Chelidonium majus

Common name: celandine.

Often called for in affections of the liver, when there is a great deal of pain and soreness of that organ (N.).

Cough loose and rattling, difficult, associated with hepatic derangement (D.).

Disinclination to move, which he does very reluctantly (Bry., Gels., Op.).

Dyspnœa with oppression and constriction of the chest, worse on the right side (Lyc.) (D.).

Capillary bronchitis or pneumonia with hepatic or bilious symptoms (D.).

Paralytic drawing and lameness in single parts (Plb., Rhus-T., Sil.).

DISTRESSING PAIN UNDER THE RIGHT SCAPULA (Bry., Card-M., Chen-A., Con., Lac-C., Lycps., Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos., Pic-Ac., Podo., Ruta., Sec.) (D.).

Sleepiness and desire to lie down, without being able to sleep (Gels., Nux-V., Puls.).

Expectoration is not easily raised (Ant-T., Bry., Caust. Kali-C., Phos., Sulph.) (D.).

FAN-LIKE MOTION OF THE ALÆ NASI (Am-C., Ant-T, Brom., Iod., Kreos., Lyc., Merc-I-F., Phos., Pryrog., Spong., Sulph-Ac., Zinc.) (D.).

All complaints lessen after dinner (N.).

Yellow tongue, taking the imprints of teeth (Ant-T., Ars., Carb-V., Dulc., Hydr., Iod., Merc., Plb., Podo., Rhus-T., Sep.) (D.).

Chilliness predominating (Anac., Bry., Calc., Camph., Caust., Colch., Ferr., Graph., Hep., Lyc., Mezer., Nux-V., Puls., Tarax.).

Gastralgia relieved by eating (Anac., Graph., Petros., Sep.) (D.).

Great debility and great lassitude in the morning when awakening and after eating.

Nothing but very hot drinks relieve the nausea and vomiting (N.).

ICTERUS (Ars., Bry., Chin., Dig., Iod., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Phos., Podo., Sep., Sulph.).

Pain in the hepatic region and across the umbilicus, as if the abdomen were constricted by a string (N.).

CONSTIPATION: STOOL HARD, ROUND BALLS LIKE SHEEP'S DUNG (Alum., Alumn., Mag-M., Merc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Op., Plb., Sulph.) (A.).

Alternate constipation and diarrhœa (Ant-C., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Op., Podo., Sulph.) (A.).

Burning and itching of the anus (Æsc., Carb-V., Lyc., Merc., Sulph.) (Br.)

Diarrhœa: at night; slimy, light gray; bright yellowish; brown or white; watery; pastry; involuntary.

GALL-STONES, WITH PAIN UNDER THE RIGHT SHOULDEL-BLADE (Card-M., Chin., Podo.) (A.).

Retarded menstruation, but when the menses do come on they continue too long (Bt.).

Catamenia too late and too profuse (Graph., Puls., Sep.).

Large and flabby tongue (Hydr., Lyss., Merc., Nat-Ars., Sep.) (Br.).

Bad odour from the mouth (Ars., Bry., Carb-Ac., Merc., Nux-V., Puls., Sil., Sulph.) (Br.).

Desire for very hot drinks (Ars., Bry., Graph., Kreos., Lac-C., Lyc., Sabad.); unless almost boiling stomach will not retain them (Ars., Casc.) (A.).

PREFERS HOT FOOD AND DRINK (Ang., Ars., Cupr., Lyc., Sabad.) (Br.).

Longs for milk (Apis., Ars., Aur., Bry., Calc., Elaps, Lac-C., Merc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos-Ac., Rhus-T., Sabad., Sil., Sulph.) (Bl.).

CONSTANT PAIN UNDER THE LOWER AND INNER ANGLE OF THE RIGHT SCAPULA (Kali-C., Merc., under the left scapula- Chenop., Sang.) (N.).

JAUNDICE, WHEN THE SCLERA, FACE, URINE, AND STOOL ARE VERY YELLOW (N.).

Loathing of food (Ant-C., Puls., Sep.) (Bt.).

Urine: dark yellow; turbid on passing; dark brownish red; staining linen or diaper dark yellow (N.).

Face, forehead, nose, cheeks remarkably yellow (Sep.) (A.).

Vertigo; aggravated when rising from the bed or from sitting, or when closing the eyes (Alum., Arn., Cycl., Lach., Sep., Ther., Thuj.) (Br.).

Feels as though he were falling forward (Bl.).

AFFECTS RIGHT SIDE MOST; RIGHT EYE, RIGHT LUNG, RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM AND ABDOMEN, RIGHT HIP AND LEG RIGHT FOOT COLD AS ICE, LEFT NATURAL (Lyc.) (A.).

Despondency (Ars., Aur., Calc., Cimic., Crot-C., Ferr., Graph., Ign., Kali-P.,) (B.).

Inclination to weep (Gels., Ign., Puls., Stann.).

Averse to mental exertion or conversation (Aur., Bapt., Carb-An., Gels., Nux-V., Phos., Plat., Puls., Sulph., Verat., Zinc. (B.).

Old, putrid, spreading ulcers, with a history of liver disease, or of a tubercular diathesis (A.).

Periodical orbital neuralgia (right side), with excessive lachrymation; scars fairly gush out (Rhus-T.) (A.).

Acute and chronic hepatitis (Aloe, Bry., Chin., Kali-M., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Podo., Sep., Sulph.) (Bt.)

PNEUMONIA OF THE RIGHT LUNG, WITH LIVER COMPLICATIONS (Ant-T., Iod., Merc., Sang.) (A.).

Spasmus glottidis (Ars., Bell., Brom., Chlor., Cupr., Gels., Ign., Iod., Lach., Mosch., Phos. Samb., Spong., Verat.) (Bt.).

Spasmodic cough; small lumps of mucus fly from the mouth when coughing (Bad., Kali-C.) (A.).

Loss of hearing during cough (Puls; better during cough- Sil.).

Ears feel stopped (Asar., Carb-V., Con., Lyc., Merc., Puls., Sil.) (C.).

Heaviness in the occiput (Bry., Cocc., Gels., Petrol., Sil.) (C.).

ONE FOOT COLD, THE OTHER HOT (Dig., Ipec. Lyc., Puls.) (K.).

AGGRAVATION: From change of weather; from motion; from touch; from lying on the right side; early in the morning; and 4 A.M. and 4 P.M.

AMELIORATION: After dinner; from hot drinks; from pressure; from hot food; during dinner; and bending backward.

RELATIONSHIP, COMPLEMENTARY: Ars., Lyc., Merc-D., and Sulph.

ANTIDOTES: Acon., Cham. and Coff.

CHEL. antidotes the abuse of Bry., especially in hepatic complaints.

COMPARE: Acon., Bry., Kali-B., Lyc., Merc., Nux-V., Op., Sang., Sep., Sulph.