Comocladia dentata
H. A. Roberts著 — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Comocladia closely resembles its near relative, Rhus tox., and while it has not been as extensively verified and therefore its relative importance cannot be as accurately given, yet we have in this remedy a valuable addition to our Materia medica.
It has proven to be of service in rheumatic conditions of the eye, as noted above.
It lacks the restlessness of Rhus tox.
HEAD AND EYES
RIGHT EYE VERY PAINFUL, SENSATION AS IF EYE WERE MUCH LARGER AND PROTRUDED.
RIGHT EYE VERY SORE, < ON MOTION AND WARMTH OF STOVE.
PRESSIVE PAIN AS IF A LOAD WERE ON TOP OF EYEBALL.
Rheumatic ophthalmia.
TEETH
Rheumatic toothache, especially OF MOLAR.
CHEST
Rheumatic or pleurodynic pains in chest, left side, extending back to scapula.
Drawing and crampy pain in anterior chest.
NECK AND BACK
Sensation of fullness, rigidity and lameness in muscles of neck when moving head.
RHEUMATIC PAIN AND STITCHES IN BACK LEAVING A BURNING SENSATION.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Burning pain in arms.
Crampy sensation in muscles of right upper arm.
Stiffness of shoulder and elbow joints.
Numb tensive pain in forearm.
Drawing aching in forearm.
Drawing crampy pain in fingers.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Throbbing pain in right femur and thigh.
Severe pain in both knees; pressing pain down to feet on inside of legs.
Drawing in right knee extending into anterior muscles of thigh.
Drawing cramping pain in hollow of right foot extending to outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then to tibia where it becomes a numb aching, then to tarsus where it is a drawing aching as if foot would cramp.
Lameness and loss of strength in left ankle.
Crampy lameness in right leg above instep > by walking.
SWELLING OF LEFT LEG AND FOOT TO GREAT SIZE WHEN THE PAIN SUBSIDES.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Frequent rheumatic pains in hands, arms and legs.
Lame aching pain in right arm and right knee.
CONCOMITANTS
SENSATION AS IF PARTS WERE PRESSED DOWN WITH A LOAD OR WEIGHT.
VERY GREAT SWELLING OF FACE.
HIGH FEVER.
TORMENTING ITCHING AND BURNING OVER WHOLE BODY.
SCARLET RASH.
AGGRAVATIONS
Warmth of stove.
On motion (eye).
Rest.
Evening.
AMELIORATIONS
Continued motion.
Open air.