(Bittersweet)
Hot days and cold nights toward 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 diarrhea.
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-s.] Eruptions on hands, arms or face around the
menstrual period. | ||
| Head. Mental
confusion. Occipital pain ascending from nape of neck. Headache relieved by
conversation. Rejects things asked for. Back part of head chill, heavy,
aching, during cold weather. Ringworm of scalp. Scaldhead, thick brown
crusts, bleeding when scratched. Buzzing in head. | ||
| 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
newborn. | ||
| Eyes. Every
time he takes cold it settles in eyes. Thick, yellow discharge; granular
lids. Hay fever; profuse, watery discharge, worse in open air. | ||
| Ears. Earache,
buzzing, stitches, and swelling of parotids. Middle ear catarrh. [Kali-m.] | ||
| Face. 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. | ||
| Mouth. 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. | ||
| 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 prominently on umbilical region. Cutting pain about
navel. Swelling of inguinal glands. [Merc.] | ||
| Stool. Green,
watery, slimy, bloody, mucus, especially in summer, when the weather
suddenly becomes cold; from damp, cold weather and repelled
eruptions. | ||
| Urine. 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. | ||
| Female.
Suppression of menses from cold or dampness. Before appearance of menses,
a rash appears on skin, or sexual excitement. Dysmenorrhea, with
blotches all over; mammae 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. Asthma with dyspnea. Loose, rattling
cough; worse wet weather. Must cough a long time to expel phlegm. Cough
after physical exertion. | ||
| 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 diarrhea. 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. 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. | ||
| Fever. Dry
burning heat all over. Chilliness towards 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, external warmth. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Cupr. Complementary: Bar-c. Incompatible: Bell.; Lach. Compare: Rhus-t.; Cimic.; Calc.; Puls.; Bry.; Nat-s. | ||
| Dose. Second to
thirtieth potency. |