{"id":13586,"remedy_name":"Bryonia Alba (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Bryonia Alba is a wild creeper plant, found on forest trees and bushes.\nIts root is very poisonous and bitter.  The root is ground in the form of\na powder and then homoeopathic potencies are made from it.  Bryonia\nis related to most of the vital or gans of the body in cluding the lungs,\nliver and heart.  It acts more eff ectively over the outer linings of these\norgans (pleura and pericardium) but its effect on the liver is much\nmore pronounced.  Similarly, it proves  very effective in the treatment\nof deep-seated illne sses of the lungs like pneumonia and its\naftereffects.  Although it is not of  much use in the treatment of\ntuberculosis and other chronic illnesses of  the lungs, it enhances the\naction of other profoundly acting remedies.\n\nIn addition to its effects on the muscles, it also works on the lining of\nthe intestines.   A Bryoni a patient is generally constipated, but\nsometimes blood-mixed dysentery also occurs.  Due to the dryness of\nthe intestines, the lining ulcerates leading to a painful type of severe\ndysentery.  Bryonia will be immediat ely effective in this type of\ndysentery, provided other signs and symptoms of Bryonia are present.\n\nSome homoeopathic doctors beli eve that Bryonia Alba is the\nhomoeopathic remedy of flail, flaccid and easily fatigable muscles,\nbut this is not right.  In fact, Bryonia is also the best remedy for strong\nand toned-up muscles.  For the proper functioning of Bryonia, the\nweakness of the muscle fibres is  not a precondition.  In Bryonia,\ngeneralised body ache is, as in malaria, a salient feature.\n\nSome people are afflicted with such illnesses that as a result they do\nnot have the strength to move around.  The weakness is not\ngeneralised.  But after walking for some time, the body starts feeling\nheavy and this heaviness turn s into severe pain.  The legs become\nlifeless.  Bryonia is very useful in such patients, but it has to be given\nover a long period.  Before going for a long walk or resorting to\nintense physical activity, admini stration of Bryonia 200 combined\nwith Arnica proves to be very beneficial.\n\nSome women develop swelling of the leg after childbirth called white\nleg.  This is probably due to clotting of the blood and slowing down of\nthe circulation.  When the conditio n becomes chronic and disables\n\nthem, and blue and black spots develop on the legs along with the\ndevelopment of varicose veins, it is  already too late for the treatment\nof this condition with Arnica and Br yonia.  However if in addition,\nAesculus 30 is administered, a better response will be expected.  If the\ncondition affects the left side, Arnica 200 should be combined with\nLachesis 200 as well as Aesculus 30.\n\nWhen given alternately with long-acting remedies such as Sulphur and\nLycopodium, Bryonia can cure chroni c illnesses as well.  In the deep\nintrinsic illnesses of the liver , the following formula is very\neffective: Bryonia 200 once or twic e a day, Sulphur 30 three times a\nday and a few drops of Mother Tinc ture of Carduus Marianus mixed\nin water, three times a day.\n\nThis prescription has proven very effective in Hepatitis B, as well as\nin cancer of the liver .  In my experience, I have seen patients with\ncancer of the liver who, following tr eatment with radiation and other\nmedicines, the doctors had declared  untreatable. Thinking that the\npatient\u2019s end is very near, they had discharged the patient home.\nWhen the particular prescription mentioned above was used, instead\nof dying in three days, the patient started showing signs of recovery to\nhealth.  The first hopeful sign noted in  such patients was that the thirst\nand appetite that had completely disappeared returned.  Many other\npatients of liver diseases have also benefited from this treatment and\nare still alive.\n\nSometimes the liver diseases shift to the spleen, especially in chronic\nmalaria.  First, there is liver disorder and then the spleen enlarges.\nSuch patients should be given Carduus Marianus as well as Ceanothus\nin the form of Mother Tincture.  Ceanothus is the best treatment for\nthe spleen.  Sometimes these pa tients develop distension of the\nabdomen.  There is painful swelling and induration over the spleen\nand the liver .  When treated with the above combination and\nCeanothus, such patients recover re markably in a period of two to\nthree months, so much so that their abdomen reverts to normal size\nand there is no pain on pressure.  