Colchicum Autumnale
By C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
REGION
- DIGESTIVE TRACT.
- HEART; pericardium.
- Circulation.
- Kidneys.
- Tissues: MUSCLES. Ligaments. Fibrous. Serous.
- JOINTS; small.
WORSE
- MOTION.
- Touch.
- Night.
- Stubbing toes.
- Vibration.
- WEATHER: Cold; damp; rooms. Changing. Autumn.
- Slight exertion.
- Checked sweat.
- Stretching.
- Sundown to sunrise.
BETTER
- Warmth.
- Rest.
- Doubling up.
- Sitting.
COLD AND WEAK, BUT SENSITIVE AND RESTLESS. Irritable and sensitive to impressions, strong odors, etc. Tearing, digging, drawing pains. Many joints are attacked. Rapid sinking. Moist collapse. Creepings. Small, rapidly shifting areas of severe pain, but little swelling. Subacute states, that finally attack the heart. Cardio-arthritic affections. Dropsy. .................... Depressed. Irritable and sensitive; every little hurt pains terribly. Sensitive to odors and impressions. Unequal pupils. Acrid tears. Dark nostrils. ACUTE SMELL; odors nauseate, even to fainting, etc. Pinched, sunken face. Mouth hangs open. Flow of saliva, with a sense of dryness. Glossitis. Thirsty, but LOATHES THE SMELL, or sight of food; > lying quietly. NAUSEA. Retching. Burning or icy coldness in stomach. Meteorism. Diarrhœa, then gouty effects. Choleraic or shreddy, gelatinous, mucus stools, then tenesmus or spasm of anus. Mucous colitis; after dysentery. Tenesmus. Urine sedimentitious; black. Nephritis. Chest seems squeezed by a band. Cutting or stinging at heart. Weak heart. Cold limbs. Heat on rump. Sweat, cold on face; sour at night.
Complementary: Ars. Spi.
Related: Ars. Carb-v. Ver-a.