Dulcamara dulc.

MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Bronchi. Bladder. Eyes. BACK: Muscles. LOINS. SKIN. Umbilicus. Lymphatics.

BEING CHILLED: WHILE HOT. Sudden change of temperature. Uncovering. COLD WET; feet, ground, cellars, beds, etc. Suppressed discharges, sweat, eruptions, etc. Autumn. Night. Rest. Injuries. Mercury. Before storms.

Excessive secretion of mucus. Catarrhal-rheumatic-herpetic tendency. Stiff, numb, achy and sore from every exposure to damp cold. Tearing. Paralytic effects. Griping in bowels, testes, etc.

Confusion. Depression. Scolding. Difficult speech. Easily becomes delirious. Occiput feels large. Ringworm of scalp. Aching in nose. Coryza; stuffed; summer colds, with diarrhœa. Nose obstructed by the least fresh air. Nosebleed; replaces menses. Thick, brown-yellow crusts on face. Swelled tongue. Tenacious, soapy saliva. Cutting at navel; then painful, green, slimy stools. Sour, watery stools, < night. Every cold settles in eyes, throat or affects bladder (Pul.), bowels or respiration (Sul.). Frequent urination. Cloudy, slimy or foul urine. Cystitis. Dropsy. Enlarged testes, with griping pains. Watery menses. Cough: caused by tickling in back of throat; in prolonged fits; with much loose, easy expectoration. Eruptions; scaly, thick, crusty, moist, bleeding or herpetic; < before menses. Urticaria. Pruritus. Large, smooth, fleshy, flat warts. Coldness; in occiput; lumbar region; in bowels; icy, of paralyzed part. Chilliness starts from back; not > warmth; < evening. Chill with urging to stool and urinate. Foul sweat.

Complementary: Bar-c. Nat-s. Related: Rhus-t.

Adapted to persons of phlegmatic scrofulous constitutions; restless, irritable. Catarrhal rheumatism or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by exposure to cold, damp, rainy weather, or sudden changes in hot weather (Bry.). Increased secretions of mucous membranes; perspiration being suppressed from cold. Patients living or working in a damp, cold basement, or a milk dairy (Aran., Ars., Nat. s.). Mental confusion; cannot find the right word for anything. Skin is delicate, sensitive to cold, liable to eruptions, especially urticaria; every time patient takes cold or is long exposed to cold. Anasarca; after ague, rheumatism, scarlet fever. Dropsy: after suppressed sweat; suppressed eruptions; exposure to cold. Diarrhoea: from taking cold in damp places, or during damp, foggy weather; change from warm to cold weather (Bry.). Catarrhal ischuria in grown-up children, with milky urine; from wading with bare feet in cold water; involuntary. Rash before the menses (Con. - during profuse menses, Bell., Graph.). Urticaria over whole body, no fever; itching burns after scratching; < in warmth, > in cold. Thick, brown-yellow crusts on scalp, face, forehead, temples, chin; with reddish borders, bleeding when scratched. Warts, fleshy, large, smooth; on face or back of hands and fingers (Thuja.).

Complementary: to, Baryta carb., Kali s. Incompatible: with, Acet. ac., Bell., Lach., should not be used before or after. Follows well: after, Cal., Bry., Lyc., Rhus, Sep. Similar: to, Mer., in ptyalism, glandular swellings, bronchitis, diarrhoea; susceptibility to weather changes; night pains; to, Kali s. the chemical analogue. For the bad effects or abuse of Mercury.

From cold in general; cold air; cold wet weather; suppressed menstruation, eruptions, sweat.

From moving about (Fer., Rhus).

We think of this remedy especially for disease brought on, or particularly aggravated, by exposure to damp, cold weather or air, such as being in a damp, cold cellar, or in a milk dairy, etc.

Female: Menstruation too late; too scanty; suppressed; blood pale. Milk decreased.

Dryness of; blotches on, which may be brought on by the least and every exposure to damp, cold air, which itch exceedingly, and are very troublesome; exanthema like nettle-rash tetters in general; warts.

In epistaxis, uterine hæmorrhage, etc. blood is always very pale; affections of left side of abdomen; fetid urine; expectoration bloody; blood pale; disposition to catch cold; paralyzed organs caused by sitting on damp, cold ground; paralysis of the inner parts; digging up or rooting pain; want of perspiration; stinking perspiration.

In the night; from cold in general; in cold air; in cold, wet weather; from suppressed menstruation; after lying down and rising again; while resting; when sitting; in wet weather.

from moving; from moving the affected part; on rising from bed; after rising from a seat; when walking; from warmth in general; in warm air; in dry weather.

Bellad., Calc. carb., Lycop., Rhus tox., Sepia.

Camphor.

Always as a forerunner of the menses, a rash appears on the skin. Nettle-rash with much itching, after scratching it burns, increases in warmth, better in cold. If cold air or water chills him, his tongue gets lame, even the jaws. Dropsical affections after suppression of sweat by damp, cold air. From taking cold, the neck stiff, back painful, loins lame. After disappearance of tetters on face, faceache, violent asthma. All symptoms aggravated by a change to cool wet weather.

Bitter-sweet

Hot days and cold nights towards the close of summer are especially favorable to the action of Dulcamara, and is one of the remedies that correspond in their symptoms to the conditions found as effects of damp weather, colds after exposure to wet, especially diarrhœa. It has a specific relation also to the skin, glands, and digestive organs, mucous membranes secreting more profusely while the skin is inactive. The rheumatic troubles induced by damp cold are aggravated by every cold change and somewhat relieved by moving about. Results from sitting on cold, damp ground. Icy coldness. One-sided spasms with speechlessness. Paralysis of single parts. Congestive headache, with neuralgia and dry nose. Patients living or working in damp, cold basements (Nat sulph). Eruptions on hands, arms or face around the menstrual period.

Mental confusion. Occipital pain ascending from nape of neck. Headache relieved by conversation. Rejects things asked for. Back part of head chilly, heavy, aching, during cold weather. Ringworm of scalp. Scaldhead, thick brown crusts, bleeding when scratched. Buzzing in head.

Dry coryza. Complete stoppage of nose. Stuffs up when there is a cold rain. Thick, yellow mucus, bloody crusts. Profuse coryza. Wants nose kept warm, least cold air stops the nose. Coryza of the new born.

Every time he takes cold it settles in eyes. Thick, yellow discharge; granular lids. Hay-fever; profuse, watery discharge, worse in open air.

Earache, buzzing, stitches, and swelling of parotids. Middle-ear catarrh (Merc dulc; Kal mur).

Tearing in cheek extending to ear, orbit, and jaw, preceded by coldness of parts, and attended by canine hunger. Humid eruption on cheeks and face generally.

Saliva tenacious, soapy. Dry, rough tongue, rough scraping in throat, after taking cold in damp weather. Cold-sores on lips. Facial neuralgia; worse, slightest exposure to cold.

Vomiting of white, tenacious mucus. Aversion to food. Burning thirst for cold drinks. Heartburn. Nausea accompanies the desire for stool. Chilliness during vomiting.

Colic from cold. Acts prominently on umbilical region. Cutting pain about navel. Swelling of inguinal glands (Merc).

Green, watery, slimy, bloody, mucus, especially in summer, when the weather suddenly becomes cold; from damp, cold weather and repelled eruptions.

Must urinate when getting chilled. Strangury, painful micturition. Catarrh of bladder from taking cold. Urine has thick, mucous, purulent sediment. Ischuria from wading with bare feet in cold water.

Suppression of menses from cold or dampness. Before appearance of menses, a rash appears on skin, or sexual excitement. Dysmenorrhœa, with blotches all over; mammæ engorged and sore, delicate, sensitive to cold.

Cough worse cold, wet weather, with free expectoration, tickling in larynx. Cough, hoarse, spasmodic. Whooping-cough, with excessive secretion of mucus. Winter coughs, dry, teasing. Asthma with dyspnœa. Loose, rattling cough; worse wet weather. Must cough a long time to expel phlegm. Cough after physical exertion.

Stiff neck. Pain in small of back, as after long stooping. Stiffness and lameness across neck and shoulders, after getting cold and wet.

Paralysis; paralyzed limbs, feet icy cold. Warts on hands. Perspiration on palms of hands. Pain in shin-bones. Rheumatism alternates with diarrhœa. Rheumatic symptoms after acute skin eruptions.

