Colocynthis

Sensitiveness in iiitornal parts — .Sensation of niimbiR'ss.*

Disposition to sweat and j)erspiring easily.

Apoplexy not yet ol)served.

Pulse changed in frecpiency and strength ; gen- erally hard, full, and quiek.

Predominant want of thirst.

Sleeplessness after vexation.

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Loquacity — Predomin. cheerfulness — Rarely amorousness — Sanguine choleric tempara- meut — Ailments from excessive joy, fright, disappointed love, and from vexation with fright or vehemence.

Easy comprehension — Mental excitability. .

Complaints predominant on soft palate, on back part of thigh, and on shin.

Aversion to coflPee

Diarrhoea predominantly painless ....

Chronic disposit'n to watery, painless diarrhoea, from too much care with household affairs.

Urine too frequent (and copious)

Expectoration not yet observed

Ischias or neuralgia cruralis, in attacks ; rend- ing, shooting increased by walking, relieved by pressure, except on foramen ; worse after- noon and night; restless and sleepless at night.

Mood taciturn ; hypochondriacal ; averse — Choleric temperament — Affected by misfor- tune, even that of others — Ailments from shame, grief, mortification, and from vexa- tion with indignation.

Distaste for mental labor — Heaviness in the head.

Complaints predominant on roof of mouth, on front part of thigh, and on calf of leg.

Appetite for coffee.

Diarrhoea predominantly painful.

Chronic diarrhoea, watery, with pain inside of abdomen; in the morning. CHg.

Urine decreased or increased.

Expectoration rather infrequent.

Ischias postica, right side; shooting pain in sacral region ; must lie in one position ; ag- gravated by every motion; stitching, cut- ting pain from hip to knee or ankles, or like a flash of lightning from sacrum to heel, with thirst for water, worse in the evening and at night; numb and as if dead during remission. C.IIg.

Kemission forenoon and evening, till mid- Remission night and morning.

night.

Better after getting out of bed Better or worse after getting out of bed.

Worse from cold ; better from warmth . . . Better (resp. worse) from cold vr warmth.

Worse when walking out-doors Worse or betterf when walking out-duors.

Worse when stooping TFor.se or better when stooping.

Ailments from Chamom,, Colocynthis, Ignatia, Ailments from Causlicum.

or Nux vomica.

Predomin. irorse -— "^ — ~- Predomin. better

From exercise, when walking, when holding diseased part bent, and from scratching.

Predomin. better

Predomin. worse

During rest, while standing,! and while lying down.§

• Colocyuthis lacks the over-sensitiveness of Coffea to pain.

t In the laiter case the motion, aud not the iuHuence of the open air, decides for Colocynthis ; for, lu seueral, buth remedies have agsravation out-door*. + Yet we iilso Und "improvement" with Colocynthis "when standing still after exerc.stj." Both remedies have predominant »t;t;ravatiou "in bed."

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Upper rig'ht, lower left side — Inclination for motion.

Very rarely paralysis — Epilepsy with rigid- ity.

Sweat, which disappears when moving . .

Partial sweat on lower part of body . . .

Want of thirst predom

Desire for drink without thirst ....

Bellad.

Upper left, lower right side — Aversion to motion. *

Paralysis — Apoplexy — Epilepsy with con- vulsions.

Sweat, increased by motion.

Sweat on upper part of body.

Thirst not constant ; rarely during chill ; ap- pears often before chill, and after sweat.

Thirst with aversion to drink.

Sensitiveness of disposition — Hypochon- driacal mood.

Ailments from shame, grief, and from vexa- tion with indignation or reserved dis- pleasure.

Very rarely delirium or insanity . . . .

Eyes sunken

With the toothache pain in eyes ....

Appetite for coffee

Painful diarrhoea

False labor-pains extending into the thighs.

Coxarthrocace, in the 2d or 3d stage . . Complaints predom. on calf of leg and on instep.

Generally insensibility of disposition — Mood changing; cheerful or dejected; indif- ferent; distrustful.

Ailments from fright, or from vexation with fright, dread, fear, or vehemence.

Absent-mindedness — Unconsciousness — Fancies — Mental excitability (ecstasies) or dullness.

Eyes protruding.

With the toothache pain in the ear. C.Hg.

Aversion to coffee.

Painless diarrhoea.

False labor-pains with headache and red face. Lippe.

Coxarthrocace in the 1st stage. f C.Hg.

Compl. predom. on shin and sole of foot.

