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Rheum palmatum, or Rhubarb, is a traditional homoeopathic medicine derived from dried root of the plant also known as Rhabarbarum, belonging from Polygonaceæ family. It is known for its action on the digestive system, especially in children. It is often indicated in cases of sour-smelling diarrhea, colicky abdominal pain, and teething troubles. The whole child may emit a sour odor—from sweat, stool, or breath. It is especially useful during difficult dentition and in children who are restless, crying, moaning, and wakeful at night. Rheum also affects the nervous system, producing states of drowsy confusion or a dream-like consciousness.

Common Name

English: Rhubarb

SBL’s Rheum palmatum can be helpful in the following conditions:

Anxiety, Irritability & Sleep Disturbances

• For vehement, weeping children who demand many things but are quickly dissatisfied.
• Useful for restlessness with a half-asleep mental state, moaning, and nocturnal crying.
• Rheum aids in sleep when disturbed by dreams, convulsive shaking, or twitching facial muscles.
• Relieves confusion and drowsiness on waking with a sense of delirium.

Headache & Scalp Complaints

• Eases giddy headaches with a stupefied or intoxicated sensation.
• Head heaviness with pressive or throbbing, especially on the forehead and vertex.
• Persistent sweat on scalp and forehead after slight exertion.
• For children whose hair is consistently wet from sweat, even in sleep.

Teething Issues & Facial Discomfort

• Excellent during difficult dentition with sour stools and colic.
• Relieves carious tooth pain, especially when digging or cold sensations are felt.
• Reduces facial pallor or uneven flushing (one cheek red, the other pale).
• Alleviates facial tension, rashes on forehead, and twitching at lip corners.

Nasal & Ear Symptoms

• Relieves pressure and tingling from the root to the tip of the nose.
• Rheum supports cases with ear pressure, itching, or throbbing pain.
• Assists in conditions with recurring deafness or Ménière’s-type symptoms.
• Sensation of bubbling or crackling in ear or neck muscles.

Digestive & Abdominal Complaints

• One of the top medicines for sour diarrhea in children, especially during teething.
• Aids in colic marked by drawing up of legs, sour-smelling stools, and rumbling gas.
• For children with frequent loose, curdy, greenish, or frothy stools with burning in anus and rectum.
• Colic that worsens with standing or after eating; improved after stool.
• Reduces distension, flatulence, nausea, and shooting pain in the abdomen.

Mouth, Tongue & Appetite Disturbances

• Mouth may be dry, coated with offensive mucus after sleep.
• Sour or bitter taste in mouth; food may become distasteful after the first bite.
• Tongue may feel numb, swollen, or insensible, affecting speech.
• Loss of appetite with constant hunger or dislike for fatty foods and coffee.

Urinary & Female Complaints

• Promotes urination in cases with reddish or yellowish urine.
• Assists in burning or difficult urination.
• Supports urinary complaints following childbirth or miscarriage.
• Helps manage bearing down sensations or ovarian discomfort in women.
• Bitter, yellow breast milk which infants may refuse.

Respiratory & Chest Affections

• Dry cough, especially in the evening; may be expectoration with mucus.
• Helpful in children who snore or breathe noisily during sleep.
• Relieves bubbling or crackling sensations in chest muscles.
• Reduces shortness of breath, Snoring breathing during sleep.

Back, Limbs & Musculoskeletal Discomfort

• Reduces cutting or drawing pains in lower back and lumbar spine.
• Eases joint stiffness and soreness during motion.
• For lameness or numbness of limbs, especially after spasms or dislocations.
• Bubbling or crackling sensations in limbs, particularly in knees and toes.
• Helps with jerking, tearing, or shooting pain in arms, legs, or fingers.

Skin & Sweating Disorders

• Beneficial in rashes on face and arms, particularly in sour-smelling children.
• Helps with pemphigus-like eruptions, facial puffiness, and livid discoloration.
• Profuse sweating on scalp or upper body, often cold.
• Sweat may stain yellow and leave behind sour or offensive odor.

Fever

• Rheum is useful in fevers with alternate chills and heat, accompanied by anxiety.
• Cold sweats on face, especially around the nose and mouth.