Rhus Tox Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Rhus Tox. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Rhus Tox would be a good bet. The following are the indications of Rhus Tox, as it relates to skin. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Rhus Tox in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Rhus Tox and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. BETTER, warm, dry weather, motion; walking, change of position, rubbing, warm applications, from stretching out limbs. WORSE, during sleep, cold, wet rainy weather and after rain; at night, During rest, drenching, when lying on back or right side. Relationships Complementary: Bry.; Calc. Fluor. Phytol ( Rheumatism). In urticaria follow with Bovista. Inimical: Apis. Antidotes: Bathing with milk and Grindelia lotion very effective. Ampelopsis trifolia - Three-leaf Woodbine - (Toxic dermatitis due to vegetable poisons - 30 and 200. Very similar to Rhus Toxicodendron poisoning. Desensitizing against Ivy poisoning by the use of ascending doses of the tincture by mouth or by hypodermic injections is recommended by old school authorities, but is not as effective as the homeopathic remedies especially RHUS 30 and 200 and Anacard., etc. Anacard.; Croton.; Grindelia; Mezer.; Cyp RIP.; Plumbago (eczema of vulva); Graph. Compare: Rhus Radicans (almost identical action); characteristics are, burning in tongue, tip feels sore, pains are often semilateral and in various parts, often remote and successive. Many symptoms are better after a storm has thoroughly set in, especially after an electric storm. Has pronounced YEARLY worse ( Laches.) Rhus Toxicodendron Radicans has headache in OCCIPUT even pain in nape of neck and from there pains draw over the head Forwards). Rhus Diversiloba - California Poison-oak (antidote to Rhus; violent skin symptoms, with frightful itching; much swelling of face, hands and genitals; skin very sensitive; eczema and erysipelas, great nervous weakness, tired from least effort; goes to sleep from sheer exhaustion); Xerophyllum (dysmenorrhoea and skin symptoms). Compare, also: Arn.; Bapt.; Lach.; Ars.; Hyos.; Op ( stupefactions more profound). Mimosa - Sensitive Plant - (rheumatism, knee stiff, lancinating pains in back and limbs. Swelling of ankles. Legs tremble). skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; burning; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; tearing; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; zoster, zona; skin; out-breaks on skin; impetigo (bacterial infection on skin surface); skin; out-breaks on skin; itching; skin; out-breaks on skin; itching; night; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; itching; warmth; of bed; skin; out-breaks on skin; with jerking pain; skin; out-breaks on skin; measles; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; generating pus; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; stinging; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; scaly; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; chapping; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; corrosive; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; crusty; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; dry; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; in fevers; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; itching; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; jerking with pain; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; moist; skin; out-breaks on skin; painful; skin; out-breaks on skin; painless; skin; out-breaks on skin; psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales); skin; out-breaks on skin; psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales); diffuse; skin; out-breaks on skin; psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales); long established; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; black; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; cracked; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; inflamed; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; itching; skin; out-breaks on skin; pocks; black; skin; out-breaks on skin; pocks; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; sore, as if excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); skin; out-breaks on skin; groups of itching blisters; skin; out-breaks on skin; small, purple spot; skin; out-breaks on skin; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration); skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; bleeding; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; burning; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; hard; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; malignant; skin; moisture; skin; out-breaks on skin; boils; skin; out-breaks on skin; boils; painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle); skin; out-breaks on skin; burning; skin; out-breaks on skin; burning; night; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; chicken-pox; skin; out-breaks on skin; clustered; skin; out-breaks on skin; from cold air; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; coppery; skin; out-breaks on skin; blotches; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; blotches; red; elevated; skin; out-breaks on skin; blotches; skin; moisture; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; skin; out-breaks on skin; alternating with other complaints; dysentery; skin; out-breaks on skin; alternating with other complaints; with tightness of chest; skin; out-breaks on skin; alternating with other complaints; respiratory symptoms; asthma; skin; out-breaks on skin; gnawing, biting; skin; out-breaks on skin; blackish; skin; out-breaks on skin; blisters; skin; out-breaks on skin; crusty; skin; out-breaks on skin; crusty; moist; skin; out-breaks on skin; large, round pimples on hardened base; skin; out-breaks on skin; eczema; skin; out-breaks on skin; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); skin; out-breaks on skin; offensive smelling; skin; out-breaks on skin; grape shaped; skin; out-breaks on skin; on hairy parts; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; hard; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; skin; out-breaks on skin; dry; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; yellow; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; thin; skin; out-breaks on