Adenitis. Pruritus, always worse in cold, wet weather. Herpes zoster, pemphigus. Swelling and indurated glands from cold. Vesicular eruptions. Sensitive bleeding ulcers. Little boils. Red spots, urticaria, brought on by exposure, or sour stomach. Humid eruptions on face, genitals, hands, etc. Warts, large, smooth, on face and palmar surface of hands. Anasarca. Thick, brown-yellow crusts, bleeding when scratched.

Dry burning heat all over. Chilliness towards evening, mostly in back. Icy coldness, with pains. Dry heat and burning of skin. Chilliness with thirst.

Worse, at night; from cold in general, damp, rainy weather. Better, from moving about, external warmth.

Antidotes: Camph; Cupr.

Complementary: Baryta carb.

Incompatible: Bellad; Laches.

Compare: Pimpinello--(Bibernell).--Respiratory mucous membrane sensitive to draughts, pain and coldness in occiput and nape. Whole body weak; heavy head and drowsiness; lumbago and stiff neck; pain from nape to shoulder; chilliness. Rhus; Cimicif; Calc; Puls; Bry; Nat sulph.

Second to thirtieth potency.

Affections caused by taking cold when the air changes suddenly from dry and warm to wet and cold.

Tongue and jaws become lame, if cold air or water chills them; neck stiff, back painful, loins lame, after taking cold.

Colic as if diarrhœa would occur, from taking cold.

Yellow watery diarrhœa with cutting colic before every stool, or dysentery from taking cold.

Most catarrhal states, with secretion of much mucus, caused by exposure to damp cold.

Dropsical swelling after suppressed sweat, or paralysis and other troubles from suppressed eruptions, after taking cold.

Glands; swell and hypertrophy on repeated exposures to cold, damp air, also acute and chronic tonsilitis.

This remedy, like many others, finds its chief characteristic in its modality. "Complaints caused or aggravated by change of weather from warm to cold." Of course all kinds of inflammatory and rheumatic diseases may spring from such a cause and so Dulcamara comes to be indicated in a long list of them. For instance: After taking cold the neck gets stiff, back painful, and limbs lame, or the throat gets sore and quinsy results, with stiff tongue and jaws; the tongue may even become paralyzed. We see here a resemblance to Baryta carb., and indeed the two remedies complement each other nicely. If we had present in a sore throat the above mentioned stiffness and lameness, Dulcamara would be preferred. This cold in throat may travel downward and invade the bronchi and lungs, and cough and bloody expectoration result. It is especially apt to occur in children or old people this way, and then there is apt to be much mucous secretion, hard to raise, with threatened paralysis of the vagi. Here it again resembles Baryta carb. It also resembles it in the tendency to get these colds. Asthma humidum, loose cough and rattling of mucus is another affection, and the choice here may lie between Dulcamara and Natrum sulphuricum, which is another wet cold weather remedy. Colic and diarrhœa, from cold exposure, are often quickly relieved by Dulcamara, especially if taking place in hot weather, when the days or nights become suddenly cold; also dysentery. Let me repeat that it is a great remedy for back troubles from taking cold. I have made particular mention of these affections because such marked relief has followed its administration; but we need not by any means stop here. The bladder, skin or any other part of the body comes in for the beneficial action of this remedy, when we have present its characteristic modality. Dulcamara is for affections from damp cold, what Aconite is for the same from dry cold.

Modalities: < from wet, cold weather after warm, dry; at nights and when at rest; > rising from a seat; motion; warmth in general and dry weather.

Great restlessness and impatience. Inclination to scold without being angry.

Painful stupefaction of the head. Delirium at night with the pain, and during the fever-heat. Vertigo when rising from bed, with darkness before the eyes. Stupefying headache ; heaviness ; of the head. Congestion of blood to the head, with humming in the ears and hardness of hearing. Boring headache, from within to without, in the temples and forehead ; worse before midnight and when lying quiet ; better when talking. Sensation of enlargement of the cerebellum. Digging pain in the forehead, with the sensation as if the brain were enlarged ; worse in the evening till midnight when becoming cold ; better when lying down. Unpleasant sensation of chilliness in the cerebellum and over the back, with the sensation as if the hair were standing on end ; returning every day in the evening. Thick crusts on the scalp, causing the hair to fall off.

Twitching of the eyelids in the cold air. Ophthalmia from catching cold. Dim-sightedness ; sees every thing as through gauze (amaurosis). Sparks before the eyes. Sensation as if fire were darting out of the eyes, when walking in the sun or in the room.

Bleeding of the nose, -the blood is bright-red, very warm,- accompanied with a pressure above the nose. Dry coryza aggravated in cold air.

Pale face, with circumscribed redness of the cheeks. Thick herpetic crusts, brown or yellow, on the face, forehead and chin. Crusta lactea. Humid eruptions ; on the cheeks. Warts ; and eruption in the face. Twitching movement of the lips when the air is cold. Distortion of the mouth ; it is drawn to one side.

Inflammation of the throat after catching cold. Dryness (and roughness) of the tongue, with much thirst and increased flow of saliva. Swelling of the tongue, hindering speech and impeding breathing. Paralysis of tongue (in damp and cold weather). Ptyalism ; the gums are loose and spongy ; saliva tenacious, soap-like. Continual hawking up of very tough saliva, with much rawness in the fauces. Itching, crawling on the tip of the tongue.

Strong desire for cold drinks (with dryness of the tongue and increased saliva). Hunger after the fever-heat. Bitter taste. Vomiting of (white) tenacious mucus (morning). Sensation of inflation in the pit of the stomach, with disagreeable sensation of emptiness in the abdomen. Retraction of the pit of the stomach, with burning pain. Cutting pain around the umbilicus. Colic from cold, as if diarrhœa would set in. Dropsy of the abdomen. Swelling of the inguinal glands.

Diarrhœa, with colic, after a cold. Diarrhœa, consisting of a green or white mucus. Slimy diarrhœa, with faintness. Chronic, bloody diarrhœa, with biting at the anus, or with vomiting, eructations and thirst. Diarrhœa, with colic, particularly in the summer ; nocturnal, watery evacuations when the weather suddenly becomes cool -with prolapsus recti.

Retention of urine ; strangury ; painful micturition. Urine turbid and white. Turbid, fetid urine. Sediment of the urine, mucous. Involuntary discharge of urine, from paralysis of the bladder.

Men. Tetters on the genitals. Women. Menstruation too late and of too short duration ; blood watery, thin. Suppressed menstruation, from cold. Rash before menstruation. Herpes on the mammæ in nursing women. Suppression of milk from a cold.

Oppressed breathing, from a cold ; from accumulation of mucus. Hooping-cough, with profuse secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea ; during each attack easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, which is often streaked with blood. Cough, with expectoration of bright blood. Hoarseness. Violent palpitation of the heart at night.

Lameness of the small of the back, from a cold. While at rest, drawing from the small of the back down the thighs ; when moving, stitches in it ; they are relieved by pressure. Stiffness of the neck, from a cold. Swelling of the glands on the neck.

Upper. Paralysis of the arms ; they are icy cold, especially during rest. Herpetic eruptions on the arms and hands. Warts on the hands. Perspiration in the palms of the hands. Lower. Herpetic eruption on the knee. Erysipelas of the feet ; they peel off and itch. Tingling in the feet, as from formication. Burning in the feet.

Restless sleep after midnight. Wakens early.

One-sided spasms, with speechlessness. Paralysis of different, single parts. Rheumatic pains and other complaints, from a cold. Increased secretion of mucus from the mucous membranes and glands, the activity of the skin being suppressed. Dropsical swelling of the body.

Pulse small, hard, tense, especially at night. Chill extending from the back (towards evening) ; heat does not relieve it. Chilliness with the pains. Chill, with violent thirst. Dry, burning heat over the whole body. Heat and burning in the back. Heat, with delirium, without thirst. Fetid perspiration, at night and in the morning, over the whole body ; during the day, more on the back, in the armpits and hands. Perspiration suppressed and entirely wanting.

Swelling and induration of the glands. Redness, dryness, and heat of the skin. Urticaria (eruption of white blotches, with red areola), stinging, itching and burning when rubbed. Vesicular eruptions. Herpes, moist, suppurating ; pale, oozing water when scratched ; red, with a red areola, bleeding when scratched ; small, round, yellowish-brown tetters, they bleed when scratched. Thick crusts all over the body. Red spots, as if caused by flea-bites.

