Colocynthinum
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General
Colocynthinum.
An active principle (glucoside) of Citrullus colocynthis. C56 H84 O23. Dilutions in alcohol.
Clinical
Colic. Cough. Debility. Diarrhoea. Feet, burning in. Genitals (male), congestion of; pain in. Headache. Neuralgia. Spinal pains. Travelling, effects of.
Characteristics
Having had a separate proving, Colocynthinum must be considered apart from Colocynth., from which it is derived, although the symptoms of the two bear a close resemblance. Neuralgic symptoms are prominent. Stitches and sensations of heat are found in many parts. Pulsation in the pit of the stomach, with prickling stitches on back in neighbourhood of middle thoracic vertebrae.
Diarrhoea and colic > bending forward. Congestion to male genital organs and pain in them. Burning pains in soles of the feet. < Evening; by motion; riding in cars.
> By rest; bending over; black coffee. < By motion; > by rest:—herein appears the relationship of the glucoside to Bryonia, the botanic relative of Colocynthis.
Mind
Depression.
Head
Painfulness of whole head, esp. temporal and frontal regions, scalp, and eyeballs, < moving eyes, straining sight, or bending forwards
Headache < by riding in railway cars, obliging to move slowly, and tread softly, otherwise the brain seems to shake about as if loose against the skull (in the median vertical region); accompanied by very sore pain and causing very bad humour
Stitches in brain; through occiput on heavy treading; through cerebellum, like lightning, on coughing
Sensitiveness of cerebellum on turning head.
Eyes
Vision sharper.—Painfulness and aching in eyeballs < straining sight, moving eyes rapidly, or turning head.
Face
Pressure in left cheek-bone.
Mouth
Pain in hollow molar and drawing in incisors, with sensation of swelling of l. cheek
Persistent, disgusting, bitter taste
Prickling and metallic taste on tip of tongue.
Stomach
Continual burning pressure in stomach up into oesophagus
Sticking in epigastrium; which was tense and inflated
Pulsation in epigastrium accompanied by pricking stitches on back near middle thoracic vertebrae.
Abdomen
Warm feeling followed by copious discharge of flatus
Colic with inflation in umbilical region; colic below umbilicus
Slight colic drawing from hypogastrium to hepatic region, with shuddering in scrotum, erections, and pain in buttock
Tension in r. groin and drawing along spermatic cord into r. testis, which was somewhat sensitive towards evening;
< next morning, and < walking, bending over, and going upstairs
Stitches from small of back to groin when walking.
Stool And Anus
Tickling in rectum
Feeling of moisture at anus
Irresistible inclination to stool; scanty brownish-red evacuation with painful tenesmus lasting ten minutes
Brown pappy evacuations, rapidly and easily discharged in quick succession, without tenesmus.
Urinary Organs
Tenesmus in urethra and rectum after urinating.
Male Sexual Organs
Congestion towards genital organs, esp. scrotum, with feeling of heat and burning in small spot on same, without erections
Cramp-like pain in penis with sensation as if it were bent double
Dark redness and painfulness of frenum
Crawling on penis with sexual desire
R. testis swollen and painful to touch
A pollution at night (very unusual with him).
Respiratory Organs
Short hacking cough excited by tickling in throat; whitish yellow mucus.—Frequent cough in early morning.
Neck And Back
Sharp in-pressing pain in some spots on nape, as if from a sprain < by movement; sensitive to pressure
Painfulness and feeling of heat along whole spine
Stitches in region of lowest dorsal vertebrae.
Upper Limbs
Tearing in l. shoulder
Frequently repeated stitches from l. axilla down to l. elbow
Paralytic weakness of r. forearm while writing
Cramp-like pain in muscles of l. wrist.
Lower Limbs
Stiffness and heaviness in tibiae
Burning, sticking, and sensation of warmth in dorsum of r. foot; pressing digging pain in external side of second toe of l. foot
Burning pain in both soles with feeling as if they were swollen.
Generalities
Great desire to lie down; which relieves.—Unusual debility towards evening.
Sleep
Restless sleep with vivid dreams.