Colchicum

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Colchicum Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification
🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
GENERAL
  • Colchicum is best known as a remedy for goutArthritis with severe joint pain and swellingA disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller joints of the feet. and rheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues..
  • It markedly affects muscles, fibrous tissue, serous membranes, and joints, especially the small ones.
  • Colch relieves gouty paroxysms.
  • Red, hot and swollen parts.
  • Tearing pain, worse in the evening, at night, and from touch.
  • Stubbing the toes hurts exceedingly.
  • Many joints are affected at the same time.
  • Small, rapidly shifting areas of severe pain, but little swelling.
  • Pains are tearing, digging, drawing.
  • Tingling, crawling.
  • Stitching, jerk ing, drawing pains in muscles, periosteum and joints.
  • Pains worse from mental exertion, emotions, slightest touch and vibrations.
  • There is the irritability and aversion to touch so common in gout, pain in small joints and especially the great toes.
  • Affects the periosteum and synovial membranes of joints.
  • The stomach is acutely disordered, nausea and vomiting.
  • Nausea at thought, sight or smell of food, especially of cooking.
  • Dysentery.
  • Uric acid diathesis, pale yellow sediment like fine flour.
  • Urine black as ink.
  • Urine loaded with albumen and casts.
  • Extreme relaxation of the muscular system, the head falls forward on the chest or falls back when the patient is raised from the pillow, arms fall helpless by the side.
  • Great prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness., internal coldness.
  • Tendency to collapse.
  • Moist collapse, due to dehydration, as after repeated vomiting or purging.
  • Cardiac and arthritic disorders.
  • DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues..
  • Hydropericardium, hydrothoraxFluid accumulation around the lungsA non-inflammatory accumulation of serous fluid in the pleural cavity (around the lungs)., ascites, hydrometra.
  • The patient must rest and lie down.
  • Cannot lie on left side.
  • Effects of night-watching and over study.
  • Shocks as from electricity through one half of body.
  • Bad effects from suppressed sweat.
  • Dreams of mice
MODALITIES ETC
  • Better from warmth.
  • Better rest.
  • Better doubling up.
  • Better sitting.
  • Better stooping.
  • Better after stools.
  • Better lying quietly.
  • Better open air.
  • Oppression and colic better bending forward.
  • Worse from motion (Bry.).
  • Can't lie on left side.
  • Worse touch, vibrations.
  • Worse stubbing toes.
  • Worse bodily or mental exertion.
  • Worse from stretching.
  • Worse checked sweat.
  • Worse vomiting.
  • Worse loss of sleep.
  • Worsefrom smell of food.
  • Worse at night, evening.
  • Worse sundown to sunrise.
  • Worse from changing weather.
  • Worse cold, autumn.
  • Symptoms generally worse cold damp, worse getting wet, bathing, living in damp dwellings, changes to damp weather.
  • Worse from rising up in bed
RELATIONSHIPS
📊 Side-by-Side Comparison:

Antidotes: Thuj., Camph., Cocc., Nux-v., Puls. Compare: (1) Col- chicinum - intestinal catarrh
and shreddy membranes, convulsivejerkings of right hand, rheumatic fever, gout, endo and pericarditis,
pleurisy, arthritis deformans in early stages intense pain of rheumatism 3x trituration. (2) Carb -v., Am., Lil-t.,
Ars., Cocc., Kali-c., Verat.

MIND
  • Mind befogged, but answers cor rectly.
  • Intellect beclouded, though he gives correct answers.
  • Mind generally distracted.
  • Can read, but cannot understand a short sentence.
  • Memory weak.
  • Weakness of memory from fatigue.
  • Deficiency of ideas.
  • Disorders in comprehension and association of ideas.
  • Lacks words to express ideas.
  • When writing, forgets syllables and entire words.
  • Confounds objects.
  • Very irritable with the pains (Cham.).
  • Pains worse mental exer tion or by emotions.
  • Intolerant of pain, his suffering seem unen durable .
