Bryonia Alba

General

BRYONIA ALBA. [Bryon.] White Bryony. Hahnemann. Curcurbitaceae.

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.

Sensorium

► Pressing outward in frontal region and left eyeball, especially on stooping. ► Headache worse by so slight a motion as moving eyelids. ► Confusion of head, especially of forehead. ► Benumbed, stupid from suppressed eruptions. ► Head confused and aching, as after a night's dissipation ; does not wish to rise in morning on awaking. ► Confusion in head, with drawing in occiput, extending into neck before going to sleep. ► Vertigo : as though all objects were reeling ; as though the brain were turning around ; as if the head were turning in a circle ; on rising, or on raising the head ; with reeling backward ; better from cold. ► Great heaviness of head and pressure of brain forwards. ► Pressure in the head, as if the brain were too full and pressed outward, mostly when sitting. ► Rush of blood to the head.

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.

Outer Head

► In the morning the head seems very greasy, with cool head. ► Scalp very tender to touch ; cannot bear even a soft brush. ► Dandruff, rough and uneven.

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.

Ears

► Intolerance of noise. ► Chirping in the head, as from locusts. ► Ringing ; roaring ; humming in the ears. ► Swelling, redness, painful sensitiveness and heat of external right ear ; at times piercing stitches deep into ear accompanied by swelling and painfulness of right parotid gland.

Nose

► Frequent sneezing. ► Nosebleed in morning after rising ; less frequently during day ; but sometimes during sleep, about 3 A.M. ; vicarious : 23. ► Fluent coryza, watery or greenish. ► Catarrh extending to the frontal sinuses or into chest. ► Swelling of tip of nose, with twitching pain in it, and on touch feeling as if it would ulcerate. ► Boils.

Face

► Hot, red, soft puffiness of the face. ► Erysipelas begins on upper lip and nasal septum. ► Face bluish-red, with difficult inspiration. ► Pinching pressure in articular cavity of right jaw, more violent on motion. ► Twitching, tearing in right malar bone up to right temple externally, sore to touch.

Lower Face

► Upper lip and nose swollen, red and hot. ► Crack in the lower lip. ► Lips parched and cracked ; he wishes frequently to moisten them. ► Lips swollen, rough. ► Constant motion of mouth, as if chewing. θ In brain affections of children.

Teeth

► Teeth seem too long. ► Toothache relieved by cold water, aggravated by taking anything warm in mouth. ► Tearing stitching toothache while eating, extending to muscles of neck, aggravated by warmth. ► Jerking toothache when smoking.

Tongue, Etc

► Taste : flat, insipid ; sweetish ; bitter (which cold drinks relieve) ; offensive, bitter ; has no taste for food ; when not eating mouth is bitter. ► Tongue coated white. ► Tongue rough, cracked, and often of a dark brown color. ► Dryness of tongue ; tip moist. ► Several small blisters on tip of tongue.

Mouth

► Collection of much soapy, frothy saliva. ► Mouth and lips very dry ; only momentarily relieved by drinking. ► Lower lip dry, burning and sensitive ; especially in smokers. ► Dryness in mouth, without thirst, or with thirst for large quantities of water. ► Offensive smell from mouth, with hawking of offensive, tough mucus, sometimes in round cheesy lumps, the size of a pea.

Throat

► Dryness of throat ; dry and raw, on empty swallowing. ► A short of scraping and roughness in the throat posteriorly. ► Pain and difficulty on swallowing, as if a hard body was in throat. ► Pressive pain in right tonsil. ► Sight pain in left tonsil. ► Back of throat seems swollen. ► Stitch in the throat when swallowing. ► Tough mucus in the fauces, loosened by hawking.

Desires And Aversions

► Too great appetite ; appetite soon satisfied. ► Desires things, immediately, which when offered are refused. ► Great desire for oysters and sweets ; for coffee. ► No appetite for milk ; but if the takes it the appetite returns and he begins to relish it ; loss of appetite. ► Great thirst, desire for large quantities of cold water ; also for warm drinks, which relieve. ► Great thirst, with longing for wine.

