Ranunculus sceleratus
Remedy of mapped tongue and vesicular eruptions. Tongue mapped — the keynote. Vesicular eruptions on skin. Gnawing in stomach. Pemphigus. Deep ulcers. Burning and smarting.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Ranunculus sceleratus (Ranunculaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Mapped tongue — irregular bare patches on tongue surface (like Taraxacum, Natrum muriaticum). Vesicular eruptions — burning, smarting, on skin. Pemphigus. Deep ulcers. Gnawing in stomach. Burning pain. Chest pain worse from weather change.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, fretful.
General Symptoms
Tongue, skin. Worse from evening, cold. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Mouth
Mapped tongue — the keynote. Irregular bare patches.
Skin
Vesicular eruptions. Burning. Smarting. Pemphigus. Deep ulcers.
Stomach
Gnawing. Burning.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Evening, cold, weather change
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Mapped tongue and vesicular eruptions.
Clinical Indications
Mapped tongue, vesicular eruptions, pemphigus, deep ulcers, gnawing stomach
Comparative Materia Medica
Taraxacum has mapped tongue with liver. Natrum muriaticum has mapped tongue with grief. Ranunculus bulbosus has vesicular eruptions with intercostal pain.
Safety Information
Bryonia.
This buttercup is highly caustic — fresh plant causes severe blistering. Protoanemonin is the irritant. Drying destroys toxicity. Use potentised forms.
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