  • Depressed, irritable and sensitive.
  • Peevish, nothing satisfies him.
  • Discontented, not satisfied with anything.
  • Misdeeds of others make him quite beside himself.
  • Extreme impressions such as bright light, strong odors, contact aggravate him.
  • Sensitive to all external impressions.
  • Hatred of odors.
  • Frequent starting and trembling are felt through body.
  • DeliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations. during headache.
  • Starting during sleep.
  • Delusions, sees mice, hears noises.
  • Vision heightened, but intellectual faculties dulled.
  • Carphologia.
  • Sardonic laughing.
  • Indifference, doesn't complain unless questioned, then says nothing of his condition.
  • Absence of apprehension, no fear of death.
  • Abdomen - Mucus colitisInflammation of the colon (large intestine)Inflammation of the inner lining of the colon, causing abdominal pain, cramping, or bloody diarrhea., after dysenteryIntestinal infection with severe bloody diarrheaInfection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces..
  • Pain in transverse colon.
  • Distention of abdomen.
  • Distended cecum and ascending colon.
  • Fullness and continuous rumbling.
  • BorborygmiStomach gurgling or rumbling soundsGurgling, rumbling, or splashing noises heard from the abdomen, caused by gas moving through the intestines..
  • Colicky pains.
  • ColicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants., worse eating, after flatulent food, with great distension, better bending double.
  • Icy coldness of abdomen with colic.
  • AscitesFluid accumulation in the abdomenAn abnormal buildup of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of the abdomen, causing swelling, bloating, and discomfort. with fold over the pubic region.
  • Surface of abdomen hotter than rest of body and extremely sensitive to touch.
  • Pulsation in abdomen.
  • Pain over liver.
  • Tearing pain about sigmoid flexure of colon, worse pressure and at night.
  • Grip ing pains.
VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
  • VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. while sitting, after walking.
  • Vertigo on rising.
  • Vision - Spots before eyes.
  • Variations in visual acuity.
  • Dim vision after reading.
  • Lost vision, for a minute or two on getting out of bed.
  • COMMENTS - Coldness in the abdomen, stomach, and limbs.
  • Profuse cold sweat, marked chills with or without periodicity.
  • Burning in the cavities, especially the abdo men.
  • Sensation of icy coldness or burning in stomach.
  • Bloated abdomen.
  • DiarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day..
  • Cholera.
  • Dysentery with bloody stools and mucus.
  • Autumn dysentery.
  • Spring rheumatism.
  • Dysentery and rheumatism are exceedingly painful.
  • Stools have jelly-like mucus, membranous shreds.
  • Rice-water stool, with hippocratic face, coldness, cramps, prostration.
  • Stool accompanied by violent tenesmusPainful urge to empty bladder or bowelsA distressing, constant, and ineffectual urge to evacuate the bowels or bladder, accompanied by pain..
  • Protrusion of rectum.
  • Affinity for the kidneys.
  • Kidney failu re with high uric acid.
  • Effective for gout and joint conditions.
  • In gouty diabetes, the uric acid reappears as the sugar disappears.
  • Rheumatism can appear on disappearance of uric acid from urine.
  • ArthritisJoint inflammation causing pain and stiffnessPainful inflammation and stiffness of the joints, often worsening with age. in the small joints.
  • Stiffness that's better with motion (Rhus-t.).
  • Arthritis, worse motion (Nux -v., Bry.).
  • Conditions worse in the autumn, damp weather and change of weather (Dulc., Rhus-t., Nat-s.).
  • Cold and chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets., dampness penetrates.
  • Ailments from getting wet and chilled, changes to damp weather.
  • Oppression and anxiety in the heart, better by walking.
  • Stitches about heart and loss of consciousness.
  • PericarditisInflammation of the sac around the heartInflammation of the pericardium, the thin, double-layered sac that surrounds and protects the heart. on the disappearance of symptoms from limbs.
  • All functions, mental and bodily, are slow.