The conditions are worse in the evening and when at rest. Aggravation in the cold air, in wet weather. Amelioration from moving about ; after rising from a seat ; when walking in the warm air.

Solanum dulcamara. Woody Nightshade. Bitter-sweet. N. O. Solanaceæ. (Not to be confounded with "Deadly Nightshade," Belladonna, nor with "Climbing Bitter-sweet," Celastrus.) Tincture prepared from fresh green stems and leaves, gathered just before flowering.

Adenitis. Angina faucium. Aphonia. Bladder, affections of . Blepharophthalmia. Catarrh. Cholera. Crusta lactea. Diarrhœa . Dropsy. Dysentery. Emaciation. Exostoses. Hæmorrhage. Hæmorrhoids. Hay-fever. Headache. Herpes. Influenza. Irritation . Lichen. Lumbago . Measles. Meningitis. Myalgia . Myelitis. Nettle-rash . Neuralgia. Ophthalmia. Paralyses. Pemphigus. Rheumatism . Scarlatina. Scrofula. Stammering. Stiff-neck. Thirst . Tibiæ, pains in. Tongue, affections of . Tonsillitis. Tumours. Typhoid. Urine, difficulty in passing; incontinence of. Warts. Whooping-cough.

The leading indication for the homœopathic use of Dulcamara is found in its modality, " < from cold and damp." Any condition which has this feature may find its remedy in Dulc . Effects of lying on damp ground ( e.g ., paralysis); conditions which are < in cold, damp weather; or, from changes from hot to cold weather, especially if sudden. Phlegmatic, torpid, scrofulous patients, who are restless and irritable and who take cold on damp changes, are especially suited for Dulc . Sensitiveness to cold and damp runs through the Solanaceæ, and is marked in Bell . and Caps ., but it is supreme in Dulc . This feature among others renders them all good antidotes to Mercurius. Baryta carb , is the complement of Dulc . in " < from cold weather, especially in scrofulous children." In poisoning cases Dulc . produces: Hard, griping pains in bowels; unconsciousness; tetanic spasm; trismus; loud, rattling breathing; death. Paralyses are numerous: paralysis of tongue; of lungs; of heart (pneumogastric paralysis). (I once gave Dulc . 30, with complete relief to the pain, in a case of sarcoma of the bones at the base of the skull, in which there were stabbing pains in the front of the head, and partial paralysis of the tongue. It was the latter symptom which determined the choice of the remedy.) Paralysis of the bladder. Rheumatic paralyses. Paralysed part feels icy cold. One-sided spasms. Convulsions beginning in face. Trembling, especially of right arm. It cured: "Paralysis of vocal cords (aphonia) from sleeping over a damp cellar." McLaren cured with a single dose the following case, which was the result of a wetting: Facial paralysis (l.) following neuralgia, the eye having remained unclosed for eight months. Red rash with itching < in damp weather. After a slight aggravation improvement began in two weeks and continued steadily ( Med. Adv ., xviii. 214). Dulc . is a scrofulous remedy and has many scrofulous-looking eruptions: moist or dry, red, tettery eruptions, especially on face; furfuraceous; herpetic; urticaria; skin callous; warts, fleshy or large, smooth. Painless ulcers. ( Dulc . 30 cured in two doses a rash like mosquito-stings appearing every month before the menses, < when warm; compelled to sit where it is cold.) It corresponds to results of repercussed eruptions. Offensive sweat; effects of sudden cooling whilst sweating. Dropsical affections. Catarrhal troubles. Dryness of mucous membranes strongly indicate it. Dulc . causes diarrhœa, and a characteristic form is when there is vomiting with the stool. It causes a mucous-like sediment in the urine and is particularly indicated when a muco-purulent urine is associated with general one-sided sensitiveness, especially of the abdomen. ( Amer. Hom ., xxi. 317), records the cure with six doses of Dulc . 200 of the following case: A prison-warder had difficulty with urine four years; frequent micturition, dribbling a few drops. Stains linen yellow. < Afternoon; in damp cold weather. Some pain over left kidney and left iliac region; > after moving about or in warm weather. Sweats easily and often takes cold, when he suffers from sore-throat. Dislikes sweets.) Pains in many parts, as if from cold. Bruised feeling. Sensations: as of a board pressing against forehead; as if head were enlarged; as if hair stood on end; as if fire were darting out of eyes; as if worms were crawling up and down in abdomen; biting in rectum as from salt; as if lung moved in waves; as if arms were of wood; as of needles over whole body. Crawling, tickling itching of various parts; of tip of tongue. < Lying on back; > lying on side. < Stooping, > erect. < Bending diseased part backward. Most symptoms < at rest and > by motion. Most symptoms are < evening and night. Warmth > most symptoms, but < cough and nettle-rash. < Cold air; cold change of weather; damp weather; getting wet; using water. < From cold drinks; from ice-creams. Skin eruptions are sensitive to touch; pressure > . Small furuncles appear on places hurt by concussion.

Dulc. antidotes: Cupr. and Merc. Is antidoted by: Camph., Cup., Ip., Kali c., Merc. Follows well: Bry., Calc. c., Lyc., Rhus t., Sep., Verat. Incompatible: Bell., Lach. Complementary: Baryta c. Compare: Acon., Ars., Cham., Helleb., Nit. ac., Puls., Staph., Sul. In faintness during stool, Crot. t., Ver. Effects of cold, moist winds, Ars., Calc., Nux m. (cold, dry winds, Aco., Bry.). Effects of exposure to wet, and > by motion, Rhus. Rheumatic paralysis, Rhus, Caust. Hasty speech and actions, Hep., Bell., Lach., Sul. Paralysis of lungs, Solania.

Damp with cold. Wading. Washing. Injuries. Checked eruptions. Checked perspiration.

Mental agitation. — Great impatience and restlessness. — Impatient desire for different things, which are rejected as soon as they are obtained. — Inclination to scold, without being angry. — Combative disposition, without anger. — Nocturnal delirium, with aggravation of pains.

Vertigo when rising from bed, with darkness before the eyes. — Giddiness early in the morning, > on getting up. — Giddiness so as to occasion failing, with trembling of the whole body, and general weakness. — Giddiness, with heat ascending to the face. — Dull pressure, as if a board were resting heavily on the forehead. — Pressive stunning pains in different parts of the head. — Piercing and burning pain in the forehead, with digging from the inside outwards, with the sensation as if the brain were enlarged; < in evening till midnight and when becoming cold; > when lying down. — Bursting pains extending from forehead to bridge of nose. — The headache is < by the slightest movement, and even by speaking. — Boring headache, from within to without, in the temples and forehead; < before midnight and when lying quiet; > when talking. — Sensation of heaviness in the head. — Congestion in the head, with buzzing in the ears, and hardness of hearing. — Sensation in the occiput as if it were enlarged. — Stupefying headache; heaviness of the head. — Stupefying ache in occiput ascending from nape of neck. — Unpleasant sensation of chilliness in the cerebellum and over the back, with the sensation as if the hair were standing on end; returning everyday in the evening. — Thick crusts on the scalp, causing the hair to fall off.

Aching in the eyes, esp. when reading. — Sensation as if fire were issuing from the eyes when walking in the sun or in the room. — Inflammation of the eyes (ophthalmia from catching cold). — Itching of the eyelids in the cold air. — Ptosis. — Eyelids dry. — Sparks before the eyes. — Confused sight, as from incipient amaurosis, sees everything as through gauze.

Otalgia, at night, with nausea. — Acute pullings, with shootings in the ears.

Epistaxis of a very hot and bright red blood, with pressive pain above the nose. — Coryza; dry; with stoppage of the nose, < in cold air.

Paleness of the face, with circumscribed redness of the cheeks. — Eruptions and warts on the face. — Thick, brownish or yellowish, scabs on the face, on the forehead, on the temples, and on the chin. — Crusta lactea. — Moist tetter in the cheeks. — Twitching of the lips in the cold air. — Paralysis of the lower jaw. — Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands. — Redness of the face. — Distortion of the mouth; it is drawn to one side.

Salivation; saliva tenacious, soap-like. — Dryness of the tongue and roughness, with much thirst and increased flow of saliva. — Tongue loaded with thick mucus. — Swelling of the tongue, hindering speech and impeding breathing. — Stammering from time to time as if drunk; indistinct articulation, though he tried constantly to speak. — Pimples and ulcers in the mouth. — Gums loosened and fungous. — Paralysis of the tongue, and obstructed speaking, esp. after taking cold. — Itching, crawling on the tip of the tongue.

