# Brucea Antidysenterica ## Remedy Classification - **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy - **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm - **Temperament:** Neutral - **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime ## Keynote Indications Although the Brucea symptoms are similar to the pathogenesis of Nux-v., the bark has been experimented with independently. The homeopathic pre paration of Nux-v. is prepared from the seed. Bmcea contains strychnine, and the symptoms are included in the pathogenesis of Stry. and Nux -v.. Paralyzed lower limbs, worse least touch, cries for fear of being touched. Tetanic spasms with undisturbed consciousness, worse from noise or liquids. Painful jerking of legs, cramp -like pain in knees, rigid and lame limbs of paralytics. Disposition to stretch the limbs and to yawn. Great weariness when walking. In the evening, nervous excitement, trembling and tottering when walking. Painful sensation of fatigue in the limbs. Pinching in several parts of the limbs. In the evening, stiffness in the joints and acute drawing pains in the limbs with shootings in the head in the ears and in the chest. “Headache with extreme drowsiness, disappearing in evening.” “Sensation of throbbing in pit of stomach and in entire abdomen.” For the pain in the passing of kidney stones or gallstones. ## Symptoms by System ### Mind - Irritability, augmented in the evening. - Dejection, with want of sleep. - Taciturnit y and hypochondriasis. - Gloomy, melancholy humor with indolence and lassitude. - Sad and gloomy on waking in the morning. - Irritability, augmented in the evening. - Dejection, with want of sleep. - Taciturnit y and hypochondriasis. - Gloomy, melancholy humor with indolence and lassitude. - Sad and gloomy on waking in the morning. ### Vertigo - Vertigo, which occasions falling in the evening. - COMMENTS - Underthe name of Brucea antidysenterica, a quantity of Nux-v. - bark got upon the drug market and was at first supposed to be Angusturabark. - Many poisonings ensued before the mistake was discovered and the bark received the name Angustura falsa in contradistinction to the true Angustura. ### Head - Headache, aggravated by sitting, as well as after eating. - Shootings in the head, aggravated by walking, especially in the sun. - Heaviness and confusion in the head with sleepiness, disappearing in the evening. - Digging, crawling in the top of the head. - Headache in the evening after having walked a while in the sunshine. - Headaches behind the eyebrows, which seem to be swollen. - Headache, aggravated by sitting, as well as after eating. - Shootings in the head, aggravated by walking, especially in the sun. - Heaviness and confusion in the head with sleepiness, disappearing in the evening. - Digging, crawling in the top of the head. - Headache in the evening after having walked a while in the sunshine. - Headaches behind the eyebrows, which seem to be swollen. ### Eyes - Dull and swollen eyes. - Eyes red in the corners, in the evening. - Eyes red and burning in the morni ng. - Itching in the eyelids. - Painful sensation in the eyes, as from sand, rendering it necessary to rub them. ### Face - Mealy, itching tetters on the face, followed by peeling off of the skin. - Pale ness in the face. - Slight convulsive, rapid movements in the lips. - Fever - Sweats on walking, with shiverings, which appear chiefly during rest. - Chilly disposition and aversion to the open air. - Shivering and excessive coldness. ### Mouth - Acute pains in the teeth and gums, especially on drinking cold water. - Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, forcing one to spit continually. - Dryness and burning pain in the gullet, as if from rancid fat. ### Chest - On breathing, sensation of great weight on the whole chest. - Oppression of the chest with chilly disposition and great sensibility in the open air. - In the morning, pain as from a bruise on the outside of the chest, with tight pains on breathing deeply. - Pains like excoriation in the interior of the chest, especially in bed at night, which are most violent when lying on the side. ### Stomach & Abdomen - Clammy taste. - Empty belches. - Sensation in the stomach, as if nothing had been eaten for a long time. - Sensation of burning, heat in the pit of the stomach. - Sensation of throbbing in the pit of the stomach and in the entire abdomen. - Pressure in the stomach, immediately after eating or drinking. - In the evening, attack of nausea with cramp-like pains in the abdomen, vomiting of food and loose evacuations with great prostration. - Throbbing felt in the abdomen. - Painful pinching in the abdomen. - Squeezing, as from claws in the abdomen J followed by frequent , small, slimy evacu ations. - Borborygmi in the abdomen. - The pains in the abdomen cease after the first evacuation. - Shootings in the umbilicus after the evacuations. - Loose evacuations, followed by fainting, which enforces lying down. - Weak appetite, food at dinner and breakfast appears insipid. - After a meal, violent beating of the heart, aggravation of headache, fermentation in the intestines and inclination to evacuate. ### Extremities - Pains, as of fatigue, in the thighs and loins. - Cramp-like pain in the back of the hand. - Miliary eruption, red, raised and itching on the back of the hand and on the body. - In the evening, sensation of paralysis in tl{e thigh. - Weariness in the knees. - Curvature of the jo int of the foot, so that one walks almost on the anklebone. - Sensation of burning in corns. ### Neck & Back - Sensation of squeezing in the back. ### Sleep - Sleepiness during the entire day, especially when seated, in the morning, early in the evening, and particularly in the afternoon. - Sleepiness alternately with want of appetite. - Sleep full of dreams, with ebullition of the blood. - Sleep troubled with confused or frightful dreams.