual System4 Stomach3 Head2 Generalities1 Eyes1 Skin1 Throat1

See all 44 rubrics for Ratanhia Peruviana →