Sore throat, as if from elongation of the uvula, with pressive pain. — Burning heat in the palate. — Sore throat, as after a chill. — Continual hawking up of very tough saliva, with much rawness in the fauces.

Sickly and saponaceous taste in the mouth. — Bitterness in the mouth. — Burning thirst for cold drinks, generally with dryness of the tongue, joined to a more abundant secretion of saliva. — Hunger after the fever-heat. — Hunger, with repugnance to all food. — Distension of the abdomen and epigastrium after eating moderately. — Nausea, with vomiting of viscid phlegm. — Vomiting of (white) tenacious mucus (morning).

Aching in the stomach, extending to the chest. — Cramp-like contraction in the stomach, so as to suspend respiration. — Retraction of the epigastrium, with burning pain. — Sensation of inflation in the pit of the stomach, with disagreeable sensation of emptiness in the abdomen. — Retraction of the pit of the stomach, with burning pain.

Pains in the umbilical region. — Shooting, pinchings, and cuttings in the umbilical region, esp. at night. — Pinchings, gnawing, and sensation as if a worm were wriggling in the abdomen. — Pain in the abdomen as from the effects of cold. — Inflammatory congestion and induration of the inguinal glands, with drawing and tensive pains. — Swelling of the inguinal glands. — Dropsy of the abdomen.

Constipation. — Difficult, dry, infrequent stool. — Diarrhœa, as after a chill, with cuttings, or with vomitings, risings, and thirst. — Diarrhœa of greenish (white) or brownish mucus. — Slimy diarrhœa, with faintness. — Chronic, bloody diarrhœa, with biting at the anus. — Sanguineous diarrhœa, with itching in the anus, and prolapsus of the rectum. — Nocturnal watery diarrhœa, with colic, particularly in the summer; also when the weather suddenly becomes cool — with prolapsus recti.

Retention of urine. — Scanty and fetid urine. — Clear and viscid urine, or troubled, with sediment-like mucus. — Red, burning urine. — Involuntary discharge of urine, as from paralysis of the bladder. — Difficult (painful) urination, water issuing drop by drop. — Thickening of the bladder. — Discharge of mucus from the urethra. — Stricture of the urethra. — Turbid and whitish urine.

Tetters on the genitals.

Catamenia retarded, and too abundant; blood watery, thin. — Tettery eruption of the labia. — Miliary eruption before the catamenia. — Suppressed menstruation from cold. — Tetters on the breast in nursing women. — Suppression of milk from a cold.

Oppressed breathing, from a cold; from accumulation of mucus. — Catarrh and hoarseness, as from having taken cold. — Cough, with hoarseness. — Moist cough. — Cough, with expectoration of bright red blood. — Cough, similar to whooping-cough, excited by taking a deep inspiration, with profuse secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea; during each attack easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, which is often streaked with blood.

Great oppression of the chest, esp. when breathing. — Dull shooting, as from blows in and upon the sides of the chest. — Troublesome undulating pain in the l. side of the chest. — (Impending paralysis of lung.)

Strong palpitation of the heart, at night, perceptible externally.

Stiffness at the nape of the neck. — Stiffness of the neck from a cold. — Engorgement and induration of the glands of the nape, and of the neck. — Violent pains in the lumbar region, above the hips, digging, shooting, or drawing, chiefly at night during repose. — Lameness of the small of the back, from a cold. — Shooting pullings in the loins, shoulders, and arms.

Paralysis of the arms, with icy coldness (esp. during rest), as from apoplexy. — Paralytic pain in the arms, as from a bruise, chiefly during repose. — Tettery eruption, and warts, on the hands. — Perspiration in the palms of the hands.

Tractions and tearings in the legs, esp. in the thighs. — Tetters on the knee. — Puffing and swelling of the leg as far as the knee. — Burning sensation in the feet, and in the toes. — Erysipelatous desquamation and itching in the feet. — Tingling in the feet, as from formication.

Tearing, shooting, or drawing pains in the limbs. — Sufferings, as from a chill in various parts. — Rheumatic pains and other complaints, from a cold. — Aggravation of sufferings, chiefly in the evening or at night, and during repose; > by movement. — Pains, with coldness of the body. — Immoderate secretion and excretion of mucous membranes and glands, the activity of the skin being suppressed. — Swelling and induration of the glands. — Emaciation. — Dropsical swelling of the whole body, limbs, and face. — Rapid swelling of the whole body. — Weakness and painful weariness of the whole body. — Semilateral convulsions, with loss of speech. — Paralytic affections of the limbs (of different single parts). — Great lassitude.

Dryness and heat of the skin. — Miliary nettle-rash, with fever. — Tetters of different kinds, such as humid, scaly, pale tetters, oozing after having been scratched; reddish tetters, with red areola, bleeding after having been scratched; tetters with red edges, painfully sensitive to the touch, and to cold water; small, round, yellowish-brown tetters, bleeding after having been scratched; dry, furfuraceous tetters. — Tettery scabs over the whole body. — Tettery eruptions, with swelling of the glands. — Warts. — Tetters in the joints. — Eruption of itching pustules, which pass into suppuration, and become covered with a scab, esp. in the lower limbs and the hinder part of the body. — Red spots, as if caused by flea-bites.

Great inclination to sleep during the day. — Nocturnal sleep, agitated, restless, in consequence of heat and startings in the body, esp. after midnight. — Waking very early. — Cannot sleep because of impossibility of remaining in a position long enough. — Frightful dreams. — Visions in the morning on waking.

In the evening, frequent shiverings and coldness, not even relieved by the heat of the fire. — Cold during the pains. — At first, febrile shivering, then burning heat with stunning pain in the head, face red, burning heat in the palate, and insatiable thirst for cold drinks. — Dry, burning heat over the whole body. — Heat and burning in the back. — Dry heat and burning sensation in the skin, with delirium and thirst. — Heat with delirium without thirst. — Fever, with aggravation in the evening. — Pulse small, hard, and tight, esp. at night. — General sweat, esp. at night. — Fetid sweat, with discharge of much urine. — Fetid perspiration, at night and in the morning, over the whole body; during the day, more on the back, in the armpits and hands. — Perspiration suppressed and entirely wanting.

Cannot find the right word.
Mental confusion, cannot concentrate his thoughts.
Delirium at night with the pain, and during fever-heat.
Imbecility more frequent than insanity.
Asks for one thing or another, rejecting it when proffered.
Depressed ; solicitude concerning the future.
Quarrelsome, irritable mood ; easily angered.
Great restlessness and impatience.
Inclination to scold, without being angry.

Momentary vertigo ; vertigo when walking, with darkness before eyes.
On awaking in morning, dizzy, dark before eyes.
Dulness of senses.
Dulness and painful stupefaction of head.
Heaviness of head.

Sensation as of a board pressing against the forehead.
Boring, burning in forehead, with digging in brain ; < from motion, even talking ; head heavy ; increased flow of saliva, with dryness of tongue and thirst ; pulse hard and tense ; great weakness and prostration in limbs.
Boring headache from within to without, in the temples and forehead ; < before midnight and when lying quiet.
Pressing, stupefying pain in forehead, with obstruction of nose.
Bursting pains extending from forehead to bridge of nose.
Stupefying ache in occiput, ascending from nape of neck.
Chilliness in cerebellum and over back, returning every evening ; cerebellum as if enlarged ; < in cold, damp weather ; < until 2 P. M. ; > better lying down.
Congestion to head, buzzing in ears, dull hearing ; < from getting feet wet.
Feeling as if head was enlarged.
Continual dull pain in head, chest, and stomach, with great uneasiness, depression of spirits, labored respiration, mental confusion, and inability to concentrate thoughts. θ Chronic
headache.
Catarrhal and rheumatic headaches, < in damp, cold weather.

Sensation of chilliness in cerebellum and over back ; feeling as if hair stood on end ; recurs every evening.
Ringworm of scalp ; glands about throat swollen.
Thick crusts on scalp, causing hair to fall out.
Scald-head, thick, brown crusts with reddish borders on forehead, temples, and chin, bleeding when scratched.
Tinea capitis, crusta lactea and dandruff, < by change of weather.