  • Nutrition and digestion are at a stand and Colchicum autumnale yet the patient does not emaciate rapidly.
  • Great prostration, debility from loss of sleep, the prostration of typhoid fever and typhoid states.
  • Extreme disinclination to move, worse from motion.
  • Convulsions, cramps and restlessness.
  • Pains are very acute and unendurable.
  • Very sensitive and irritable.
  • Cannot endure strong smells.
  • Smell of food nauseates.
  • Morning sickness with sensitive to the smell of food (Sep.).
  • Nash recorded a striking cure by Colch.
  • 200c.
  • The patient was an old woman who was vomiting blood and passing as many as sixteen bloody stools in the day.
  • The doors of the room had to be mostcarefully kept closed to prevent any smell of cooking reaching her as that immediately provoked nausea.
  • Guernsey noted that “after evacuation, as in dysenteric, there is generally relief but in typhus fever, sometimes a terrific spasmodic pain of the anal sphincter comes on after stool.
  • This may occur in diarrhea.” The rice -water stool, hippocratic face, coldness, cramps, and prostration, led Salzer t o use it for certain epidemics of Asiatic cholera.
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  • Simson of Tonawanda, N.
  • Y., cured a very bad case of typhoid presenting symp toms including “his left pupil was contracted so as to be almost imperceptible, while the right was dilated to the full ex tent.” This is peculiar to Colch and no remedy relieved the patient until he received this.
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  • Simmons called attention to the pow erlessness of the affected parts, especially when occurring in leuco - phlegmatic subjects and when there is edematous swelling of the parts.
  • He cured a woman, 36, mother of two children, of leuco -phlegmatic tempera ment who complained of rheumatism of the hands, which were swollen, joints stiff and powerless, pain as if bruised, the arms being affected but in less degree.
  • “She was unable to brush her own hair, not so much from the pain as from the extreme weakness and powerlessness of the parts affected.
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  • Allen gave “Tingling in finger-nails” as characteristic of Colch., no other remedy has it as strong
HEAD
  • Difficulty in moving h ead.
  • Creeping in forehead and over head.
  • Pressive head ache, better supper, warmth, lying quiet.
  • Headache chiefly frontal and temporal, but also occipital and in nape of neck, worse afternoon and evening.
  • Aching in occiput, worse mental effort.
  • NeuralgicRelating to sharp nerve painDescribe symptoms or pain that radiates along the path of one or more nerves., tearing pain in scalp in small spots.
  • Headache over left eye, worse open air.
  • Hemicrania, either of right or left side, changing about Very violent headache, coming in evening and lasting until morning.
  • Hot forehead covered with cold sweat.
  • Great falling off of hair.
EYES
  • Eyes sunken, staring, hollow, con gested, protruding.
  • Diffused inflammation and congestion.
  • Pain in and around the eyeball extending to occiput.
  • Eyes half open.
  • Visible contraction in lower lid.
  • Acrid tears, worse in open air.
  • Violent tearing pain in eyes.
  • Edges of lids red and burning.
  • Soft cataract.
  • Kerato -iritis, with pus in anterior chamber of eye.
  • RheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. iritis with great soreness of eyeballs.
  • Stye on left lower lids.
  • Ulceration of meibo mian glands.
  • Pupils unequal, left pupil contracted
EARS
  • Itching, crawling in ears.
  • Dryness of ears feel stopped up with roaring.
  • Tingling of ears as after being frosted.
  • Sharp, shooting, below right tragus.
  • Ear ache with lacerating pains.
  • Earache with discharge.
  • Hearing very acute
FACE
  • Edematous swelling, cheeks red, hot, sweaty.
  • EdemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. of lids and face.
  • Pinched, sunken as in collapse.
  • Sickly, sad, suffering expression.
  • Pain in facial muscles, moving about Tingling and edematous swelling, cheeks red, hot, sweaty.
  • Pain behind angle of right lower jaw.
  • Very irritable with the pains (Cham.).
  • Tingling in face as after being frozen.
  • Cheeks, lips and eyelids purple.
