Colchicum autumnale

Common name: meadow saffron.

Affects markedly the muscular tissue, periosteum and synovial membranes of the joints.

Weakness and debility from night study and loss of sleep (Nux-V.).

Tearing in the limbs during warm weather, and stinging during cold weather.

Tingling in many parts of the body, as if frost-bitten whenever the weather changes.

Shocks as from electricity through one-half of the body, with sensation of paralysis.

Sensitiveness of the whole body, especially the affected parts, to contact and to motion.

Frequent startings (Bell., Hyos., Kali-C., Stram., Sulph.).

Tingling in the points of the fingers and toes.

General exhaustion of mind and body (Gels., Kali-P., Phos.) (D.).

Dropsy of the uterus, from suppression of the menses (Bt.).

Dropsical swelling and dropsy of the skin.

BROWN TONGUE (Ars., Bapt., Bry., Chin-Ars, Hyos., Kali-P., Lach., Phos., Plb., Rhus-T., Sec.) (D.).

Scanty discharge of dark-red urine, with tenesmus (Canth., Lyc., Tereb.).

Extreme a version to food (Bry., Kali-M., Puls.) (D.).

NAUSEA FROM THE ODOUR OF FAT MEAT OR EGGS.

NAUSEA AND LOATHING AT THE THOUGHT OF FOOD (Ars., Cocc., Graph., Sep.) (D.).

HE GAGS FROM MERE MENTION OF FOOD (D.).

Loss of appetite (Chin., Graph., Hep., Ipec., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Puls., Sep.) (D.).

Abdomen is distended enormously, with urging to stool and passage of jelly-like mucus (D.).

DYSENTERY, WITH GASTRIC SYMPTOMS AND DISCHARGE OF WHITE MUCUS WITH MUCH TENESMUS (Aloe, Merc-C., Nux-V., Sulph.).

Spasm of the sphincter ani (Caust., Ferr., Tab.) (D.)

SUDDEN SINKING OF THE VITAL FORCES (Ars., Camph., Hydr-Ac., Kali-P., Verat.) (Ra.).

Bad effects from suppressed perspiration (Sil.).

METASTASIS OF GOUT TO HEART (Benz-Ac., Kalm., Led Puls.) (D.).

Cutting pains about the heart and oppression. (Ars., Bry., Cact., Iod.) (D.).

Rheumatic pericarditis (Acon., Bry., Kalm., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Rhus-T.) (Bt.).

Dry, hacking cough, with burning and feeling of constriction across the chest (Bt.).

Burning, or icy coldness in the stomach and abdomen (Camph.) (A.).

Cholera: sero-mucous vomiting and rice-water stools, thrown off with great force, with cramps of the abdominal muscles, flexors of the arms and feet, and sunken features (Ars., Bism., Kali-P., Verat.) (Bt.).

Cold surface, tongue and breath, mottled skin and bluish nails (Camph., Carb-V., Laur.) (Bt.).

Œdematous swelling of the face (Apis, Phos.).

Intense boring or tensive pain in the ovary, causing her to draw up double, with great restlessness (N.).

Affected parts very sensitive to contact and motion (Apis, Arn., Bry., Hep., Lach.) (A.).

ARTHRITIC PAINS IN THE JOINTS; PATIENT SCREAMS WITH PAIN ON TOUCHING A JOINT, OR STUBBING A TOE (A.).

REDNESS, HEAT AND SWELLING OF THE AFFECTED PARTS (Apis, Led., Rhus-T.) (G.).

Whitish sediment in the urine (Calc., Phos-Ac.) (C.).

Ailments from grief or misdeeds of others (Staph.) (A.).

Pulse; small, weak, irregular; at times rapid, at times slow, intermittent, scarcely perceptible (R.).

Every motion excites or renews the vomiting; cannot sit erect (Bry., Verat-V.) (C.).

Salivation (Merc., Nit-Ac., Sep.). (K.).

SMELL PAINFULLY ACUTE; NAUSEA AND FAINTNESS FROM THE ODOUR OF COOKING FOOD, ESPECIALLY FISH, EGGS OR FAT MEAT (Ars., Sep.) (A.).

Peevish, nothing satisfies him (Sulph.) (C.).

The small joints are most affected (Bl.).

Hydrothorax; with marked dyspnœa and œdema of the extremities (Merc-Sulph.) (Bl.).

Swelling of joints moving from one place to another (Kali-S., Puls., Spig.) (N.).

FALL DYSENTERIES, WHEN THE DAYS ARE WARM AND NIGHTS ARE COLD; STOOLS SHREDDY AND BLOODY, LIKE SCRAPINGS (Canth., Merc-C.) (N.).

AGGRAVATION: In the evening; in the night; during an expiration; from exertion; from motion; while drawing breath; from touching the parts; during walking; from odour of cooking; food from mental emotion; and from loss of sleep.

AMELIORATION: While stooping; after evacuation; while reposing; when sitting; from lying quietly; and in the open air.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare.: Arn., Ars., Benz-Ac., Berb., Bry., Carb-V., Cocc., Ipec., Kali-B., Merc. Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos., Puls., Rhod., Rhus-T., Tereb., Thuj., Urt-U., Verat.

Antidotes: Camph., Cocc., Nux-V., Puls., and Thuj.

COMPLEMENTARY: Ars. and Spig.