Aching in eyes when reading ; sight dim ; scintillations ; < at rest.
Threatened amaurosis in scrofulous children.
Dim sight, sees as through a gauze.
Sparks before eyes.
Sensation as if fire were darting out of eyes, when walking in sun or in room.
Pupils greatly dilated.
Idiopathic iritis after exposure in damp weather ; < at night, also in cold air ; > during motion and from warmth.
Ophthalmia ; scrofulous, from every exposure to cold.
Ophthalmia neonatorum (often accompanied by constipation), with chemosis of conjunctiva.
Scrofulous blepharophthalmia and adenitis ; crusty eruption on margin of eyelids and swelling and induration of cervical glands.
Twitching of eyelids in cold air.
Paralysis of upper lids.
Eruption of yellow vesicles under eyes ; bluish-red cheeks.

Buzzing in the ears.
Dull pains, humming in ears, obtuse hearing.
Earache ; nausea ; buzzing ; < at night and when still.
Earache the whole night, preventing sleep.
Stitches in auditory meatus and parotid gland.
Swelling of parotids ; also after measles.

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This medicine seems especially to affect the mucous membranes. It appears to have a tendency to establish or ultimate discharges, both acute and chronic.

The Dulcamara patient is disturbed by every change in the weather, from warm to cold, from dry to moist, and from suddenly cooling the body while perspiring. He is ameliorated in dry, even weather; cold and damp aggravate all the conditions. He is worse evening and night and during rest.

Dulcamara produces catarrh of the stomach, intestines, nose, eyes, cars, and inflammatory conditions of the skin with eruptions. If you go through any of these in detail, you will be astonished to find how disturbed is the constitutional state of this patient by weather changes.

It is a medicine wonderfully useful in diarrhoea, at the close of the summer, hot days and cold nights, with changeable stool; diarrhoea of infants. There seems to be no digestion; yellow, slimy stool; yellow-green stool, with undigested stool; frequent stool, blood in the stool and quite a mass of slime, showing a marked catarrhal state.

This gets better and worse; this gets better under ordinary remedies; it will often get better from Pulsatilla, because Pulsatilla symptoms seem to predominate, and sometimes it is relieved by Arnica; but every time the child takes cold, it comes back again, and soon the physician will realize that he has not struck the remedy belonging to all the symptoms. It is very often an annoying condition, because the symptoms are not recognized until two or three attacks have come. It is not easy to discover that the attacks come on from cold.

Every year women bring their babies back from the mountains, at the end of the season, and then we get some Dulcamara cases. One needs to be in the mountains at the close of the summer season to know what the condition is.

If you go into the mountains at such a time, either in the North or West, you will notice that the sun's rays beat down during the day with great force, but along towards sunset if you walk out a draft of cold air comes down that will chill you to the bone.

This will make the baby sick; it is too warm to take the child out in the middle of the day, and so he is taken out in his carriage in the evening; he has been overheated in the house during the day, and then catches this draft in the evening.

Dulcamara is suitable for conditions that would arise from just such a state. So with an adult who has been out in the beat of the sun and catches the cold draft by night, which means hot days and cold nights, such as occur in the fall of the year, at the close of the summer and coming in of the winter; this intermingling of hot air and cold drafts.

You go up towards the foot of the hills after a hot day, you will walk through a stratum of air that will make you perspire and the next minute a cold air that will make you want your overcoat on, and then again a stratum of hot air and so on.

Such a state will bring out a sweat and then suppress it. The symptoms that come from Dulcamara seem to be like symptoms that arise from just such causes. And we are free, then, to infer from such an experience that Dulcamara cures these cases.

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Adapted to persons of phlegmatic, scrofu-lous constitutions; restless, irritable; subject to catarrhal, rheumatic or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by cold, damp, rainy weather, or sudden changes in hot weather (Bry.).

The skin is delicate, sensitive to cold, liable to eruptinos, especially urticaria, every time patient takes cold, or is long exposed to the cold.

Anasarca; after ague, rheumatism, scarlatina, measles.

Dropsy after suppressed sweat, or suppressed skin diseases, from cold air or damp dwellings; working in a milk dairy (Aran., Ars., Nat. s.).

Diarrhœa from taking cold, in damp places or damp weather.

Catarrhal ischuria in grown up children, with milky urine; from wading with bare feet in cold water.

Rash before the menses (Con.—during profuse menses, Bell., Graph.).

Urticaria over whole body, no fever; itching, burns after scratching; $<$ in warmth, $>$ in cold.

Warts, fleshy, large, smooth; on face or back of hands and fingers.

Cannot find the right word for anything. Mental confusion.

Complementary: to Baryta carb., Kali s.

Evening; during rest; cold, damp weather; suppressed menses, eruptions, sweat.

From moving about (Fer.); warm, dry air.

Double quotidian; tertian; double tertian; double quartan. Continued; typhoid.

Irregular hours.

Fevers occurring during cold, damp, rainy weather; worse when weather suddenly becomes colder; caused by exposure; living in damp rooms, sleeping in a damp bed.

With violent thirst. Commencing in or spreading from the back; not relieved by warmth (relieved by hot applications, Caps.); shaking, with a feeling of coldness, or actual coldness over the whole body, so that he could not get warm near the hot stove, with shuddering from time to time. Chilliness of the back, without thirst, in the open air, but especially in a draught (Canth.). Chilliness mostly toward evening, over the back, nape of the neck, occiput, with a feeling as if the hair stood on end (Bar.). With nausea and frequent or involuntary urine.

General, dry, burning heat all over. Dry heat over whole body; heat and burning in the back. Burning in the skin of the whole back as if he were sitting by a hot stove, with sweat in the face and moderate heat.

Offensive sweat, night and morning, over the whole body; during the day more over back, in axillæ, and palms of hands. Badly smelling sweat, with profuse discharge of transparent urine. Often wanting.

Dry; swollen, as if paralyzed with cold. Bitter taste. Ptyalism; the gums are loose and spongy; saliva tenacious, soap-like. Great desire for cold drinks.

Like Aranea, the fevers to which Dulcamara is adapted, are rare. They are caused by rheumatic exposure, living in damp rooms, sleeping in a damp bed; during cold, rainy, changeable weather; but the fever of Aranea comes on with great regularity, while that of Dulcamara has no reference to time. Compare Crocus and Staphysagria.

Typhoid fever, when patient distinctly remembers having taken cold; tongue clean, stools yellow, liquid, with rumbling, cutting, digging or griping pain in umbilical region or whole abdomen.

Cannot find the right word.
Mental confusion, cannot concentrate his thoughts.
Delirium at night, with pain.
Asks for one or another thing, rejecting it when proffered.
Depressed.
Inclination to scold, without being angry.
Restless, quarrelsome.

On awaking, morning, dizzy, dark before the eyes, trembling and weakness.
Dulness of senses.

Boring, burning, in forehead, with digging in brain; worse from motion, even talking; head heavy.
Dull headache, continuous; pain in head, chest and stomach, with great uneasiness, depressed spirits, labored respiration, mental confusion, cannot concentrate his thoughts.
Congestion to head, buzzing in ears, dull hearing; worse from getting feet wet.
Sensations of a board pressing against the forehead.
Chilliness in cerebellum, and over the back, returning every evening; cerebellum and whole head as if enlarged; worse cold damp; damp weather; worse until 2 P.M.; better lying down.

Sensation of chilliness in cerebellum and over the back; feeling as if the hair stood on end; recurs every evening.
Ringworm of scalp; glands about throat swollen.
Thick crusts on scalp, causing hair to fall out.

Aching in eyes when reading; sight dim; scintillations; worse at rest.
Threatened amaurosis in scrofulous children.
Dim sight, sees as through a gauze.
Ophthalmia; scrofulous, from every exposure to cold.
Paralysis of the upper lids.

Buzzing in the ears.
Dull pains, humming in ears, obtuse hearing.
Earache; nausea; buzzing; worse at night and when still.
Swelling of parotids; also after measles.

Nosebleed, hot, clear blood; pressure above nose; worse after getting wet.
Coryza, dry; better during motion; worse during rest; renewed by the slightest exposure.
Severe coryza, skin hot, dry; limbs cold, stiff, numb and painful; general offensive sweat.
Nasal catarrh dry, in a dry atmosphere.

Complexion pale, watery or milky.
Face pale, with circumscribed red cheeks.
Faceache and asthma, after disappearance of tetters in face.
Humid eruptions on cheeks.
Face bloated. θ Dropsy.
Thick brown-yellow crusts on face, forehead and chin; crusta lactea.

Twitching of lips when in the cold air.
Mouth distorted; drawn; to one side.

