Ranunculus bulbosa
(Ranunculus bulbosus · Buttercup)
The remedy of sore, bruised chest walls. In the materia medica, Ranunculus bulbosus is associated with sharp, stitching pains in the muscles between the ribs, worse for touch, motion and damp, stormy weather, and with intensely itchy blistering skin.
Source
The bulbous buttercup, a common meadow flower
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Ran-b.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Sore, bruised, stitching pains in the chest wall and between the ribs
Burning muscle pain along the edge of the shoulder blade, especially from desk work or needlework
Very sensitive to touch, cold air and changes in the weather
Intensely itchy, blister-like eruptions, sometimes bluish, as in shingles
Tends to feel better
Keeping still
Staying out of cold air
Tends to feel worse
Touch
Motion and turning the body
Wet, stormy weather and weather changes
Cold open air
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Ranunculus bulbosa)
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Bryonia
(Bryonia alba)
Both have chest pains worse for motion; Bryonia's come from deeper inside, Ranunculus's sit in the chest-wall muscles.
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Rhus toxicodendron
(Rhus toxicodendron)
Both are worse in wet, stormy weather, but Rhus pains ease with continued motion while Ranunculus pains are worse for it.
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Mezereum
(Daphne mezereum)
Both have shingles-type blisters with nerve pain; Mezereum's eruptions form thick crusts.
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From the classic texts
“Various kinds of pains and soreness, as if bruised in sternum, ribs, intercostal spaces, and both hypochondria. Inter-costal rheumatism. Chilliness in chest when walking in open air.”
“Muscular pains about margins of shoulder blades in women of sedentary employment, often burning in small spots…”
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