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Bryonia Alba
Bryonia alba · BRY
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Origin Plant · Cucurbitaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of root procured before flowering.
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
1X–12X
First to twelfth attenuation

By regionHering
Mind ► Patient desires to go home. ► Great depression and very morose mood, without cause. ► Anxiety, worse in room, better in open air ; fears not to have the wherewithal to live. ► Irritable mood, wishes to be alone. ► Very irritable ; inclined to fright, fear and vexation. ► Obstinate and passionate. ► Bad effects from violence and anger.
Inner Head ► Headache commences in morning not on waking, but when first opening eyes. ► Pressive pain above left eye, followed by dull, pressive pain in occipital protuberances, thence spreading over whole body ; on quick motion, and after eating, pain so severe that it seemed a distinct pulsation within head. ► Digging pressure in forepart of brain toward forehead, especially severe on stooping and walking rapidly ; walking fatigues him very much. ► Tearing across the forehead, then in cervical muscles, then in right arm. ► Drawing, tearing pain in right temple, mostly extending to upper molars and muscles of neck. ► Throbbing ache on top of head, morning when walking. ► Continued stitch deep in the brain, on left side, when coughing. ► Headache in occiput, extending to shoulders, while lying on the back, in bed, after waking in the morning. ► Pressive pain in occiput, drawing down into neck, relieved toward noon. ► Headache as though the head would burst, commencing in morning and gradually increasing till evening.
Eyes ► Very sensitive pressive pain (coming and going) in left eyeball, especially violent on moving the ball with a feeling as if eye became smaller and was retracted within the orbit. ► Severe burning and lachrymation of right eye. ► Eyeballs so painful that the patient cannot bear to have them touched. ► Puffiness of right upper lid. ► Painless twitching-drawing together in left upper lid, with a persistent sensation of heaviness therein. ► Frequent lachrymation.
Stomach ► Stomach full, and sensitive to pressure. ► Distention of the stomach, and eructations of wind. ► Stomach distended, with vomiting after eating. ► Feeling of emptiness of the stomach, with distention of the whole abdomen. ► Painfulness of stomach after eating oysters and chicken-salad in evening ; pain excessive when in motion, perfect relief from quiet or from eructations of wind or passing wind per anum (anus). ► Pressure in the stomach, after eating, like from a stone, makes him fretful. ► Epigastric region painful to touch ; so sensitive cannot endure the clothes. ► Cutting as with knives in epigastric region. ► Soreness in pit of stomach when coughing. ► Stitching pain in region of stomach, worse from motion, especially from a misstep.
Female Sexual Organs ► Stitching pain in the ovaries on deep inspiration. ► Severe pain in region of right ovary like from a sore spot, causing an irritation and dragging, pain extended down to the thighs, while at rest ; pain aggravated by touch. ► Hemorrhage of dark red blood, with pain in small of back. ► Menses : too early, too profuse ; blood dark ; suppressed, with frequent bleeding of the nose. ► Membranous dysmenorrhoea. ► Hard black pustule on a swollen portion on left labium. ► Dropsy of uterus, the swelling increases during the day and diminishes at night.
Lungs ► Constriction of chest ; felt the need of breathing deeply ; when attempting to breathe deeply, pain in chest. ► Stitch in upper part of chest, through the shoulders, on inspiring. ► Chest very sensitive, with stitches in left side, on inspiration. ► Sensation of heaviness beneath sternum, extending towards the right shoulder, impeding respiration ; deep inspiration was difficult ; oppression of right side of chest, with very fine, extremely severe stitches in the right axillary gland. ► Stitches in the sternum on coughing ; was obliged to hold the chest with the hand. ► Sharp pain in left inframammary region ; worse during inspiration. ► Sharp stitching pain in chest, below right nipple, extending outward, only on expiration. ► Short but violent stitches in right side of chest, so that he must hold the breath and cannot cry out. ► Tearing stitches in left side of chest extend from behind forward, are better during rest, worse during motion and on deep inspiration. ► Stitching pain in region of diaphragm, worse from motion or coughing.
Neck And Back ► Pain in nape of back, as after taking cold. ► Painful stiffness of muscles of right side of neck, on moving the head. ► Dull stitches between the scapulae, extending from behind forward, in the afternoon while lying. ► Pain in the small of the back ; which makes walking or turning difficult ; as if bruised, when lying on it.
Limbs In General ► Heaviness in the limbs ; seem like lead. ► Weariness and stiffness of limbs ; especially the lower. ► Rheumatism, with redness and swelling of joints. ► Weakness of the limbs obliges him to sit.
Sleep ► Frequent yawning, the whole day. ► Much sleepiness during the day. ► Sleeplessness on account of uneasiness in the blood and anxiety ; the thoughts crowd upon one another. ► Night very restless, disturbed by frightful dreams ; frequent waking. ► No sleep before midnight, on account of a frequent shivering sensation over one arm and foot, followed by sweat. ► Starts in affright before falling asleep. ► Motion of the lower jaw, during sleep, as in masticating. ► Somnambulism. ► Dreams : about household affairs ; about business of the day ; of dispute and vexation ; anxious.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chill : with external coldness of body and chilliness, frequently with heat of head, red cheeks and thirst ; and coldness, mostly in the evening, and frequently only of the right side ; worse in the room than in the open air. ► Dry, burning heat, mostly only internal, the blood seems to burn in the veins. ► Great aggravation of sufferings during the heat. ► Sweat in short spells and only on single parts. ► Profuse and easily excited sweat, even when slowly walking in cold open air ; profuse night and morning sweat.
Skin ► Yellow skin of the whole body, even of the face. ► Red, round, hot spot on the cheek over the malar bone. ► Dry, itching eruption over the whole body. ► Rash, peculiar to lying-in women and their infants. ► Red, elevated, rash-like eruption over the whole body. ► Nettle-rash or other eruptions characterized by sensation of prickling, particularly when the parts are touched. ► Slow development of rash in eruptive fevers ; or, sudden receding of rash, with difficult respiration, or inflammatory affections of chest. ► Erysipelas when confined to the joints. ► When scarlatinal eruption delays, or suddenly recedes ; dropsy, pleuritis or meningitis.

Books*
Antidoted by Chamomilla 5, Aconitum Napellus 4, Camphora 4 +22
Complementary Alumina, Rhus Toxicodendron, Kali Carbonicum +26
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Nux Vomica, Opium +8
Compare Aconitum Napellus, Ammoniacum Gummi, Antimonium Crudum +16

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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