  • Risus sardonicus.
  • Blotchy papular rash on face
MOUTH
  • Sensation of warmth and dryness in mouth.
  • Cracked lips.
  • Thick, brownish coating on lips, teeth and tongue.
  • Taste, flat, bitter.
  • Flow of saliva with a sense of dryness.
  • Mouth hangs open.
  • Heat in the mouth with thirst.
  • Profuse salivation with dryness of throat.
  • Affection of sal ivary glands in Bright's disease.
  • Cold breath.
  • Lossofspeech.
  • Inflammation and redness of palate and fauces.
  • Nose - Nostrils dry and black.
  • Smell morbidly acute.
  • Odors of eggs, meat nauseate even to fainting.
  • Strong odors make him quite beside himself.
  • Smell so acute that he smells odors others can't smell.
  • Obstinate coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge., discharge thin, tenacious, never watery.
  • Sore pain in septum.
  • Nosebleed, evenings.
  • Sneezing, with crawling sensation in nose.
  • Perspiration - Copious, cold sweat, without relief.
  • Copious sour sweat suddenly com ing and going with rheumatism.
  • Sweat cold on face.
  • Sour sweat, nightly.
  • Clammy sweat on whole surface, with low tem perature of skin, in acute rheumatism.
  • Acid reaction of sweat and urine.
  • Suppressed sweat
THROAT
  • Much greenish, thin mucus in the throat, comes involuntarily in the mouth.
  • Voice hoarse, ordeeperthan usual.
  • Hoarse ness in morning, with roughness of throat.
  • Itching in larynx and trachea.
  • Throat as if dry.
  • Constriction of esophagus.
  • Tickling as if coryz a were setting in, inducing cough and clearing throat.
  • Tonsils inflamed and swollen, spots covered with pus, swallow ing difficult.
  • Heat in pharynx and whole length of esophagus.
  • Tongue - GlossitisInflammation of the tongueA condition that causes the tongue to swell, turn red, and develop a smooth, tender surface..
  • Tongue burns.
  • Tongue, bright red, heavy, stiff and numb, protruded with difficulty.
  • Brown tongue.
  • Loss of sensibility in tongue cold.
  • Tearing, burning and sticking pain in tongue coated white.
  • Urine, hot, highly colored, watery, black sediment.
  • Albuminuria.
  • Profuse secretion of urine.
  • Ur ine of sour smell and acid reaction.
  • Dark, scanty or suppressed urine.
  • Pale yellow, greenish urine turbid, leaves an orange-colored ring in vessel.
  • Bloody, brown, black, inky urine.
  • Whitish sediment in urine
CHEST
  • Violent cutting pains, interruptirig breathing.
  • Stinging and tearing pains in muscles of chest as if squeezed by a tight band.
  • Tensive feeling in chest.
  • Sharp pain in chest on inspiration and coughing.
  • Lacerating, tearing pain in chest.
  • Lanci nating pain, as with a knife, in right side of chest.
  • Dull stitches in posterior part of thorax during expiration.
  • Pleurodynia from catching cold or from living in damp dwellings.
  • Serous effusionFluid accumulation in a body cavityThe escape of fluid from blood vessels or lymphatics into a surrounding body cavity (e.g., pleural effusion). in chest with rheumatic and gouty persons.
  • Hydrothorax, with marked dyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions. and edema of limbs.
  • Spitting blood after chest injuries.
  • Rheumatism of pectoral muscles.
  • Constitutions - Complaints of old people, asthmatic people.
  • It corresponds to the gouty constitution.
  • Leuco- phlegmatic and melancholic, venous constitutions, uric acid diathesis.
  • Cough - Frequent, short, dry cough from tickling in larynx.
  • Cough at night, compelling him to sit up, excited by scraping in chest, with much expectoration.
  • Cough at night, with involuntary spurting of urine.
  • Slight cough with coryza.
  • Cardiac dyspnea.
  • Heart disease, following rheumatism.
  • Anxiety in region of heart.
