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.