In areas where malaria is common\nand such ailments prevail, this prescription must be put to use.\n\nThe development of pain on every movement  and worsening of the\naffected part of the bo dy is typical of Bryonia.   This resembles Rhus\nTox somewhat.  Commonly, it is thought that rest increases the pain of\n\nRhus Tox and movement relieves it; this  is not exactly right.  In Rhus\nTox, when the patient walks, this  increases his pain which gets\nsomewhat better after walking a little.  However, the pain never\ndisappears completely.  In fact, it becomes worse when one stops\nwalking or resorts to rest.  The Bryonia patient feels much relieved on\nresting for a few days continuously, but the pain of a Rhus Tox patient\nbecomes worse on resting.\n\nFor most conditions that develop in the beginning of the summer after\nthe winter is over, Bryoni a is of great use.  In this changing weather,\npneumonia is very common.  With the sudden onset of hot weather,\nthe outer body feels discomfort but th e inside of the body is not ready\nfor this change.  Therefore when the warm clothes are taken off,\nvarious kinds of ailments overtake wh ich are not the direct result of\nthe heat but are due to e xposure to the cold in warm weather.  For this\nkind of seasonal pneumonia , Bryonia is the best.  The kind of\npneumonia that occurs in Bryonia usually affects the right lung and\ndoes not shift from the right to  the left.  The pneumonia in\nLycopodium starts on the right side and then also affects the left\nwhere it settles.  In Bryonia, th e symptoms travel from above\ndownwards and gradually settle in the lower part of the lungs.\nBryonia is not a chronic remedy as suc h. Therefore, in such an illness\nother remedies need to be given.  Kali Carb is an important remedy in\nthis condition, acting on the lower pa rt of the lungs.  Arsenic Iodide\nand Kali Iodide are also useful.\n\nIf due to tuberculosis, spots a nd cavities develop in the lungs , the\ncombination of Merc sol and Kali Carb is very useful.  Once a woman\nhad developed cavities in the lungs and in the view of the doctors it\nwas incurable.  When she was treated with Merc sol 200 and Kali\nCarb 30, she completely recovered within a few months.  When the x-\nrays on the chest were done in the hospital, no cavities were found.\nThe doctors did not believe that the x-rays belonged to the same\npatient who previously had the cavities in their lungs!\n\nHomoeopathic remedies can work miraculously, showing that Allah\nAlmighty has blessed our body with great defensive power that the\ndoctors of today do not fully unders tand in spite of their extensive\nresearch.  This great defensive power is deeply related to the\nchemistry of the body.  For example,  the liver is given a message to\nproduce an appropriate chemical for a particular ailment and so it\n\nhappens.  This can never happen due to a blind evolutionary type of\nreaction.  How is it possible that  this profound mechanism could\ndevelop by sheer chance, as a result  of long evolutionary process in\nthe form of a strong interrelated defence mechanism of the body and\nthen work with such precision, and this effect remain in the body\nindelibly?  If the general health of  a person is good, there is no need\nfor any kind of formal treatment because the defence mechanism of\nthe body will automatically overcome the illnesses, but when the body\ndefences are at fault they have to be activated by homoeopathic\ntreatment.  Simple, hard-working people usually do not suffer from\nthe complicated illnesses of the rich, because their body has a sound\ndefence system against those diseases.  This is in spite of the fact that\nthey live in the same environment and area where other people are\novercome by many diseases.  The defence system of the body points\nvividly to the existence of God a nd His magnificence.  This system\nmust be well remembered by homoeopa thic physicians.  It is this\nsystem which makes the working of  homoeopathic remedies more\nconspicuous, bringing it to the limelight.\n\nThe joint pains of the Bryonia patient subside by heat.  The cough\nbecomes aggravated generally by movement and noise, resembling\nBelladonna with one difference, that in Bryonia there is no suddenness\nof the symptoms.  The Bryonia symp toms start gradually and then\nbecome more and more severe, till every movement sound and noise\nbecomes troublesome, so much so that the patient does not even like\npeople visiting him, and in fact is vexed on their arrival.  