  • Violent palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. with oppression of chest.
  • Pressure and oppression in the region of the heart, better walking.
  • Cutting or stinging at hear t, weak heart.
  • Trembling in precordial region, with sticking pains.
  • Sound of heart becomes weaker, pulse of low tension.
  • Heart disease and rheumatism.
  • Hydropericardium.
  • Pericarditis, with severe pain, oppression and dyspnea.
  • Effusion into pericardium.
  • Wea k heart.
  • Pulse not felt.
  • Pulse is thready, imperceptible.
  • Kidneys - Kidney failure with high uric acid.
  • UremiaToxin accumulation in blood from kidney failureA dangerous condition where urea and other waste products build up in the blood due to failing kidneys..
  • Burning in urinary passages before urination.
  • More urging, more dis charge of urine.
  • Diabetes.
  • NephritisInflammation of the kidneysAn inflammatory condition of the kidneys, affecting their filtering units, which can cause pain, blood in urine, or swelling. with extreme pain in region of kidneys.
  • Burning in urethra, as if urine were very warm.
  • Tickling burning in urethra and discharge of a few drops, after urination.
  • Raw pain, in urethra during urination.
  • Chest seems squeezed by a hand.
  • Night cough with involuntary spurting of urine.
  • Great dyspnea.
  • Cardiac dyspnea with palpitations of heart from 11 a.m to 3 a.m.
  • Lies in bed gasping for breath, with pericarditis.
  • Difficult breathing, better bending forward.
  • Accelerated and audible breathing.
  • Slow, irregular breathing.
  • Asthmat ic breathing with moist sound.
  • AsthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. with hydrothorax or hydro pericardium.
  • Asthma with dropsy of lower limbs.
  • Hurried breathing with groans.
  • Rapid and short, quick breathing
ABDOMEN
  • Gastric affections before and during an attack of rheumatism.
  • Burning pains.
  • Eructations, with burning in stomach.
  • Icy coldness of stomach with colic.
  • Pain in stomach and flatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind..
  • Dry mouth, tongue burns, gums and teeth pain.
  • Profuse salivary secretion.
  • Gouty gastralgia from sudden suppressed sweat.
  • Stomach as if full and swollen, as if he had eaten too much.
  • Nausea and retching.
  • Nausea and inclination to vomit, caused by swallowing saliva.
  • Nausea from odor of fat meat, eggs, fish.
  • Vomiting of mucus, bile and food, worse any motion.
  • Vomit ing of the water he drank.
  • Vomiting and purging of rice-water stools, with thirst.
  • Vomiting first food, then fluid.
  • Stools - Changeable stools, greenish, reddish, excoriating, slightly sour smelling, copious, frequent, watery or bilious.
  • Stools are painful, scanty, transparent, jelly -like mucus.
  • Bloody stools scanty, discharged only by har d straining, even if soft, with pain in lumbar region.
  • Stools contain white shreddy particles in large quantities.
  • Stools frequently orange-yellow, slimy with bright-yellow flakes.
  • Scanty stool with tenesmus, salivation and copious urination.
  • Stools pass insensibly, involuntary.
  • Feces mixed with light blue matter.
  • Profuse watery stools in hot, damp weather.
  • Teeth - Gums and teeth painful.
  • Teeth very sensitive when pressing them together.
  • Grinding of teeth feel too long.
  • Tearing pain in roots of teet h and gums.
  • Toothache, worse cold and immediately after warm things.
  • Toothache, worse at night.
  • Temperature - Chilliness and coldness running through all limbs down back.
  • Shud dering and creeping chills in isolated parts.
  • Chills even near warm stove, intermingled with short flushes of heat.
  • Cold sensation of head and limbs, in acute rheumatism.
  • Dry heat at night with excessive thirst.
  • Dry heat of whole body, constantly increasing and palpitations, thirst.
  • Body hot, limbs cold.
  • Intermittent, fever.
  • Gags from mere mention of food.
  • Craving for various things but averse to them when smelling them.
