Plant
Dulcamara
Bitter-sweet
Repertory abbreviation: Dulc.
Hot days and cold nighits towards the close of sum- mer are especially favorable to the action of Dulcamara, and is one of the remedies that correspond in thieir symptoms to the conditions found as effects of damp weather, colds after exposure to wet, especially diar- rhoea. It has a specific relation also to the sin, glands, and digestive organs, mucous membranes secreting more p:ofusely while the skin is inactive. The rhiru- matic troubles induced by damp cold are aggra- vated by every cold change and somewhat relieved by moving about. t. Results from sitting on cold, damp ground. One-sid
Head
Mental confusion. Occipital pain ascend- ing from nape of neck. Headache relieved by conver- sation. Rejccts things asked for. Back part of head chilly, heavy, aching, during cold weather. Ringworm of scalp. Scalahcad, thick brovm crusts, bleeding when scralched. Buzzing in head. 305
Eyes
Every time hc takes cold it settles in eyes. Thick, yellow discharge; granular lids. 1 Hay-fever; profuse, watery discharge, worse in open air.
Ears
Earache, buzzing, stitches, and swelling of parotids. Middle-ear catarrh h [Merc. dulc.; Kal. nur.]
Nose
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.
Face
Tearing in cheek extending to car, orbit, and jaw, preceded by coldness of parts. and attended oy canine hunger. Humid eruption on cheeks and face generally.
Mouth
Saliva tenacious, soap. Dry, rough tongue, rough scraping in throat, after taking cold in damp weather. Cold-sores on lips. Facial neuralgia; worse, slightest exposure to cold.
Stomach
Vomiting of white, tenacious mucus. Aversion to food. Burning thirst for cold drinks. Heartburn. Nausea accompanies the desire for stool. Chilliness during vomiting.
Abdomen
Colic from cold. Acts promincntly on umbilical region. Cutting pain about navel. Swelling of inguinal glands. [Merc.]
Stool
Green, watery, slimy, bloody, mucus, espe- cially in summer, when the weather suddenly becomes cold; from damp, cold weather and repelled eruptions. Urine.— Must urinate when getting chilled. Stram- gury, painful micturition. Catarrh of bladder from taking cold. Urine has thick, purulent sediment. Isch- uria from wading with are feet in cold water.
Female
Suppression of menses from cold or dampness. I Before appearance of menses, a rash ap- cars on skin, or sexual excitement. Dysmenorrhcea, with blotches all over; mammx engorged and sore, delicate, sensitive to cold. :
Respiratory
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. Asth- ma with dyspncea. Loose, rattling cough; worse wet weather. Must cough a long time to expel phlegm.
Back
Stiff neck. Pain in small of back, as after long stooping. Stiffness and lameness across neck and shoulders, after getting cold and wet.
Extremities
Paralysis: paralyzed limbs, feet icy cold. Warts on hands. . Perspiration on palms of hands. Pain in shin-bones. Rheumatism alternates with diarrhcea. Rheumatic symptoms after acute skin eruptions.
Skin
Adenitis. Pruritus, always worse in cold, wet weather. Herpes zoster, pemphigus. Swelling and indurated glands from cold. Vesicular eruptions. Sen- sitive bleeding ulcers. Little boils. Red spots, urticaria, brought on by exposure, or sour stomach. Humid erup- tions on face, genitals, hands, etc. Worts, large, smooth, on face and palmar surface of hands. Anasarca. Thick, brown-yellow crusts, bleeding when scratched.
Fever
Dry burning heat all over. Chilliness to- wards evening, mostly in back. Icy coldness, with pains. Dry heat and burning of skin. Chilliness with thirst.
Modalities
Worse, at night; from cold in general, damp, rainy weather. Better, from moving about, ex. ternal warmth.
Relationships
Antidotes : Camph.: Cupr. Complementary : Baryta carb. 307 Incompatible: Bellad.; Laches. Compare: Pimpinello (lumbago and stiff neck; pain from nape to shoulder; chilliness). Rhus; Cimicif.; Calc.; Puls.: Bry.: Nat. sulph.
Dose
Second to thirtieth potency.