R EMISSION night and morning . . , Worse when lying on back, better

lying on side. Better when lying on painful side Worse when lying on unpainful side Worse from drinking wine . . . Generally improved by coffee . . Ailments from Causticum , . .

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Remission after midnight oxid forenoon. Better (resp. worse) when lying on back or

on side. Better (resp. worse) when lying on painful

or on unpainful side. Worse or better from wine. Worse from drinking coffee. Ailm. from Aeon., Hyosc, Mercur., Plumb.,

Cinchona, from sting of insects, or from

contagious anthrax.

Predomin. irorse ■— ^" — ~-^-- Predomin. better

During rest, after lying down, while lying, in bed, while standing,t when stooping, and from cold diet.J

Predomin. better

Predomin. i;i;'orse

From motion, when walking, and running ; ? from warm diet, but also from drinking cold water;**

from coffee, and from smoking.

N.B. Coloc. has not the over-sensitiveness to pain of Bellad. H.Gr. But the neuralsries of Coloc. are of a much more violent kind ; with Bellad. there is more a general over-sensitiveness to all i ain, which almost always appears in frequent, short attacks. C.Hg.

* We also flod inclination for motion in single or suffering parts with Bellad.

t Both right side, partic. Coloc, while Straiuon., according to Dr. Jeanes. cures it only on the left side. Silicea and Calcarea seem also to huve a more curative effect on the left side in this complaint. C.Hg.

+ Yet we a'so find improv. when standi ne still after moving, with Colocynth.

I Bellad. has aggrav. from drinking cold icftter. because one of its etfects is to render the swallowing of drink difficult. •* We also find aggrav. through physical exertion, with Colocynth.

Inclination for exorcise — Throbbinfi^ sensa tion ])re(loniinant in external parts.

Yery rarely paralysis — No apoplexy.

Distention of veins of feet ....

One-sided heat, rit>-lit side ....

Sweat on lower part of body . . .

Sweat, which disappears wlicn moving

Predominant want of thirst — Desire drink without thirst.

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Upper right, lower left side — Xo apoplexy. Inclination for exercise — Aversion to open air.

Idiopathic neuralgia

Pulse generally full and hard

Upper right, lower left side — Pain pressing

outwards. Sensitiveness or inflammation of internal

parts. Generally disposition to sweat. Complaints generally on outside of ear, in

the kidneys, on front part of thigh, and

on top of foot. Pulse generally frequent, full, and hard. Want of thirst predominant.

Indifference — Ailments from (shame, grief, mortification, or from vexation with in- dignation or reserved displeasure) mis- behavior of otliers, or from disapi)ointed love.

Fancies — Imbecility

Bellyache worse after stool and passing urme.

Urine often, but scanty

Catamenia retarded and scanty ....

Expectoration nearly constnnt ; is loosened partic. at night; is swallowed.

Ailments from Tshame, grief, mortification, or from vexation with indignation or re- served displeasure; anger.

Insanity.

Bellyaclie abated after stool.

Urine diminished or increased. Catamenia too soon and profuse. Expectoration quite seldom.

Aggravations appear at all times of the Aggravations during the day and even- day and night* ing.

Generally worse from cold Generally better from cold.

Worse or better when growing cold . . , Better when growing cold.

Better or worse in bed Almost always aggravated in bed.

Worse from touch Better or worse from touch.

Worse from pressure Better or worse from pressure.

Worxe or better when leaning against some- Belter when leaning against something, but thino-. worse afterwards.

Worse'^ when smoking Better or worse from smoking.

Worse after stool Better or worse after stool.

Worse after urinating Worae or better after urinating.

Ailments from Mercurius or Thuya . , . Ailments from Causticum.

Predomin. ivorse

Predomin. bf^tter

Trom motion, from pressure, from cold, when lyino; on painful side, after perspiring, from smoking, from eructaiiou, from rubbing and scratching.

Predomin, better

Predomin ^vorse

During rest, after lying down, when standing and lyins, from warrath, in bed, when lying on un-

paintul side.

Jy.B. The main characteristic of Colocynthis is that it produces cramp-like pains in internal and ex- ternal parts; tonic spasms with jamminfr, pressive pains, and in such is Staphisagria its main antidote. Hahnemann.— Causticum, Colncynthis, and - taphisagria are nearly related, and oitca one, after its effects cease, will indicate the other. They may all be followed by Sepia, our great finishing remedy. C.Hg.

* Compare note % to Mercurius — Staphisagria.