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Dulcamara

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General EN

Dulcamara.

Solanum dulcamara. Woody Nightshade. Bitter-sweet. N. O. Solanaceae. (Not to be confounded with "Deadly Nightshade," Belladonna, nor with "Climbing Bitter-sweet," Celastrus.) Tincture prepared from fresh green stems and leaves, gathered just before flowering.

Clinical EN

Adenitis. Angina faucium. Aphonia. Bladder, affections of.

Blepharophthalmia. Catarrh. Cholera. Crusta lactea.

Diarrhoea. Dropsy. Dysentery. Emaciation.

Exostoses. Haemorrhage. Haemorrhoids. Hay-fever.

Headache. Herpes. Influenza. Irritation.

Lichen. Lumbago. Measles. Meningitis.

Myalgia. Myelitis. Nettle-rash. Neuralgia.

Ophthalmia. Paralyses. Pemphigus. Rheumatism.

Scarlatina. Scrofula. Stammering. Stiff-neck.

Thirst. Tibiae, pains in. Tongue, affections of. Tonsillitis.

Tumours. Typhoid. Urine, difficulty in passing; incontinence of. Warts.

Whooping-cough.

Characteristics EN

The leading indication for the homoeopathic use of Dulcamara is found in its modality, "< from cold and damp." Any condition which has this feature may find its remedy in Dulc. Effects of lying on damp ground (e.g., paralysis); conditions which are < in cold, damp weather; or, from changes from hot to cold weather, especially if sudden. Phlegmatic, torpid, scrofulous patients, who are restless and irritable and who take cold on damp changes, are especially suited for Dulc. Sensitiveness to cold and damp runs through the Solanaceae, and is marked in Bell. and Caps., but it is supreme in Dulc.

This feature among others renders them all good antidotes to Mercurius. Baryta carb, is the complement of Dulc. in "< from cold weather, especially in scrofulous children." In poisoning cases Dulc. produces: Hard, griping pains in bowels; unconsciousness; tetanic spasm; trismus; loud, rattling breathing; death. Paralyses are numerous: paralysis of tongue; of lungs; of heart (pneumogastric paralysis). (I once gave Dulc. 30, with complete relief to the pain, in a case of sarcoma of the bones at the base of the skull, in which there were stabbing pains in the front of the head, and partial paralysis of the tongue.

It was the latter symptom which determined the choice of the remedy.) Paralysis of the bladder. Rheumatic paralyses. Paralysed part feels icy cold. One-sided spasms.

Convulsions beginning in face. Trembling, especially of right arm. It cured: "Paralysis of vocal cords (aphonia) from sleeping over a damp cellar." McLaren cured with a single dose the following case, which was the result of a wetting: Facial paralysis (l.) following neuralgia, the eye having remained unclosed for eight months. Red rash with itching < in damp weather.

After a slight aggravation improvement began in two weeks and continued steadily (Med. Adv., xviii. 214). Dulc. is a scrofulous remedy and has many scrofulous-looking eruptions: moist or dry, red, tettery eruptions, especially on face; furfuraceous; herpetic; urticaria; skin callous; warts, fleshy or large, smooth. Painless ulcers.

(Dulc. 30 cured in two doses a rash like mosquito-stings appearing every month before the menses, < when warm; compelled to sit where it is cold.) It corresponds to results of repercussed eruptions. Offensive sweat; effects of sudden cooling whilst sweating. Dropsical affections. Catarrhal troubles.

Dryness of mucous membranes strongly indicate it. Dulc. causes diarrhoea, and a characteristic form is when there is vomiting with the stool. It causes a mucous-like sediment in the urine and is particularly indicated when a muco-purulent urine is associated with general one-sided sensitiveness, especially of the abdomen. (Amer.

Hom., xxi. 317), records the cure with six doses of Dulc. 200 of the following case: A prison-warder had difficulty with urine four years; frequent micturition, dribbling a few drops. Stains linen yellow. < Afternoon; in damp cold weather. Some pain over left kidney and left iliac region;

> after moving about or in warm weather. Sweats easily and often takes cold, when he suffers from sore-throat. Dislikes sweets.) Pains in many parts, as if from cold. Bruised feeling.

Sensations: as of a board pressing against forehead; as if head were enlarged; as if hair stood on end; as if fire were darting out of eyes; as if worms were crawling up and down in abdomen; biting in rectum as from salt; as if lung moved in waves; as if arms were of wood; as of needles over whole body. Crawling, tickling itching of various parts; of tip of tongue. < Lying on back; > lying on side.

< Stooping, > erect. < Bending diseased part backward. Most symptoms < at rest and > by motion. Most symptoms are < evening and night.

Warmth > most symptoms, but < cough and nettle-rash. < Cold air; cold change of weather; damp weather; getting wet; using water. < From cold drinks; from ice-creams. Skin eruptions are sensitive to touch; pressure >.

Small furuncles appear on places hurt by concussion.

