DOLICHOS PRURIENS
Cowhage
By William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(DOLICHOS PURIENS - MUCUNA)
A right-sided medicine, with pronounced liver and skin symptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Hæmorrhoidal 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. Hæmorrhoids , 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 hæmorrhoids.