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Chelidonium Majus
Chelidonium majus · CHEL
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Origin Plant · Papaveraceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of entire fresh plant, at time of flowering.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
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Tincture and lower attenuations

By regionHering
Mind ► Great absence of mind, forgets what she wants to do or has done. ► Weeping. ► Sadness. ► Fears of becoming crazy. ► Anxiety : allowing no rest at any employment ; as if she had committed a crime. ► Desponding mood. ► Irritability. ► Ill-humor.
Inner Head ► Pressure in forehead, extending to orbits, which, on moving the eyes, pain as if sore. ► Tensive pain in forehead, as from a band above the eyes. ► Pressive pain in right side of head. ► Violent pain in left side of head and face. ► Heaviness in the occiput, with pressure in left ear. ► Coldness in the occiput, rising from the nape ; worse when moving ; better during rest.
Eyes ► Dazzling spot before the eyes, lachrymation when looking at it. ► Misty appearance before the eyes. ► Objects appear double. ► Contractility of pupils diminished. ► Opacity of the cornea. ► Aching in the eyeballs ; worse moving the eyes. ► Tearing pain in left eye, extending to zygoma, teeth, forehead and temple ; first relieved by pressure, but soon cannot endure the slightest touch ; periodic, evening in bed. ► Conjunctiva swollen, dark red, as far as the cornea. ► Whites of the eyes dirty yellow. ► Lids swollen, red, could open them but little. ► Agglutination of lids in the morning. ► Neuralgia of eyebrows and temples. ► Pressing pain over left eye, which seems to press down upper lid.
Stomach ► Pressure, with distention of stomach. ► Constriction, tension and sensitiveness in pit of stomach and right hypochondrium. ► Feeling of anguish, in pit of stomach. ► Gnawing, grinding pain ; better while eating.
Female Sexual Organs ► Menses too late ; too profuse ; pain under the right scapula. ► Burning in the vagina, recurring each day at precisely the same hour.
Lungs ► Stitches in left chest on inspiring. ► Pains in the chest and back. ► Oppression of the chest ; the clothing seemed too tight. ► Spasmodic pressure behind middle of sternum, awoke him at night ; extended into the bronchi, with sensation of constriction in them. ► Stitches in chest, worse right side. ► Soreness in lower ribs, right side. ► Deep-seated pain in whole right side of chest.
Neck And Back ► Stiffness : of the neck ; of the muscles of right side of neck. ► Pain in right cervical muscles, and in region of right clavicle. ► Pain in right side of back, with heaviness of occiput ; pressure toward the left ear. ► Constant pain under the inferior angle of right scapula ; may extend into chest or stomach, causing nausea or vomiting. ► Pain in the vertebra, worse from motion and pressure, trembling, spasms of limbs ; spasmodic myelitis. ► Stitches beneath the right scapula. ► Pain as though the lower lumbar vertebrae would separate, when bending forwards.
Limbs In General ► Limbs : feel heavy, stiff and lame ; feel paralyzed ; cold. ► Rheumatism, the least touch anywhere is exceedingly painful ; sweat without relief. ► Rheumatism worse in the lower limbs, especially in the right tarso tibial articulation ; worse from walking.
Sleep ► Drowsiness during the day. ► Sleepiness, desire to lie, without being able to sleep. ► Restless sleep before midnight. ► Sleepless, with headache. ► Awakes terrified, by the usual sufferings. ► Dreams : of corpses and funerals.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Internal chill : with severe shaking, evening in bed ; when walking in open air ; passes off in the room. ► Chill and coldness of whole body ; worse on hands and feet, with distention of the veins. ► Right foot icy-cold. ► Shivering : without external coldness ; running down back. ► Internal heat without thirst, evening after lying down. ► Burning heat of hands, spreading thence over the body. ► Heat : of the head and face ; on scapulae ; in hip-joints. ► Sweat during sleep, after midnight and toward morning ; better after awaking.
Skin ► Yellow, yellowish-grey. ► Red and painful pimples and pustules on various parts. ► Itching of the skin. ► Old putrid spreading ulcers.

Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 2, Calendula Officinalis, Camphora +3
Complementary Lycopodium Clavatum, Bryonia Alba, Dioscorea Villosa +2
Follows well —
Compare Bryonia Alba, Lycopodium Clavatum, Arsenicum Album +30

* 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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