skin; crusty; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; peeling in scales; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; corrosive; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; destroying hair; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; greenish; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; greenish; skin; out-breaks on skin; discharging, moist; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; alternating with chest complaints and dysenteric stool; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; after scratching; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; from becoming wet; ; skin; pain; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); after scratching (must scratch it raw); ; skin; pain; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between skin folds; ; skin; pain; pain after scratching; skin; pain; stinging; skin; pain; tearing; after scratching; ; skin; pain; ulcerative pain; skin; pain; ulcerative pain; after scratching; ; skin; prickling; skin; pain; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); skin; pain; cutting; skin; pain; burning; spots; skin; pain; gnawing, biting; skin; pain; gnawing, biting; eating at skin; skin; pain; gnawing, biting; eating at skin; after scratching; ; skin; pain; bruised pain; skin; pain; like bruising; skin; pain; burning; skin; pain; burning; night; ; skin; pain; burning; after scratching; ; skin; rough; skin; sensitive; skin; swelling; pale; skin; swelling; after scratching; ; skin; swelling; shining; skin; swelling; spongy; skin; swelling; stinging; skin; swollen sensation; skin; tension; skin; skin becomes thick after scratching (see hard); skin; swelling; inflamed; skin; swelling; hard; skin; swelling; fluid in tissues; skin; becomes sore when lying down; ; skin; becomes sore when lying down; feeling; skin; sticking; skin; sticking; after scratching; ; skin; swelling; skin; swelling; of parts affected with symptoms; skin; swelling; burning; skin; swelling; crawling; skin; generally unhealthy; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; stinging; skin; out-breaks on skin; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; small-pox; skin; out-breaks on skin; small-pox; black; skin; out-breaks on skin; smarting; skin; out-breaks on skin; spring; skin; out-breaks on skin; stinging; skin; out-breaks on skin; suppressed; skin; out-breaks on skin; generating pus; skin; out-breaks on skin; scarlet fever; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); scaly; bran-like; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); scaly; skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; containing water; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); receding in eruptive fevers; scarlet fever; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); red; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); rose coloured patches; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); suppurating (producing pus), which dries to blackish crusts; skin; out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); scabies; suppressed; with mercury and sulphur; skin; out-breaks on skin; with swelling; skin; out-breaks on skin; syphilitic; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; during chill; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; in cold air; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; during fever; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; nodular; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; nodular; rosy (erythema); skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; while perspiring; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; during rheumatism; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; after scratching; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; skin; out-breaks on skin; ulcerative with pain; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); yellow; skin; out-breaks on skin; with tearing pain; skin; out-breaks on skin; tense; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); gnawing, biting; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); hard; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); inflamed; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); itching; skin; out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); stinging; skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; every spring; ; skin; discoloration; red; spots; scarlet; skin; abnormal growths; cauliflower-like fungus; haematodes; skin; abnormal growths; ulcer like lesions, leaving scars, spread over body; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; gnawing, biting; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; gnawing, biting; night; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; black; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; bleeding; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; bruised with pain; skin; abnormal growths; cauliflower-like fungus; skin; abnormal growths; skin; gangrene; from burns or gangrenous sores; skin; discoloration; spots; as if burned; skin; discoloration; spots; like lentils; skin; discoloration; spots; after scratching; ; skin; discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.; skin; dry; skin; dry; burning; skin; dry; inability to perspire (see inactivity); skin; ganglia; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; burning; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; burning; night; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; corrosive; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; green; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; greenish; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; offensive; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; offensive; putrid; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; scanty; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; thin; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; watery; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; copious; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; brownish; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; bloody; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; burning; when touched; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; burning; around about ulcer; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; cancerous; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with