Dulcamara
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: bitter sweet.
TEERING IN THE LIMBS AND OTHER DISORDERS FROM CATCHING COLD.
PARALYSIS OF SINGLE PARTS (Caust., Phos., Zinc.)
PARALYSIS FROM LYING ON THE DAMP GROUND (D.).
Dropsical swellings (Apis, Dig., Rush-T., Sulph.).
Anasarca; after ague, rheumatism or scarlet fever (A).
Dropsy: after suppressed sweat, suppressed eruptions or exposure to cold. (A.).
Swelling and induration of the glands (Bad., Carb-An., Con., Merc-I-F., Sil.).
One-sided spasms with speechlessness (Zinc.).
Great emaciation (Abrot., Calc-P., Nat-M., Sars.)
A rooting-up and digging painfulness.
Excessive secretions of the mucous membranes (Hydr., Puls., Rhus-T.).
TINEA CAPITIS (Caust., Graph., Kali-S., Psor.).
CRUSTA LACTEA (Ars., Calc., Clem., Graph.).
TETTERY ERUPTIONS (Merc., Mez., Nat-M.).
Twitching of the eyes in the cold air.
Urticaria over the whole body, no fever; itching burns after scratching; worse in warmth, better in cold (A.).
Herpes on the male genitals (C.).
Dryness of the skin and itching blotches (Apis, Bry., Clem., Graph., Lyc., Sulph.).
EXANTHEMA LIKE NETTLE-RASH (Apis, Ars., Bov., Calc., Puls., Rhus-T., Sulph.).
ERUPTIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE CAT AMENIA (Aur-M.).
Thick brown-yellow crusts on the scalp, face, forehead, temples, chin; with reddish borders, bleeding when scratched (A.).
SUPPRESSED MENSES.
Colic as if diarrhœa would occur, from taking cold (N.).
Diarrhœa from repelled eruptions (D.).
Mucous diarrhœa in summer, during the cool days (Acon., Rhus-T., Sulph.).
Mucous, green or changeable stools of sour odour (D.).
Yellow watery diarrhœa in damp weather (Nat-S.) (D.)
CUTTING AT THE NAVEL THEN PAINFUL, GREEN, SLIMY STOOLS (B.).
Perspiration of the palms of the hands (Calc., Carb-V., Cham., Con., Fl-Ac., Hep., Ign., Iod., Kali-C., Nux-V., Sep., Sil., Sulph.).
Paralysis of the bladder or any part of the body brought on or made worse by damp weather (Rhus-T.) (D.).
Catarrhal ischuria in grown-up children, with milky urine; from wading with bare feet in cold weather; involuntary urination (A.).
Frequent urination (Phos-Ac., Sep.) (B.).
For the bad effects or abuse of Mercury (A.).
FROM TAKING COLD, THE NECK STIFF; THE BACK PAINFUL; THE BONES ACHE (Hr.).
Cough with expectoration of bright blood (Acon., Bell., Ferr-P.).
Oppression of the chest from mucus (Ant-T., Phos., Sulph.).
They have to cough a long time to expel phlegm, especially in infants and old people, from threatened paralysis in the vagi (Hg.).
After the disappearance of tetters in the face, face-ache and violent asthma (Hr.).
Tenacious, soapy saliva (Berb., Merc., Phos.) (B.).
DIFFICULT SPEECH (Bell., Crot-C., Gels., Lach., Nat-M., Op., Stann., Stram.) (K.).
Offensive sweat, night and morning, over the whole body (A.).
AGGRAVATION: From cold air; from wet weather; whilst reposing; whilst sitting; at night; during rest; from suppressed menstruation; from suppressed eruptions; from suppressed sweat.
AMELIORATION: From motion; when moving the affected part; when walking; from warmth; and in dry weather.
RELATIONSHIP: Complementary to: Bar-C., Kali-S. and Nat-S.
Incompatible with: Acet-Ac., Bell. and Lach. (should not be used before or after).
Follows well after: Calc., Bry., Lyc., Rhus-T. and Sep.
Antidote: Camph.