Toothache from cold, especially with diarrhœa; confusion in head; profuse salivation; teeth feel blunt, or as if asleep.
Scurvy; from cold.
Receding, spongy gums; ptyalism.

Bitter taste.
Itching, crawling on tip of tongue.
Mouth and tongue dry.
Dry, swollen tongue.
Inarticulate speech from a swollen tongue, but talks incessantly.
Tongue and jaws become lame, if cold air or water chills him.
Tongue paralyzed cold.

Saliva tenacious soap-like; gums spongy.
Increased flow of saliva.
Mouth dry, without thirst.
Stomachache: rheumatic; also after abuse of mercury, with ptyalism and swollen cervical glands.

Much mucus in fauces.
Tonsillitis, from every cold change.
Pressure, a if uvula were to long.

Hunger without appetite.
Hunger, after the fever.
Great thirst for cold drinks.

Cold drinks: 16.

Nausea, loss of appetite; cholerine.
Great chilliness during the vomiting.
Vomiting early in the morning, of tenacious mucus.
Vomiting of greenish, yellow, slimy substances, together with the liquid drank; after cold drinks.

Retraction and burning in the epigastric region.

Cutting pain above navel.
Colic after a cold; griping, nausea, followed by diarrhœa.
Dropsy of the abdomen.
Swelling of inguinal glands a cold.

Stool: whitish, watery; with flocculi; slimy, watery, yellow-green; worse at night, in wet weather; changeable, white, yellow or green; watery; sour-smelling; nausea, with desire to evacuate.
Diarrhœa; from cold; or, change from warm to cold, especially cold, damp weather; in the morning, profuse thin stools; of rheumatic origin; during dentition.
Dysentery from cold, damp weather; increased flow of saliva; burning, itching of itching of rectum, heat of skin, thirst.

Constant desire to urinate, felt deep in abdomen.
Painful pressing about bladder and urethra, and discharge of a few drops of urine, with mucous sediment.
Urine: Scanty, fetid, turbid; on standing, oily, containing a tough, jelly-like, white or red mucus mixed with blood; milky; fetid of or muco-purulent.
Bright disease from exposure to cold and dampness.
Retention of urine; strangury from a cold or from cold drinks.
Urine passed involuntarily; paralysis of bladder.

Impotence; herpes on genitals. θ Herpes præputialis.

Menses suppressed by cold.
Rash before menses.
Menses too late, too short; blood watery, thin.
Mammæ engorged, hard; amenorrhœa.

Suppressed milk, from taking cold.
After weaning, mother has eruption on the skin.
Herpes on mammæ; nursing women.
Lochia suppressed by cold or damp.

Rough hoarse voice; catarrh.
Hoarse after measles.
Influenza.
Trachea full of mucus.

Labored respiration.
Asthma, with faceache after disappearance of tetters in face.
Asthma humidum, dyspnœa, loose, rattling cough, copious sputa; worse during wet weather.
Oppression of chest, from mucus.

Dry, hoarse, rough cough; or, loose, with copious expectoration of mucus; dull hearing; catarrhal fever.
Chronic mucous cough after measles.
Panting cough, like whooping-cough: worse with each deep inspiration.
Expectoration of pure blood.
Cough worse when lying down, warmth of the room, or deep inspiration; better in the open air.
Whooping-cough: excited by excessive secretion of mucus in larynx and trachea.

Bronchitis; offensive-smelling night-sweats.
Tuberculosis in scrofulous subjects; also worse in changes from warm to cold; sputa touch, green; cough moderate; stitches here and there in chest; diarrhœa.
Phthisis mucosa.
Rheumatic pleuritis and pleuro-pneumonia, with tough, difficult, discolored sputa.
Hydrothorax, worse wet weather.
Mucus on the chest, must cough long before raising it; suffocative catarrh.
Hæmoptysis, bright red; tickling in larynx; worse it rest; caused by a cold or loose, protracted cough.
Pain in left chest, as if lung moved in waves.

Palpitation at night.
Pulse: small, hard and tense, especially at night; collapsed.

Neck stiff, back painful, loins lame, after taking cold.
Spinal meningitis during scarlatina or measles, eruption does not develop.
Myelitis after taking cold during menstruation.
Hyperæmia of the spinal cord.
Drawing pain from small of back down thighs, during rest; stitches when moving, relieved by pressure.
Coldness is small of back.
Sacrum feels cold.

Herpes on arms and hands.
Exostosis on the arm, from suppressed itch.
Warts on hands.
Sweat in palms.

Herpetic eruption on knee.
Exostosis on upper part on right tibia, with bluish-red spots; suppurating lumps.
Swelling of the calf of the leg; scrofula.
Gout in the big toe; first left, then right.
Tingling in the feet.
Erysipelas of feet; skin peels off; itching.

Cold limbs.
Rheumatism after acute eruptions, or when chronic forms alternate with attacks of diarrhœa.
Pains in the joints on exposure to cold.
Rheumatism after exposure to wet; parts as if beaten severe pains when remaining in one position, subside only when he moves about.

Rest: 5, 6, 7, 28, 34. Motion: 3, 7, 31, 34, 44. Lying down: 3, 27. Worse lying on back, better on side. Worse when stooping; better when erect. Worse when bending diseased part backwards. Worse dancing.

Great general uneasiness.
Convulsions beginning in the face.
One-sided spasms speechless.
Prostration, languor.
Paralysis from suppressed eruptions, from cold; paralysis of upper and lower limbs and tongue; the paralyzed arm feels icy-cold.

Falling asleep, evening starts as if in affright.
During sleep, mouth open snoring.
Sleep restless after 12 P.M.
Uneasy sleep, confused dreams, frequent sweat; tosses from side to side.
Sleep worse after 3 P.M.

Morning: 2, 16, 40; 2 P.M.: 3. Evening: 3, 4, 37, 40. Night: 6, 20, 28, 29, 40. After midnight: 37. 3 A.M.: 37.

Warmth: 40, 46. Warm weather: 20, 28. Warm room: 27. Cold: 34, 44, 46. Cold air: 9, 11. Cold, damp weather: 3, 13, 20, 21, 24, 28, 44, 46. From warm to cold: Taking cold.

Chill commencing in or spreading from the back, not relieved by warmth; mostly towards evening.
Chill with pains.
Chill with violent thirst.
General dry burning heat all over.
Heat and burning in the back.
Heat with delirium, without thirst.
Fetid sweat, with skin diseases; with copious limpid urine.
Offensive sweat, night and morning, over the whole body; during day more over back, in axillæ and palms.
Sweat suppressed and entirely wanting.

Left: 28. Right: 33. Left to right: 33. Above downward: 31.
Rending pains upwards. θ Rheumatism.

Pains in many parts, as if from cold.
Bruised feeling.

Hemorrhages: blood watery, or bright red.
Skin inactive; mucous surfaces overactive, especially from suppressed eruptions by cold.
Cold swelling of glands, also inflammation and induration of cervical and inguinal glands; tensive pains.
Anasarca after fever and ague, scarlatina, rheumatic fever.
Dropsy after suppressed sweat, by damp, cold air.
Scrofula.
Exostosis.
Emaciation.

Pressure. 7, 31. Scratching: 46. Touch: 46.

Skin hot dry.
Tetter oozing a watery fluid, bleeds after scratching.
Thick brown herpes, red border; glands swollen.
Red spots, as if from flea bites.
Eruption of itching pustules, ceasing to itch after scabbing over; sensitive to touch; worse washing.
Impetiginous eczema of scrofulous children.
Suppressed itch.
Painful ulcers; discharge scanty.
Nettle-rash, with much itching; after scratching it burns; increases in warmth, better in cold.
Small furuncles on places formerly injured by concussion.
Warts, fleshy or large, smooth; on dorsa of hands and on the face.
Retrocession of eruptions, from exposure to damp, cold air: 26.
Skin callous.

Phlegmatic, torpid, scrofulous patients, who are restless and irritable; take cold in cold changes.

Abuse of Mercur. ptyalism; glandular swellings; canker; bronchitis; diarrhœa; susceptible to changes in weather.
Complementary to Baryt. carb.
Antidotes to Dulcam: Camphor., Cuprum, Ipec., Mercur.
Incompatible: Bellad., Laches.

A tincture is made of the fresh plant, before flowering, of Solanum Dulcamara, L.

