Dolichos Pruriens
Boericke - Pocket Manual of Materia Medica · William Boericke · 912 chars · source ↗
General
DOLICHOS PRURIENS Cowhage (DOLICHOS PURIENS - MUCUNA)
A right-sided medicine, with pronounced liver and skin symptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Haemorrhoidal diathesis.
Throat
Pain in throat, worse swallowing, below right angle of jaw, as if splinter were imbedded vertically. Pain in gums prevents sleep.
Abdomen
Colic from getting feet wet.
Constipation, with intense itching; bloated abdomen.
White stools.
Swelling of liver.
Haemorrhoids, with burning sensation.
Skin
Intense itching, with no swelling or rash; worse across shoulders, also about elbows and knees and hairy parts.
Jaundice.
Yellow in spots; itching excessively at night.
Herpes zoster (Ars).
Modalities
Worse, at night, scratching, right side.
Relationship
Compare: Rhus; Bell; Hep; Nit ac; Fagopyr.
Dose
Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in haemorrhoids.