The reason\nfor the anger and vexation is that every movement bothers him.  The\nmovement of his own lips to talk also bothers him and he does not like\nto speak.  He feels weak.  If su ch a patient develops pneumonia or\nheadache, he should not even be asked to talk.  He remains in the state\nof drowsiness.  When the ailment prolongs, he may become\npermanently unconscious.  Movement and speaking are of no avail to\nhim at all.\n\nThe headache of a Bryonia patient feels better in cold.  The headache\nis usually on the back of the head or on the forehead.  Intense thirst is\na characteristic symptom of Bryonia.  The patient likes to have very\ncold water as it offers him relief.   Soon afterwards he feels awfully\nthirsty again.  Intense thirst remi nds one of Bryonia.  But in certain\nsituations, the thirst may be to tally absent.  The stomach gets\ninflamed, the mouth becomes dry and the tongue is dry hard, but there\n\nis no thirst.  There are yellow depos its on the tongue.  Primarily, this\nis the particular symptom of Gelsemium, which occasionally may\nappear in Bryonia.  In his book, Dr. Kent has also written that in\nBryonia, sometimes the thirst may be totally absent.\n\nFeeling dizzy in a Bryonia patient may be due to some problem in\nthe ear or with movement .  Dizziness and associated nausea are\ncommonly present in motion sickness, in a motor car or a ship.  For\nsuch patients, some ready prescrip tions may be put into use and are\nvery useful.  Generally, it is not possible to ask everybody\nindividually about the symptoms.  This prescription includes Bryonia,\nCocculus, Nux Vomica and Ipecac.  Co cculus is also related to the\nvertigo associated with ear problems.  In fact, this is the most effective\nremedy for this purpose.  As a ma tter of fact, Bryonia and Cocculus\nare very similar in this respect.  In the tubes of the middle ear (semi-\ncircular canals), there is a fluid. When  one\u2019s head is tilted, it sends an\nimpulse through the nerve giving the sensation of balance or\nimbalance.  Rapid change in the position can cause vertigo.  When the\nvertigo is due to rapid movement or an ailment of the ear causing\nhypersensitivity of the internal ear,  this can be tr eated with Bryonia\nand Cocculus.  There is a slight di fference.  In Bryonia, it is the\ninflammation of the ears that causes vertigo, whereas in Cocculus, it is\nthe irritability of the nerves that causes vertigo.  When there is vertigo\nbut no apparent problem in the ear, Cocculus is useful.  In the case\nwhere there is infectio n of the ear causing vertigo, Bryonia would be\nbetter.\n\nBryonia is also useful in the treatment of glaucoma, but if there is no\nassociated thirst, Gelsemium would be the most appropriate treatment.\nGelsemium is also a good remedy for vertigo due to irritation of the\nnerves.  But Bryonia is more widely e ffective, as it is able to work on\nthe internal membrane of the ear as  well as the nerves.  Glaucoma is\nmostly related to the nerves.  When  Calcaria Phos 6X and Kali Phos\n6X are given along with Bryonia and Gelsemium, the effect is more\npronounced.  Sometimes after the admi nistration of Bryonia, the thirst\ndisappears.  At that time Gelsem ium may be given and both Bryonia\nand Gelsemium may be used altern atively.  These remedies are good\nfor headaches also.  A Gelsemium headache gets worse in cold air\nand a Bryonia headache feels relieved in the cold.  However, the effect\nof cold or heat does not always  hold good in Gelsemium, because\nwhen the headache becomes severe, neither cold nor heat has any\n\neffect.  A Bryonia headache essentially settles in the nape, forehead or\nthe eyes.  When it settles in the eyes , the headache becomes very\nsevere in the form of waves and undulations .  Sometimes, when\njoint pains are controlled with a strong medication, the eyes may\nbecome the centre of severe pain.  The slightest movement of the eye\nfeels as if somebody is being poked with a knif e.  This particular\nfeeling may be related to Bryonia as  well as Berberis.  Gelsemium\nheadaches radiate down the back of th e head, in addition to the entire\nhead, neck and then along the arms.  Gelsemium headaches may also\nbe related to a change in the daily routine of a person.  If the planning\nfor retiring to bed or taking th e food gets disturbed, the person\ndevelops headache which will respond to Gelsemium.  A Bryonia\nheadache is more closely related to the generalised joint pains,\nstomach upset or fever.\n\nBryonia is very effective in the treatment of both malaria and\ntyphoid.  