Eating And Drinking

► After eating : 3, 16, 17, 20, 27. ► Eats little and often. ► Drinking : 12, 26, 27. Wine : 16. ► Frequently drinking of cold water relieved the bitter taste and inclination to vomit.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Hiccough after eating, and on every shock caused by it pressure in forehead as if the brain shock from behind forwards. ► Eructations after eating ; sourish, bitter. ► Heart-burn from wine, evenings. ► Nausea on assuming an erect position. ► Nausea, increased or brought on by the slightest motion ; must lie quiet. ► Nausea and vomiting in morning when waking. ► Vomiting : of solid food, not of drink ; of food, immediately after eating ; of bitter, musty or putrid liquid, which leaves a similar taste in the mouth.

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.

Hypochondria

► Tensive pain below false ribs in right hypochondrium, especially sensitive on deep inspiration ; even a little flatus causes pain in the liver. ► Transient stitches in right hypochondrium, with painful sensitiveness of this region to hard pressure or deep inspiration. ► Burning and stitches pain in hepatic region. ► Stitches in region of spleen, worse motion.

Abdomen

► Griping pains about the navel. ► Rumbling and gurgling in the bowels. ► Sudden painful cuttings in the intestines, with a feeling as though one were digging him with the fingers, compelling him to bend double, relieved by profuse pasty evacuations. ► Great sensitiveness of abdomen. ► Pain in abdomen flying upwards. ► Stitches and other pain in the abdomen, which hinder respiration.

Stool, Etc

► Diarrhoea : bilious, acrid stools, with soreness of anus ; like dirty water, with whitish granulated sediments of undigested food ; urging followed by copious pasty evacuations, with relief of all symptoms excepting confusion of head ; mostly at night or after eating ; after eating fruit or sour krout ; morning, after getting up, preceded by cutting pains in bowels ; burning, worse in warm weather. ► Alternation of diarrhoea and constipation. ► Obstinate conspiration ; stools very dry, large and hard ; only after much straining. ► Stinking flatulence. ► Aching hemorrhoids. ► Hard, black and dry stool, as if burnt, and rather scanty.

Urine

► Urine : copious and pale ; scanty and dark ; brown, like beer ; red ; deposits white sediment. ► During motion, some drops of urine pass out of the urethra without sensation.

Male Sexual Organs

► Increased sexual desire. ► Stitches in the right testicle and spermatic cord.

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.

Pregnancy

► After-pains excited by least motion, even taking a deep inspiration. ► Lochia too profuse, with burning pain, in region of womb. ► Suppression of lochia, with sensation as if head would burst. ► Drawing or lancinating pains from hip to foot, worse from touch or motion. ► Mammae feel heavy ; pale, but hard and painful ; tensive burning, and tearing pain. ► Flow of milk suppressed ; scanty secretion of milk. ► (Infant) sore mouth ; child does not like to take hold of breast, but after mouth becomes moistened it nurses well.

Larynx

► Voice rough and hoarse. ► Tickling in larynx. ► Tough mucus in trachea, loosened only after frequent hawking.

Breathing

► Respiration : impeded ; quick and deep, without motion of the ribs, better in cold air and from drinking cold water. ► Frequent desire to take a full inspiration, which, however, cannot be done in consequence of a feeling as if there was something should expand but would not.

Cough

► Hacking, dry cough from the upper part of trachea. ► Dry cough : with sticking pain under the sternum ; as if coming from the stomach ; with a crawling and tickling in pit of stomach. ► Sensation as if the head and chest would fly to pieces on coughing. ► Cough, with constant crawling, upward, in the throat followed by expectoration of mucus. ► Cough compels the patient to spring up in bed involuntary and immediately ; or, to press hand on sternum. ► Cough worse after eating or drinking, with vomiting of ingesta ; worse coming into a warm room. ► Nausea excites cough, and coughing often excites vomiting. ► Expectoration of mucus streaked with blood.

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.

Heart And Pulse

► Oppression in the region of the heart. ► Stitching pain in the region of the heart. ► Camp in region of heart, aggravated by walking, raising one's self, or using slightest exertion, even raising arm. ► Heart beats violently and rapidly. ► Pulse : full, hard, rapid and tense ; at times intermittent with strong orgasm of blood.

Outer Chest

► Painful spot, as from a bruise, on the second rib of the right side, extending to the sternum.

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.