  • Loathes the smell or sight of food, better lying quietly.
  • Nausea and anxi ety from smell of cooking, or from fat food.
  • Eggs disagree cause derangement of stomach.
  • Tastelessness of food.
  • Thirst for effervescent, aerated waters, alcoholic beverages.
  • No thirst
GENITALS ETC
  • Edema of scrotum.
  • Tearing in glands and left spermatic cord.
  • Itching at prepuce and orifice of urethra.
  • Chordee after gonorrhea.
  • Menses too early and scanty.
  • Itching of genitals.
  • Sensation of swelling in vulva and clitoris.
  • Coldness of thighs after menses.
  • Feverish restlessness in last month of pregnancy.
  • Intense boring or tensive pain in ovary, must bend double, with great restlessness.
  • Dropsy of uterus from suppression of menses.
  • HemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse. of uterus.
  • Morning sickness with sensitivity to the smell of food (Sep.).
  • Puerperal fever
EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
  • Limbs, lame, weak, tingling, cold.
  • Arthritic pain, patient screams with pain on touc hing a joint.
  • Joints stiff and hot, shifting rheumatism, pains worse at night.
  • Rheumatic pain in joints of fingers, toes, wrists and ankles.
  • Painful gout in big toe, cannot bear to have it touched or moved.
  • Pain worse in evening and warm weather.
  • Tearing in limbs during warm weather, stinging during cold.
  • Sharp pain down left arm.
  • Pins and needles in hands and wrists, fingertips numb.
  • Tingling in finger-nails.
  • Finger joints distorted, fingers flexed but in constant motion.
  • Knees knock together, can hardly walk.
  • Buttocks hot.
  • Right plantar reflex abolished.
  • Edematous swelling and coldness of legs and feet.
  • Bloating of hands andfeet with dysentery.
  • Rheumatism in spring
BACK AND NECK
  • Backache, better rest and pressure.
  • LumbagoPain in the lower back regionA general term for acute or chronic pain in the lower back or lumbar region..
  • Aching in lumbar and lumbo sacral region.
  • Ache better pressure and rest.
  • Tension in neck muscles felt even on swallowing.
  • Violent pain in region of kidneys, better lying on back only.
  • Dull pain across loins.
  • Spot on sacrum feels sore and bruised as if ulcerated, very sensitive to touch.
  • Stinging and tension between scapulae.
  • Torticollis.
  • Breasts - Breast full, skin hot, pulse strong.
  • Tearing, lancinating pain, deep in right breast, extending to back.
  • Nipples dark, brownish-red, protruding.
  • Nipples, unbearable pain on slightest touch by child.
  • Causations - Bad effects of grief, nightwatching, over study.
  • Misbehavior of others.
  • Getting wet.
  • Suppressed sweat.
  • Complaints from getting overheated
SKIN
  • Skin dry, sweat suppressed or profuse.
  • Blotchy papular rash on face.
  • Pink spots on back, chest and abdomen.
  • UrticariaHives or itchy raised skin weltsA skin outbreak of red, itchy, swollen bumps triggered by allergic reactions, friction, or stress..
  • Stitches in skin.
  • Tingling here and there, as after being frozen.
  • Skin dry and pale, swollen, parts cold and glistening.
  • Dryness of skin.
  • Itching as in nettle -rash, unchanged by scratching.
  • ErysipelasAcute bacterial skin infectionAn acute, sometimes recurrent, bacterial skin infection characterized by large, raised red patches, especially on the face., smooth.
  • Purple efflorescence on face, neck, and upper anterior part of thorax, inside of thighs, scrotum and groins in patches
SLEEP
  • Falls asleep while reading.
  • Lies prostrate on back.
  • Sleeplessness from restlessness of limbs.
  • At night, disturbed sleep or driven away by pains.
  • Irresistible sleepiness, drowsiness, when not in too much pain.
  • Drowsiness during day.
  • Starting, jerking in sleep.
  • Frightful dreams, awakening from sleep

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
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