In Bryonia, when the body hurts headache must also be\npresent.  In the state of fever, sometimes the headache may lead to\ndelirium and the patient becomes absu rd and meaningless in his\nconversation.  Otherwise, the Bryo nia patient does not talk much in\nsimple delirium i.e. without fever.  The delirium associated with\nHyoscyamus, Stramonium, Sulphur and Belladonna is much more\nsevere and results from the toxic or poisonous products of the feverish\nconditions.  By making a proper dia gnosis of the headache, one may\neasily diagnose the nature of the sickness.  The Belladonna kind of\nheadache caused by typhoid or some  other sickness would be of\nsudden onset.  In addition to the headache, the face would be flushed,\neven if the patient were anaemic.  The patient is not frightened but\ntends to be aggressive instead .  In spite of physical weakness, the\npatient reacts with unusual strength and it becomes difficult to control\nhim.  In Hyoscyamus, when the patient is delirious, his talk is so\nobviously obscene that not only the fa mily but also the doctor feels\nembarrassed.  This does not reflect immorality on the part of the\npatient but is simply due to the inflammation of the sexual organs\nwhich disturbs the mind also.  All these symptoms together produce a\nstate of severe delirium.  Anot her point of recognition for the\nHyoscyamus patient is that he keeps on pinching his body and picking\nhis clothes.  This does not happen in the case of Bryonia.\n\nOne sign of Bryonia is that there is fissuring at the corners of the\nmouth, scabs form on the lips which when attempted to be removed\n\nby the patient, start bleeding.  This  also happens in Natrum Mur.\nNatrum Mur is chronic of Bryonia.\n\nWhen the excretions or discharges of a Bryonia patient get blocked,\nthey cause significant discomfort.  The sweating becomes a source of\nblessing to the patient.  In the Bryonia cough, the expectoration is\nvery dry, sticky and difficult to expel .  To help get rid of dry and\nsticky sputum, Hepar Sulph and Coccus are also very important\nremedies in addition to Bryonia and Ipecac.  In Bryonia, when the\nlungs get diseased, the inner linings  of the lungs tear and ulcerate\ncausing light bleeding, which mixes up in the sputum.  The sputum\nappears rusty. This is typical of Br yonia.  Bryonia works as a useful\nadjuvant to Phosphorus in the treatment of can cer of the bone.  It\nshould be used in potency 30, alternating with Phosphorus.\n\nIn women, Bryonia can be useful in the treatment of diseases of the\nright ovary.  For the lumps in the breast glands which are firm and\nhurt on movement, due to cancer or otherwise, the first remedy to be\nused should be Bryonia.  The Bryonia patient with pneumonia of the\nright lung usually sleeps  on the right side, because lying down on the\nsame side helps minimise the movement of the chest wall during\nbreathing.\n\nSometimes during sleep, the patient wa kes up with sudden jerking\nof the body.  In homoeopathy, there are th ree terms used for fever, as\nfollows:\n1. Continuous fever which once it starts, will either prove fatal, or\nwhen it subsides will never return.\n2. Remittent fever is the one which shows peaks.  Sometimes it is\nlow and sometimes high, but does not subside completely.\n3. Intermittent fever which can totally subside but returns.  Malaria is\none such example.\n\nTyphoid fever is of remittent type which may subside but does not go.\nBryonia may be useful in the treatme nt of remittent and intermittent\nfevers but not in continuous fever.  Often it is needed in the treatment\nof malaria but is also useful in the treatment of typhoid.\n\nThe diseases of the glands  in Bryonia begin very slowly and then\nintensify to become chronic, like in  Causticum.  In Causticum too, the\nillnesses progress gradually but cont inuously, and involve the fibrous\n\nand glandular tissues.  Th e toxic material settles in the glands.  When\nthe glands become chronically inflamed and their appearance changes,\nBryonia may be the remedy.  Bryoni a should be remembered in\nrelation to Arnica as well.\n\nIn regard to the diseases of the glands , Bryonia also resembles\nPhytolacca.  In both, the glands swe ll.  Phytolacca should be used if\nBryonia does not work to satisfaction.  In the chronic diseases of the\nglands, the effective prescription is  Kali Mur, Silicea, Ferrum Phos,\nCalcarea Phos, Calcarea Flour, et c., mixed together and given\nrepeatedly.  