# Bacillus Coli

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Morning

## Keynote Indications
The bacteria species, E. coli, occurs normally in the intestines of man and other vertebrates. 
It is widely distributed in nature, and is a frequent cause of food poisoning and infections of the urogenital 
tract and of diarrhea in infants. 
In babies and young children, profuse weakening diarrhea with hypothermia, bradycardia, dehydration. 
Hypotension, tendency to weakness, even collapse. Paleness, anxiety, vertigo, sweats, sound of the heart 
become muffed, and lowering of the blood pressure. 
General fatigue and depression which goes on aggravating with digestive and urinary troubles. Progressive 
asthenia. Mental and physical weakness. Permanent worn out condition.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better by heat. Better warmth. Worse by cold. Worse humid cold. Worse by the sea. Worse after 
rest. Worse milk. Worse slightest mental or physical exertion. Worse cold, damp weather.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Mental weakness.
- Great timidity.
- Irresolution and lack of self -confidence.
- Always hesitating, cannot 
decide on any 
thing.
- Constant mental confusion because of the loss of memory.
- Forgets proper names.
- Loss of memory.
- Amnesia of recent events.
- Weakness of memory with great difficulty to find out the right word.
- Uses very often 
one word for another.
- Depressive melancholia.
- Sadness and weariness.
- Obsessional neurosis.
- Confused deliriums.
- Schizophrenic 
states, loss of contact with his environment and with his own reality.
- Catatonic condition with somnolence and 
dreams.
- Mental weakness.
- Great timidity.
- Irresolution and lack of self -confidence.
- Always hesitating, cannot 
decide on any 
thing.
- Constant mental confusion because of the loss of memory.
- Forgets proper names.
- Loss of memory.
- Amnesia of recent events.
- Weakness of memory with great difficulty to find out the right word.
- Uses very often 
one word for another.
- Depressive melancholia.
- Sadness and weariness.
- Obsessional neurosis.
- Confused deliriums.
- Schizophrenic 
states, loss of contact with his environment and with his own reality.
- Catatonic condition with somnolence and 
dreams.

### Head
- Empty feeling in the head.
- Frontal and suborditary headache, worse by humid coldne ss.
- Headaches 
after contrariety and strong emotions.
- Empty feeling in the head.
- Frontal and suborditary headache, worse by humid coldne ss.
- Headaches 
after contrariety and strong emotions.

### Eyes
- Swelling of the upper eyelids, sometimes left, sometimes right.

### Chest
- Bradycardia.
- Hypotension.
- Sound of the heart become muffed.
- Kidneys - Nephritis.
- Heat and burning after urination.
- Cystitis.
- Painful sensation in the region of kidney.
- Frequent urination of littl e quantity.
- Painful urination with the sensation of burning at the end of the flow.
- Sensation as if he must go again to pass urine immediately after urination.
- Urine smells bad.
- Hematuria.
- Aggravation of urinary troubles in cold humid weather.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Nausea and vomiting  after eating spoiled foods.
- Very slow digestion with the sensation of the 
stomach remaining heavy for a long time.
- Temperature - Chilly, specially after eating.
- Nocturnal chill.
- Sensation of intense cold ness with chill 
immediately after meals.
- Fever with great weakness.
- Typhoid fever.
- Septic fever.
- Puerperal fever.
- Tongue - Tongue, coated yellowish-white.
- Tongue with a red clear stripe down the center.
- White tongue.
- Bloating after e ating.
- Slow intestinal transit.
- Flatulence, intestinal spasms.
- Gastroenteritis.
- Heaviness and drawing in the intestines.
- Rumbling.
- Expulsion of putrid gas.
- Spasmodic colitis.
- Capricious appetite or anorexia.
- Food poisoning.
- Worse dairy products, milk.
- Worse eggs.
- Worse 
from eating undercooked meat, fish.

### Urinary & Genital
- Erection and ejaculation sometimes painful, with the sensation of burning in the urethra after sex.
- Cystitis, prostatitis.
- Relapsing epididymitis.
- Salpingitis, metritis, vaginitis.
- Vaginitis with burning pains.
- Leucor rhea.
- Heaviness of the lower 
abdomen with ovarian pains.
- Menorrhea.
- Yellow leucorrhea, sightly irritating.
- Sexual relation becomes difficult, 
with vulvo-vaginal burning sensation.

### Extremities
- Polyarticular pains.
- Swelling of small joints of legs and hands.
- Rheuma tism.
- Chronic degenerative 
rheumatism.
- Liver - Hepatitis.
- Enlarged sensitive liver.
- Gall bladder, painful.

### Neck & Back
- Backaches.
- Lumbar pains.

### Sleep
- Deep and heavy sleep.
- Insomnia.