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Rhus Venenata

30CRhus Ven

Poison Elder · Poison Dogwood · "The Severe Poison Ivy Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the skin, causing severe inflammatory reactions, vesicular eruptions, and intense itching.

📖 Boericke writes:

The skin symptoms of this species of Rhus are most severe.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are prone to severe skin inflammation, often accompanied by a gloomy, melancholy state of mind and a lack of desire to live.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Vesicles.

skin

Erysipelas; skin dark red.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Indicated for states of profound melancholy and hopelessness.

Great melancholy; no desire to live, gloomy.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

↑Better from

💊 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.

6th to 30th

Centesimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Clematis Erecta →Rhus Toxicodendron →Radium Bromatum →Rhus Diversiloba →

⏩ Follows Well After

Radium Bromatum →

⏭️ Similar

Rhus Diversiloba →

🔄 Compare With

Anacardium Orientale →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Rhus Venenata is listed in 39 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 10 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Skin16 Locomotor System5 Mouth4 Abdomen3 Tongue3 Ears1 Fever1 Nose1 Head1 Face1 Eyes1 Generalities1 Female Sexual System1

See all 39 rubrics for Rhus Venenata →