Materia Medica

Dolichos Puriens -- Mucuna

Cowhage

a*A right-sided medicine, with pronounced liver and 301 skin symptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Hemorrhoidal diathesis.

Throat

Pain in throat, worse swallowing, below right angle of jaw, as if splinter were imbedded vcrti- cally. Pain in gums prevents sleep.

Abdomen

Colic from getting feet wet. Constipa- tion. with intense itching; bloated abdomen. White stools. Swelling of liver. Hcemorrhoids, 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. [.1rs.]

Modalities

IWorsc, at night, scratching, right side.

Relationships

Compare: Rhus; Bcll.; Hep.; Nit. ar.: Fagopyr.

Dose

Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in haemorrhoids.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 294. Public domain.

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