The most prominent effects are those of cough, of muscular rheumatism and of urticaria. ▶ Its resemblance to other Solanæ is slight, but marked. ▶ Its adaptability to conditions arising from cold-wet is very pronounced.

Bry., Merc., Caust., Hyos., also Rhus tox. and Nux mos.

Emaciation. ▶ Spasms; of facial muscles, then of whole body. ▶ Twitchings of tendons; T. of hands, lips and eyelids, agg. cold weather and dampness, amel. approach to the fire; sudden T. through whole body, seemingly from pains in abdomen, with piteous cries, then muttering. ▶ Trembling. ▶ Sticking here and there, agg. outward; itching pinching S. ▶ Pain as if the body would be cut off above hips, obliging him to move back and forth, but without relief. ▶ Pains in various parts as after taking cold. ▶ Restless; and could hardly be held, scratched his father. ▶ Sinking sensation, as if she would sink through the bed, she must get up at night and walk about. ▶ Weariness; in sudden attacks, like faintness. ▶ Necessity to lie down. ▶ Almost immovable. ▶ Aggravation towards evening; from wet-cold (Rhus tox., Nux mos.).

Very valuable for chronic muscular rheumatism, agg. cold weather, especially in cold wet weather (Rhus t.).

Screaming as in hydrocephalus. ▶ Wakes early as if called and sees a ghost, which keeps enlarging till it disappears in an upward direction. ▶ Agitation. ▶ Picking in the air and at his clothes (Hyosc.). ▶ Quarrelsome in afternoon, but not vexed thereby. ▶ Restless. ▶ Ill humored and not inclined to anything. ▶ Anxious after midnight and fearful for the future. ▶ Noticed none of his surroundings and heard nothing when spoken to. ▶ Coma.

Stitches, so that she became angry about them, agg. evening, amel. lying. ▶ Boring outward before midnight. ▶ Aching; in morning in bed, agg. rising; with indolence, general; coldness and nausea; causing stupidity; agg. evening, with increasing coryza; drawing pain through brain, agg. evening; pressing-out towards evening on walking in open air. ▶ Pressure internally in spots as with a dull instrument. ▶ Dullness in evening; D., with painful stupefaction; as after intoxication, amel. open air. ▶ Heaviness; with boring outward in temples and forehead, as after a debauch; as if scalp were tense, agg. nape, where it became a crawling. ▶ Vertigo; in morning in rising, with trembling and weakness (Bry., Lyc.); in morning on waking with heat of head and with obscuration of vision which changed to flickering of black spots; at noon, when walking before eating, all objects in front of him seemed to stand still, and it became black before the eyes; with rising warmth in face.

Sticking deep in brain, with nausea. ▶ Boring outward above right brow; B. outward alternately in F. and temples. ▶ Burrowing and pressure; B. deep in, in morning in bed, agg. rising, with gloominess and distended feeling in brain. ▶ Pain in left frontal eminence; pressing outward, agg. motion; tensive, above right eye; in F. and root of nose, as from a board in front of head. ▶ Painful throbbing in left, with vertigo. ▶ Drawing in left eminence, agg. stooping; pressive D. in left eminence; jerking from eminences down to tip of nose. ▶ Heaviness; with sticking outward in temples. ▶ Intermittent tearing in temples; left. ▶ Boring in right temple. ▶ Drawings in temples, extending into head; pressive D. in left temple in afternoon. ▶ Pressure as with a dull instrument, now in right, now in left temple. ▶ Tearing pressing together in vertex. ▶ Drawing pain on vertex in evening when eating, extending to nasal bones, where it is a constriction. ▶ Paroxysmal pressure inward on left vertex as with a dull instrument. ▶ Stupefying pain in left vertex above left ear, as if something blunt were pressed into head. ▶ Sticking in occiput. ▶ Pain in occiput in evening in bed; P. in left bone. ▶ Occiput feels enlarged. ▶ Heaviness in occiput.

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Rheumatic-like pains in the muscles, < cold, wet weather.
General catarrhal symptoms, with free secretions, < cold, wet weather.

Vertigo in the morning on rising, with trembling and weakness.
Headache, < motion and stooping, worse in cold, wet weather.

Inflammation (after taking cold).
Pupils dilated.
Jerkings in the muscles of the eyes.

Coryza, with very free secretions in cold, wet weather.
Nose-bleed of hot, bright, red blood, with a feeling of oppression over the nose.

Circumscribed redness of the cheeks, with paleness of the face.
Neuralgia of the face, < in cold, wet weather.

Salivation.
Tongue swollen, dry, with difficult speech, and even frothing.
On taking cold, speech becomes difficult from paralysis of the tongue.

General aversion to food.
Unquenchable thirst.
Vomiting of pale, tenacious mucus.

Colic, as after taking cold; cutting, especially about the navel.

Yellow, watery diarrhœa, preceded by tearing and cutting, as after taking cold.
Diarrhœa of green, changeable mucus, at times of a sour odor.
Stools bloody.

Burning in the meatus while urinating.
Catarrh of the bladder.
Urine offensive, depositing a slimy sediment.
Micturition involuntary (from paralysis of the neck of the bladder).

Clinical:
Menstruation delayed and too short; discharge watery.
Menses suppressed from taking cold.
Menses preceded by nettlerash over the whole body.
Heat and itching in the genitals, with unusual sexual desire; aggravated by cold, wet weather.

Cough, with copious expectoration of mucus.
Cough at times violent, almost like whooping cough; expectoration of bright red blood.
Cough always < in cold, wet weather, and by lying down, > in the cold, open air.

Pain in the nape as if the head were lying in an uncomfortable position.
Stiffness of the muscles.
Pain in the small of the back as after long stooping.
Drawing pain in the small of the back; down through the legs during rest; on motion; stitches, > pressure.

General shooting or bruised pains.
Icy coldness of the extremities.
Pains in the legs, drawing and tearing; > walking, returning when sitting.
Formication in the feet.

Nettlerash over the whole body, without fever; with violent itching; coming on in cold weather, < exposure to air.
Vesicular eruption.
Papular eruption, bleeding when scratched, < cold weather.
The epidermis over the whole body becomes thick.

Icy coldness with the pains.
Dry heat and burning of the skin.
Chilliness, with violent thirst; heat without thirst.
Sweat at night over the whole body, often offensive.

DULCAMARA. SOLANUM DULCAMARA. (BITTERSWEET.)

This medicine has a long duration of action, and its excessive action is moderated by camphor. It is said to have shown itself useful thus far in diseases in which the following were some of the ailments : Boring and burning in the forehead ; sensation as if there was a board before the forehead ; scrofulous inflammation of the eyes ; incipient amaurosis ; crusta lactea ; cough with hoarseness ; catarrh of the bladder, with urinary troubles ; a sort of whooping cough, after taking a cold ; tearing pains in the limbs after a cold ; humid, suppurating herpes ; herpetic eruption, with glandular swellings, etc. It will be found specific in some epidemic fevers, also in various acute diseases brought on by cold. The abbreviations of the names of my fellow provers are : Ar., Ahner ; Cbz., Cubitz ; Gr., Gross ; Mr., Mueller from Treuen ; Ng., Anonymous prover in Hartlaub and Trinks' Reine Arzneimittellehre ; and that work itself : Htb. und Tr. ; Rkt., Rueckert the elder ; Stf., Stapf ; Wr., Gust. Wagner ; Whl., Wilh. Wahle. [*].

[] Save for eight additional symptoms this pathogenesis is identical with that given in Vol. I of the Materia Medica Pura (3d ed., 1830) ; and the latter, save for the fifty-two symptoms by which it exceeds the symptom-list of 1822, and which are mainly Nenning's (obtained as already described under Agaricus), belongs to Hahnemann's earlier manner of working. -Hughes*.

Very ill-humored, not disposed to do anything for several days. [Ng.].

Quarrelsome disposition, in the afternoon, without getting vexed. [Ng.].

Impatient, in the morning, the stamped his feet, wanted to throw everything away, began to be delirious, and at last to weep. [STARK in Carrere, ueber de. Bittersuess. Jen., 1782.] [*].

[] This is Carrere's German translator. His work is not accessible, but Roth says that his symptoms are of the same kind as Carrere's own (see below). -Hughes*.

Restlessness. [CARRERE, l. c.] [*].