Upper Limbs

► Painful tension and pressure in the right shoulder, when at rest. ► Painful pressure on the top of right shoulder, worse upon touch ; on deep breathing it becomes a dull stitching, which extends downwards and outwards to shoulder-joint. ► Drawing and tearing and pains in the right upper arm. ► Swelling of right elbow-joint, with stitches. ► Tearing pains on inner surface of forearm, on a line from the elbow to the wrist. ► Pain in wrists, as if wrenched or sprained, on every motion. ► Fine stitches in wrist, if the hands become warm, and during rest ; they do not disappear on motion. ► Rather hot pale swelling in last joint of little finger, with sticking in it on moving the finger, or on pressing it. ► On writing or taking hold of anything, a sensation as if the finger-joints were swollen and puffed ; they are painful on much exertion and on touch. ► Stitching pain in the fingers when writing.

Lower Limbs

► Legs so weak they scarcely will hold him. ► Stabbing pain in the hips. ► Great weariness in the thighs, worse going up steps. ► Great painfulness of right thigh ; the pain comes from the head of femur, extends along the anterior surface of thigh to knee. ► Knees totter and knock together when walking. ► Pain in right knee, so that in evening he could scarcely walk, and was obliged to keep the leg very quite ; inner side of knee very painful to touch. ► Pinching, tearing in right calf. ► Bruised pain or outer side of left calf, on moving and turning the foot, as also from touch ; during rest a numb sensation in this place. ► Tension in ankles on motion. ► Feet are tense and swollen in the evening ; pain in feet, as if sprained. ► When walking, a prickling sensation like "pins and needles" is felt in the soles of the feet, which hinders or prevents walking. ► Hot swelling of the instep, with bruised pain on stretching out the foot. ► Tensive pain on the back of the feet, even when sitting.

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.

Position, Etc

► Rest : 23, 28, 32, 33. Motion : 3, 9, 16, 17, 24, 28, 32, 33, 36, 44 ; of eyeball : 5. Walking : 3, 29, 31, 33, 36, 40. Misstep : 18. Exertion : 29, 32. Ascending stairs : 33. Sitting : 2, 33, 34. Rising : 2, 29, 36. Stooping : 3. Lying : 31 ; on back : 3.

Nerves

► Very tired and prostrated ; great weariness. ► Great weakness and exhaustion, worse from walking. ► Sudden prostration, shunning all motion. ► Faintness : when rising from bed ; from slightest motion. ► Spasm developed through repercussion of measles.

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.

Time

► Morning : 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 20, 40, 43. Noon : 3. Afternoon : 31. Evening : 16, 33, 40. Night : 20, 37, 40. Before midnight : 37. 3 A.M. : 7. Increases morning till evening : 3. Increases by day, decreases during the night : 23. Day : 7, 23, 37.

Temperature And Weather

► Better in cold weather and from taking cold food. ► Facial neuralgia relieved by cold applications. ► Cold water : 10. Cold air : 26, 40. Warmth : 10, 32. Warm weather : 20. Coming into a warm room : 27. Room : 1, 40. Open air : 1, 40. ► Complaints on the first warm days.

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.

Sides

► Right : 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 18, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 40. Left : 3, 5, 13, 23, 28, 33. Right to left : 30. Left to right : 28. Behind forward : 16, 28, 31. Above downward : 23, 24, 32, 33.

Sensations

► Every spot in the body is painful to pressure ; worse mornings. ► Drawing rheumatic pains in various parts of the body. ► Transient drawing and tension in almost all the limbs and joints.

Tissues

► Dropsical swellings, which gradually increase as the day progresses, and disappear during the night. ► In acute abscess, promotes resorption of pus. ► Large abscess at pit of stomach after a blow. ► Stitches in the joints, on motion and on touch. ► Bone inflamed, sensitive tense, slightly swollen integuments ; in the beginning.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 4, 7, 8, 17, 23, 24, 32, 33, 43, 44. Pressure : 17, 18, 32, 43. After a blow : 44. ► Pain relieved by hard pressure. θ Facial neuralgia.

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.

Relationship

► Bryon. is frequently suitable after Acon., Nux vom., Opium, Rhus tox. ► After Bryon. are frequently indicated Alum., Kali carb., Nux vom., Phosphor., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sulphur. ► Antidotes to Bryon. : Acon., Alum., Camphor., Chamom., Clemat., Coffea, Ignat., Mur. ac., Nux vom., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Seneg. ► Bryon. antidotes : Rhus tox., Rhus ven., Chlorine. ► Conjunctive relation : Coloc. ► Compare : Arctium lappa (muscular pains, dull, heavy, worse motion ; sleepiness, fatigue).