An infectious fever originating from the infection of the\nthroat may prove to be very chr onic and dangerous because the\ninfection settles in the deeper pa rt of the glands not effectively\naccessible to the blood circulation, so  the protective materials cannot\nreach the affected part either.  If the above combination does not show\nbeneficial effect in the first two to  three days of the sickness, more\neffective, appropriate remedies should be considered.\n\nSometimes, there is high fever due to  infection of the tonsils and it\nkeeps on increasing everyday, and in particular shows a high peak in\nthe latter part of the night.  One should not take its relative subsiding\nin the morning as a sign of recovery.  The family or the doctor would\nbecome somewhat carefree towards the treatment.  The next evening,\nthe fever becomes still more elevated  and so on.  Two to three such\nepisodes of high fever may even prove fatal.  Therefore, the high fever\nof infection of the tonsils must not  be taken lightly.  The allopaths\ncommonly prescribe antibiotics for it.  The fever subsides but tends to\nrecur again and again.  In  fact, a new bout of feve r sets in right after\nthe previous one subsid es.  More and much stronger antibiotics have\nto be used. These destroy the liver  function, resulting in the loss of\nappetite.  The sick child becomes a skeleton devoid of flesh.  The\ntonsils enlarge in size with every su ccessive episode of fever.  As a\nword of caution, antibiotics should be avoided as much and as long as\nsafely possible.  Sulphur and Pyrogenium 200 are generally very\nbeneficial in controlling infection.  Similarly, Silicea in high potency\nmay also prove very useful at times.   If all these prove ineffective, a\ncombination of Belladonna, Phytolac ca, Calcarea Flour, Ferrum Phos\nand Baptisia in potency 30 repeat ed frequently may control the\nsickness in one night.  In add ition, the mixture of Ferrum Phos,\nSilicea, Kali Mur, Calcarea Phos, Mag Phos 6X may be administered\n\n6 to 7 times a day to a significant benefit.  The fever will gradually\nsubside in two to three nights if not on the first.\n\nLike Nux Vomica, if Bryonia is used  more than necessary, it causes\nheadaches.  The antidote for both is Gelsemium.  In Bryonia, the\nillness presents two patterns.  Firstly, when the discharges or sweating\nstop, the suffering worsens.  With the treatment the excretions begin\nagain.  The inner linings of the organ become moist and the normal\nperspiration starts from the skin.  Secondly, when there is cessation of\nperiods in women, they suffer nosebleeds .  By administering\nBryonia, the condition is relieved.\n\nThe thick sticky expectoration may block the main air passages\ntemporarily causing a state of asthma .  Repeated coughing is needed\nto expel it out of the air passages.  If the sputum is like a thread,\nCoccus definitely is the best remedy.  If the cold deteriorates and deep\ninfection sets in, the expectoratio n becomes greenish, showing further\ndeterioration.\n\nIn Bryonia, the symptoms progress gradually but it does not mean that\nthey take many days to become ev ident.  If the Bryonia patient is\nexposed to cold in the morning, by  the evening he will start showing\nsymptoms of cold, and by the next morning the sickness is in full\nswing.  The pain in the joints and muscles becomes severe and\nchronic.  Bryonia behaves the same way in acute illnesses also.  The\nBryonia symptoms become more inte nse by 9 o\u2019clock in the evening\nand persist all night.  The symptoms of Chamomilla and Natrum Mur\nare at their peak at 9 o\u2019clock in the morning.  There is no definite\nexplanation of the periodicity and punctuality of these symptoms, but\nthis is how it has been designed by nature.\n\nLike Chelidonium, Bryonia is the remedy for the illnesses of the right\nside.  It is deeply related to liver disorders .  Its discharges are\nyellowish in colour, including the sputum from the lung.  In\nChelidonium, the liver pain radiates towards the back like the pain of\nthe gall bladder, getting wo rse on movement.  When a pregnant\nwoman becomes exhausted or there is danger of aborting\nfollowing heat stroke , Bryonia should be administered.  If combined\nwith Arnica 200, this will also pr event against the aftereffects of\nphysical exhaustion.  In the cas e of trauma, Bryonia and Arnica\ntogether prevent the danger of abortion.  It is very useful for this\n\npurpose and should be administered at once and better still with\nAconite.\n\nAdjuvants: Rhus Tox, Alumina\nAntidotes: Aconite, Chamomilla, Nux Vomica\nPotency: 30 to 1000","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}