cold feeling; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with crawling sensation; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; crusty; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with cutting; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; deep; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; discharges; yellow; Red, swollen; Itching intense skin; blisters; inflamed; skin; blisters; itching; skin; blisters; peeling off; skin; blisters; after scratching; ; skin; blisters; small; skin; blisters; smarting; skin; blisters; covered with spots; skin; blisters; surrounded by red skin, from excessive perspiring; skin; blisters; grape shaped; skin; blisters; dry; skin; blisters; forming on bare surface; ; Vesicles, herpes; Urticaria; pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms Glands swollen Cellulitis Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation. skin; blisters; skin; blisters; bluish; skin; blisters; close to each other; skin; blisters; merging together; skin; blisters; generating pus; skin; blisters; watery; skin; discoloration; bluish; skin; discoloration; bluish; spots; skin; discoloration; mottled; during chill; ; skin; discoloration; purple (purpura haemorrhagica purplish spots or patches from haemorrhage under skin); skin; discoloration; purple (purpura haemorrhagica purplish spots or patches from haemorrhage under skin); in aged people; ; skin; discoloration; red; skin; discoloration; red; after scratching; ; skin; discoloration; red; spots; skin; discoloration; blackish; spots; skin; cracks; after washing; ; skin; cracks; skin; blisters; around a wound; ; skin; blisters; yellow; skin; blisters; winter; skin; blisters; yellow; skin; chapping; skin; coldness; skin; coldness; sensation of coldness; skin; contraction; skin; discoloration; red; spots; coppery; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with deep hole (fistula); skin; abnormal growths; warts; moist; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); left to right; ; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); erratic; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); gangrenous; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); after scratching; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); with swelling; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); blisters; skin; inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.; skin; like insects crawling on skin; skin; inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); skin; inflammation; skin; inelastic; skin; abnormal growths; warts; old; skin; abnormal growths; warts; painful; skin; abnormal growths; warts; on stalks; skin; abnormal growths; warts; small; skin; abnormal growths; warts; stinging; skin; abnormal growths; warts; wens; skin; abnormal growths; warts; wrinkled, shrivelled; skin; inactivity; skin; hard; like callus; skin; hard; like parchment; skin; itching; must scratch; until it is raw; skin; itching; scratching; skin; itching; scratching; skin; itching; unchanged by scratching; skin; itching; smarting; skin; itching; stinging; skin; itching; tickling; skin; itching; on becoming warm; in bed; ; skin; itching; perspiring parts; ; skin; itching; jerking; skin; itching; crawling; skin; hard; peeling off; skin; hard; with thickening; skin; heat without fever; skin; itching; skin; itching; morning; ; skin; itching; morning; in bed; ; skin; itching; gnawing, biting; skin; itching; burning; skin; loss of feeling; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; foul; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; pus-filled pimples around; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; red with red circle; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; after scratching; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; sensitive; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; sensitive; around ulcers; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; smarting; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; smarting; night; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; spongy; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; pulsating; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; surrounded by pimples; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration); skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; gangrenous; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with gnawing, biting pain; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; painless, slow developing; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; inflamed; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; itching; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; itching; around about; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with jerking pain; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; painless; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; stinging, sudden, sharp; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; stinging, sudden, sharp; night; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; varicose; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; surrounded by blisters; skin; abnormal growths; warts; skin; abnormal growths; warts; bleeding; skin; abnormal growths; warts; burning; skin; abnormal growths; warts; indented; skin; abnormal growths; warts; inflamed; skin; abnormal growths; warts; jagged; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; unhealthy; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; tingling; night; ; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; tingling; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; stinging, sudden, sharp; in red circle around; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; generating pus; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; generating pus; with pain; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; swollen; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; swollen; with red circle; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; with tearing pain; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; tense; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; tense; with red circle; skin; abnormal growths; warts; large; Rhus Tox is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Toxicodendron Radicans, Poison-ivy, Rhus, Rus tox, Rhustox, Rustox, Rhus Toxicodendron