Colchicinum
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General EN
Colchicinum.
Alkaloid of Colchicum autumnale. C7 H23 NO6. Trituration.
Clinical EN
Diarrhoea. Fever. Intestinal catarrh. Prostration. Sleeplessness. Spasms.
Characteristics EN
This alkaloid has been proved and the symptoms are sufficiently distinctive, though I am not aware of any clinical experience with it. The symptoms point strongly to its use in that form of intestinal catarrh characterised by the appearance of shreddy membranes; and the symptom, "convulsive jerkings of right hand," should prove a valuable indication, if not a keynote.
Relations EN
Compare: Ars., Caust., Colch.
Eyes EN
Pupils widely dilated.
Face EN
Tearing pains in face.
Throat EN
Increased secretion of saliva.
Stomach EN
On rising from bed, at night, nausea suddenly increased, and was followed by vomiting of undigested food, and afterwards of a bitter greenish fluid; the vomiting was repeated early in the morning
Vomiting of blood for nine or ten days
Pains and excessive sensitiveness in epigastrium.
Abdomen EN
Distension and sensitiveness.—Frequent rumbling.
Stool And Anus EN
Urging, causing him to leave his bed, followed by copious pasty evacuation, with excessive tenesmus; this was repeated three times within a short period
Stools accompanied with tenesmus and consisting of a thin fluid with numerous flakes looking like the cooked white of egg in pieces from two to four inches long
Stools thin, yellowish green, slimy, accompanied by pain
Liquid stools.
Urinary Organs EN
Urine turbid, depositing a copious white sediment.
Heart EN
Pulse during the first two hours sank about eleven beats.
Upper Limbs EN
Convulsive jerkings of r. hand.
Generalities EN
Very great exhaustion on second day, increasing to feverish excitement lasting two days.
Sleep EN
Slight somnolency and collapse.—Awakened from sleep soon after midnight by uneasy dreams.
Fever EN
Chill about noon on first day, followed by violent heat lasting several hours, with increased thirst, very rapid pulse, confusion of the head, uneasiness and sleeplessness.