Relations EN

Dulc. antidotes: Cupr. and Merc. Is antidoted by: Camph., Cup., Ip., Kali c., Merc. Follows well: Bry., Calc. c., Lyc., Rhus t., Sep., Verat. Incompatible: Bell., Lach.

Complementary: Baryta c. Compare: Acon., Ars., Cham., Helleb., Nit. ac., Puls., Staph., Sul. In faintness during stool, Crot. t., Ver. Effects of cold, moist winds, Ars., Calc., Nux m.

(cold, dry winds, Aco., Bry.). Effects of exposure to wet, and > by motion, Rhus. Rheumatic paralysis, Rhus, Caust. Hasty speech and actions, Hep., Bell., Lach., Sul.

Paralysis of lungs, Solania.

Causation EN

Damp with cold. Wading. Washing. Injuries. Checked eruptions. Checked perspiration.

Mind EN

Mental agitation

Great impatience and restlessness

Impatient desire for different things, which are rejected as soon as they are obtained

Inclination to scold, without being angry

Combative disposition, without anger

Nocturnal delirium, with aggravation of pains.

Head EN

Vertigo when rising from bed, with darkness before the eyes

Giddiness early in the morning, > on getting up

Giddiness so as to occasion failing, with trembling of the whole body, and general weakness

Giddiness, with heat ascending to the face

Dull pressure, as if a board were resting heavily on the forehead

Pressive stunning pains in different parts of the head

Piercing and burning pain in the forehead, with digging from the inside outwards, with the sensation as if the brain were enlarged;

< in evening till midnight and when becoming cold;

> when lying down

Bursting pains extending from forehead to bridge of nose

The headache is < by the slightest movement, and even by speaking

Boring headache, from within to without, in the temples and forehead;

< before midnight and when lying quiet;

> when talking

Sensation of heaviness in the head

Congestion in the head, with buzzing in the ears, and hardness of hearing

Sensation in the occiput as if it were enlarged

Stupefying headache; heaviness of the head

Stupefying ache in occiput ascending from nape of neck

Unpleasant sensation of chilliness in the cerebellum and over the back, with the sensation as if the hair were standing on end; returning everyday in the evening

Thick crusts on the scalp, causing the hair to fall off.

Eyes EN

Aching in the eyes, esp. when reading

Sensation as if fire were issuing from the eyes when walking in the sun or in the room

Inflammation of the eyes (ophthalmia from catching cold)

Itching of the eyelids in the cold air

Ptosis

Eyelids dry

Sparks before the eyes

Confused sight, as from incipient amaurosis, sees everything as through gauze.

Ears EN

Otalgia, at night, with nausea.—Acute pullings, with shootings in the ears.

Nose EN

Epistaxis of a very hot and bright red blood, with pressive pain above the nose.—Coryza; dry; with stoppage of the nose, < in cold air.

Face EN

Paleness of the face, with circumscribed redness of the cheeks

Eruptions and warts on the face

Thick, brownish or yellowish, scabs on the face, on the forehead, on the temples, and on the chin

Crusta lactea

Moist tetter in the cheeks

Twitching of the lips in the cold air

Paralysis of the lower jaw

Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands

Redness of the face

Distortion of the mouth; it is drawn to one side.

Mouth EN

Salivation; saliva tenacious, soap-like

Dryness of the tongue and roughness, with much thirst and increased flow of saliva

Tongue loaded with thick mucus

Swelling of the tongue, hindering speech and impeding breathing

Stammering from time to time as if drunk; indistinct articulation, though he tried constantly to speak

Pimples and ulcers in the mouth

Gums loosened and fungous

Paralysis of the tongue, and obstructed speaking, esp. after taking cold

Itching, crawling on the tip of the tongue.

Throat EN

Sore throat, as if from elongation of the uvula, with pressive pain

Burning heat in the palate

Sore throat, as after a chill

Continual hawking up of very tough saliva, with much rawness in the fauces.

Appetite EN

Sickly and saponaceous taste in the mouth

Bitterness in the mouth

Burning thirst for cold drinks, generally with dryness of the tongue, joined to a more abundant secretion of saliva

Hunger after the fever-heat

Hunger, with repugnance to all food

Distension of the abdomen and epigastrium after eating moderately

Nausea, with vomiting of viscid phlegm

Vomiting of (white) tenacious mucus (morning).

Stomach EN

Aching in the stomach, extending to the chest

Cramp-like contraction in the stomach, so as to suspend respiration

Retraction of the epigastrium, with burning pain

Sensation of inflation in the pit of the stomach, with disagreeable sensation of emptiness in the abdomen

Retraction of the pit of the stomach, with burning pain.

Abdomen EN

Pains in the umbilical region

Shooting, pinchings, and cuttings in the umbilical region, esp. at night

Pinchings, gnawing, and sensation as if a worm were wriggling in the abdomen

Pain in the abdomen as from the effects of cold

Inflammatory congestion and induration of the inguinal glands, with drawing and tensive pains

Swelling of the inguinal glands

Dropsy of the abdomen.