[] Carrere's original work is "Traité des proprietés usages et effects de la Douce-amère, Paris, 1789." the citations have been corrected from this treatise. They consist of the effects of D. when given for chronic rheumatism, suppressed secretions and cutaneous diseases. The author says that he has, after seventeen year's experience with the medicine, seen no inconvenience result from full doses, save those described in S. 70, 96 and 297, S. 216, S. 4, 376 (sometimes the precursor of a new eruption, and then associated with 359 and 360 ; S. 30 and 71 ; and S. 109. -For this symptom see note to S. 361. -Hughes*.

[5] Delirious talk. [DE HÆN, rat. med. IV., p. 288.].

Delirium, at night, with increased pains. [CARRERE.] [*].

[] Not found. -Hughes*.

Insane phantasies and delirium. [STARK.].

Stupid feeling in the head, as after intoxication ; it goes off in the open air. [Wr.].

Stupid and chaotic feeling in the head, in the evening. [Ng.].

[10] - Stupid feeling in the head, with drawing, in the protuberance of the forehead. [Ng.].

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Dul. / (1st D.) / The Duke.

Dulcamara,-Sounds the chime,
"I'm for mucus-I'm for slime,
Slime-or blood and slime, let loose,
I discharge from pipe or sluce."
Diarrhoea, is my boast,
A catarrhal kind the most.
Oft my skin is itching, dry,
Burning after scratching-Aye,
And if hive, or rash strike in,
Pains and asthma supervene.
From a dampness, cold, or rain,
Comes my mucous flux, or pain.
From a cold my ills arise;
Warmth or motion mollifies.

The Duke,-Has ailments caused by cold, damp weather, or getting the feet cold and damp.

The Duke, Rodger DeKalb, came with Phyllis to tea.

This Duke,-Who is subject to diarrhoea,- Is at Ira Croton's and is paying the vicious woman, Sue Gambo's impish child, Pete, for bitter apples.

Ailments from Cold, Damp Weather, or damp feet: Dul., Rhod., Kal. b., Cal. c., Mer., Phyt., Thuj.

Diarrhoea: Dul., Iris, Crot. t., Pho., Apis, Verat. a., Cal. c., Ars., Mer., Sul., Gambo., Ip., Cham., Pet., Alo., Podo., etc.

Indicated in coughs, especially whooping cough, hay fever, larngeal phthisis, of phlegmatic, scrofulous persons who have a delicate, irritable skin and suffer from eruptions.

Tearing pain into the orbit, ears, jaw, preceded by coldness of the part affected.

Coryza, with complete stoppage of the nose, worse from cold; profuse; discharge thick; yellow.

Cough hoarse, spasmodic; in violent paroxysms with tickling in larynx; expectoration of phlegm after long and tedious efforts; loose, rattling; in winter; in cold, damp weather.

During cough, constrictive pain in the epigastrium, so he cannot stand coughing, cannot make the necessary muscular effort, on account of the pain; can only cough by pressing his hand firmly on the pit of the stomach or by holding his side.

Rheumatism alternating with diarrhoea.

Pain in the small of the back, as after long stooping.

Diarrhoea from taking cold in damp place or damp weather.

Cutting pain about the navel after taking cold.

Diarrhoea; stools of watery, greenish mucus during change of weather from warm to cold or in cool, damp weather.

Vesical catarrh after taking cold, with strangury and pain, and thick, slimy sediment in the urine.

Skin covered with pimples here and there, especially on the face; pustules, with sticking pain when touched; itching, humid eruptions, or with bloody moisture; burning pain in raw, humid eruptions. Thick, brown, yellow crusts, bleeding when scratched. Cold-sores on the lips.

Swelling and induration of glands.

Worse from cold; from suppressed menstruation.

Delirium, during the pains at night and during the heat. Internal restlessness. Great impatience. Inclination to quarrel, with anger.

Great mental obtusion in head.

Outward boring in temples and forehead. Congestion to, with roaring in ears and difficult hearing. Pressive stupefying ache. Burrowing in forehead with distended feeling in brain, not affected by either rest or motion. Feeling as though' occiput were enlarging. Worse: Evening until midnight, lying still, becoming cold. Better: Talking, lying.

Disagreeable chilliness on occiput and over whole body with a feeling as if hair were bristling, recurring every evening. Thick crusts on scalp, denuding it of hair.

Inflamed, after taking cold. Twitching, in cold air. Amaurosis.

Nose - bleed of very warm, bright red blood, with a sense of pressure on it. Stuffed coryza worse cold air. Dry nasal catarrh in a dry atmosphere.

Pale, with circumscribed redness of cheeks. Tettery eruption on. Milk crust. Twitchings in lips when in cold air. Mouth drawn awry.

Much mucus in fauces. Inflamed throat after taking cold. Salivation. Dry tongue, with much thirst and increased secretion of saliva. Swelled tongue impeding speech and breathing. When becoming cold there is difficult speech on account of paralysis of tongue (and jaws.)

Appetite: Hunger without appetite. Great hunger after the heat. Intense thirst. Excessive thirst for cold water.

Vomiting. Of pale, tenacious mucus.

Bellyache after taking cold. Cutting about navel. Ascites.

Diarrhoea: With pains in abdomen, after taking cold, of green mucus, chronic, bloody.

Retained. Offensive. Mucus sediment in. Involuntary discharge of fetid, u. from paralysis of bladder.

Herpes on.

Menses. - of watery blood, too late and too short. Suppressed after taking cold. Miliary rash before.

Intense oppression of chest, from accumulation of mucus, after taking cold.

From excessive secretion of mucus in larynx and trachea, hence with every attack there is considerable easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, often with bright red blood. Haemoptysis. Seldom applicable except when after suppression of skin eruptions or taking a violent cold excessive secretion of mucus in internal organs follows.

Is full of mucus. Hoarseness.

Dull, thrust - like stitches in and upon both sides of. Hydrothorax. Herpes on mammae. Suppressed secretion of milk after taking cold in child. bed. Nocturnal palpitation of heart.

Paralysis of lumbar region after taking cold. While at rest, drawing from lumbar region downward into thighs, during motion, stitches therein, better drawing them up.

Neck: Stiff, after taking cold. Swollen cervical glands.

Paralysis of arms with icy coldness thereof, mostly during rest. Tetter on arms and hands. Sweat on palm. Warts on hands.

Herpes on knees. Erysipelatous eruption on feet, with itching and desquamation. Crawling as of ants on feet.

Remarkable emaciation. Dropsical swelling of body. Tearing in limbs, and other complaints from taking cold. Unilateral spasms with loss of speech. Paralysis of a single limbs. The complaints are intensified at night and during rest. Convulsions, beginning in face.

Glands swollen and indurated.

Redness, dryness and heat of. Thickness and desquamation in spots. Vesicular eruption. Nettle rash. Tetters of various sorts, i. e.: 1. Moist, suppurating. 2 Pale, which exude water upon being scratched. 3. Reddish, with a red circumference, which bleeds upon being scratched. 4. With reddish circumference, which smarts from cold water, but don't itch. 5. Small, yellowish brown tetters which bleed after scratching. Thick crusts over entire body. Inactivity of external skin with excessive secretion from the internal mucous membranes and glands.

Restless, after midnight. Very early awaking.

Pulse: Small, hard and tense, especially at night. Chill: Mostly toward evening, spreading from back, not relieved by external warmth. During the pains. With violent thirst. Heat: General, dry, burning, over entire body., And burning in back. with flightiness, without thirst. Sweat: Offensive, over entire body at night and in early morning, during day, more on back, axillae and palms of hands. Suppressed and entirely wanting.

Allied Remedies: Acon., Ars., Bry., Cic., Con., Cupr., Led., Merc., Nux-v., Phos-ac., Phyt., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Sul.

Great emaciation.

Dropsical swellings.

Tearing in the limbs and other disorders from catching cold.

One-sided spasms with speechlessness.

Paralysis of single parts.

Aggravation at night and during rest.

Amelioration from motion.

Swelling and induration of the glands.

A rooting-up and digging painfulness.

Excessive secretions of the mucous membranes.

Tinea capitis.

Cursta lactea.

Twitching of the eyes in the cold air.

Eruptions before and during the catamenia.

Suppressed menses.

Tettery eruptions.

Mucous diarrhoea in the summer during the cool days.

Perspiration of the palms of the hand.

Dryness of the skin and itching blotches.

Exanthemata like nettle-rash.

There is a nightly aggravation and one also from cold air and wet weather, or whilst reposing or sitting.

There is amelioration when moving the affected part, when walking, from warmth in general and in dry weather.