# Rumex Crispus (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Yellow Dock
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Rumex Crispus is extremely useful in the treatment of cough arising
from the irritation and itching in the throat.  There is one continuous
stream of phlegm from the nose and throat down to the larynx, trachea
and chest.  The phlegm may either  be thin, or very thick and
tenacious.  Rumex is commonly stated  to be associated with a cough
producing a lot of phlegm, although, sometimes, it may be associated
with a dry cough.  It is not right to only consider  phlegm to reach the
diagnosis of Rumex.  In fact, Rume x can work very well in a dry
cough that becomes persistent.  A ccording to Dr. Kent, Rumex is
associated with a severe, dry co ugh.  The cough is of a spasmodic
type.  There is a feeling of rawness inside the throat and trachea
(windpipe) provoking cough. The cough is associated with pain at the
breast bone (sternum).  The patien t gets severe spasmodic coughing
shortly after going to sleep.  He may sometimes not be able to sleep.
The patient may unknowingly wet hi mself during a severe bout of
coughing.

Sometimes, inflammation or infecti on results in the production of a
copious amount of phlegm.  Such a patient is described of phlegmatic
nature.  In Greek medicine, patients  are ascribed to be of various
natures, including bilious, phlegma tic, asthmatic and melancholic.
The Rumex patient will produce a lot of phlegm, if he is of phlegmatic
nature.  But another patient showin g symptoms of Ru mex who is not
of phlegmatic nature may not produce any phlegm at al l.  The nature
of the patient works as a guideline for arriving at the correct diagnosis.
This should be understood with refe rence to the classical medical
definition, otherwise one may be confused.

Rumex is also useful in the treatment of many abdominal
problems, such as excessive gas and rumbling in the abdomen.
Usually severe diarrhoea follows nasal catarrh . The patient
contracts sudden, severe and painle ss morning diarrhoea, making him
leave the bed abruptly.  The stools are copious, watery and of dark
colour.  The stomach feels heavy up to the throat af ter taking food.
There is pain in the left side of th e chest.  The patient cannot eat meat.
The belly aches more on movement and on talking.

In Rumex, the tongue becomes excoriated at its margin and is coated
with a thick, yellowish crust. There is itching over various parts of the
body, especially the legs.  Small pimples form over the legs.  On
exposure to the cold air and while changing one’s clothes, the itching
becomes more severe.

A Rumex patient is very weak.  He is extremely irritable and not able
to comprehend very much.  He suffers  from a light continuous type of
headache, affecting the forehead an d the right side of the head. The
headache becomes worse on sneezing.  The patient is extremely
sensitive to the cold air.  He sneezes  a lot.  The nose runs profusely.
Symptoms become worse in the ev ening and at night.  The cough
begins usually at 11p.m. whether th e patient is awake or asleep.
Another symptom of Rumex is the hoarseness of voice .  Excessive
amounts of thick phlegm make speaki ng difficult.  There is a feeling
of a lump sticking in the throat, which does not get better even on
swallowing and hawking.

Joint pains  are also not uncommon in Rumex.  The joint pains of
Rumex get worse from the cold.  In Calcarea Phos also, the cold
aggravates the joint symptoms.

Rumex symptoms aggravate on moveme nt, as in Bryonia.  However,
in Bryonia (unlike Rumex), the patient is not very sensitive to the cold
air.

Potency: 30

## Symptoms by System