Stool And Anus EN

Constipation

Difficult, dry, infrequent stool

Diarrhoea, as after a chill, with cuttings, or with vomitings, risings, and thirst

Diarrhoea of greenish (white) or brownish mucus

Slimy diarrhoea, with faintness

Chronic, bloody diarrhoea, with biting at the anus

Sanguineous diarrhoea, with itching in the anus, and prolapsus of the rectum

Nocturnal watery diarrhoea, with colic, particularly in the summer; also when the weather suddenly becomes cool—with prolapsus recti.

Urinary Organs EN

Retention of urine

Scanty and fetid urine

Clear and viscid urine, or troubled, with sediment-like mucus

Red, burning urine

Involuntary discharge of urine, as from paralysis of the bladder

Difficult (painful) urination, water issuing drop by drop

Thickening of the bladder

Discharge of mucus from the urethra

Stricture of the urethra

Turbid and whitish urine.

Male Sexual Organs EN

Tetters on the genitals.

Female Sexual Organs EN

Catamenia retarded, and too abundant; blood watery, thin

Tettery eruption of the labia

Miliary eruption before the catamenia

Suppressed menstruation from cold

Tetters on the breast in nursing women

Suppression of milk from a cold.

Respiratory Organs EN

Oppressed breathing, from a cold; from accumulation of mucus

Catarrh and hoarseness, as from having taken cold

Cough, with hoarseness

Moist cough

Cough, with expectoration of bright red blood

Cough, similar to whooping-cough, excited by taking a deep inspiration, with profuse secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea; during each attack easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, which is often streaked with blood.

Chest EN

Great oppression of the chest, esp. when breathing

Dull shooting, as from blows in and upon the sides of the chest

Troublesome undulating pain in the l. side of the chest.—(Impending paralysis of lung.)

Heart EN

Strong palpitation of the heart, at night, perceptible externally.

Neck And Back EN

Stiffness at the nape of the neck

Stiffness of the neck from a cold

Engorgement and induration of the glands of the nape, and of the neck

Violent pains in the lumbar region, above the hips, digging, shooting, or drawing, chiefly at night during repose

Lameness of the small of the back, from a cold

Shooting pullings in the loins, shoulders, and arms.

Upper Limbs EN

Paralysis of the arms, with icy coldness (esp. during rest), as from apoplexy

Paralytic pain in the arms, as from a bruise, chiefly during repose

Tettery eruption, and warts, on the hands

Perspiration in the palms of the hands.

Lower Limbs EN

Tractions and tearings in the legs, esp. in the thighs

Tetters on the knee

Puffing and swelling of the leg as far as the knee

Burning sensation in the feet, and in the toes

Erysipelatous desquamation and itching in the feet

Tingling in the feet, as from formication.

Generalities EN

Tearing, shooting, or drawing pains in the limbs Sufferings, as from a chill in various parts Rheumatic pains and other complaints, from a cold Aggravation of sufferings, chiefly in the evening or at night, and during repose;

> by movement Pains, with coldness of the body Immoderate secretion and excretion of mucous membranes and glands, the activity of the skin being suppressed Swelling and induration of the glands

Emaciation Dropsical swelling of the whole body, limbs, and face Rapid swelling of the whole body Weakness and painful weariness of the whole body

Semilateral convulsions, with loss of speech Paralytic affections of the limbs (of different single parts) Great lassitude.

Skin EN

Dryness and heat of the skin

Miliary nettle-rash, with fever

Tetters of different kinds, such as humid, scaly, pale tetters, oozing after having been scratched; reddish tetters, with red areola, bleeding after having been scratched; tetters with red edges, painfully sensitive to the touch, and to cold water; small, round, yellowish-brown tetters, bleeding after having been scratched; dry, furfuraceous tetters

Tettery scabs over the whole body

Tettery eruptions, with swelling of the glands

Warts

Tetters in the joints

Eruption of itching pustules, which pass into suppuration, and become covered with a scab, esp. in the lower limbs and the hinder part of the body

Red spots, as if caused by flea-bites.

Sleep EN

Great inclination to sleep during the day

Nocturnal sleep, agitated, restless, in consequence of heat and startings in the body, esp. after midnight

Waking very early

Cannot sleep because of impossibility of remaining in a position long enough

Frightful dreams

Visions in the morning on waking.

Fever EN

In the evening, frequent shiverings and coldness, not even relieved by the heat of the fire

Cold during the pains

At first, febrile shivering, then burning heat with stunning pain in the head, face red, burning heat in the palate, and insatiable thirst for cold drinks

Dry, burning heat over the whole body

Heat and burning in the back

Dry heat and burning sensation in the skin, with delirium and thirst

Heat with delirium without thirst

Fever, with aggravation in the evening

Pulse small, hard, and tight, esp. at night

General sweat, esp. at night

Fetid sweat, with discharge of much urine

Fetid perspiration, at night and in the morning, over the whole body; during the day, more on the back, in the armpits and hands

Perspiration suppressed and entirely wanting.