Cocculus Indicus

General

COCCULUS. [Coccul.] Cocculus Indicus. Hahnemann. Menispermaceae.

Mind

► Stupid feeling in the head. ► Slowness of comprehension. ► Time passes too quickly. ► Thoughts fixed on one unpleasant subject ; she is absorbed and observes nothing about her. ► Sobbing, moaning and groaning. ► Sudden great anxiety. ► Vacillating, cannot accomplish anything at her work or finish anything ; with contracted pupils. ► Very easily affronted ; every trifle makes him angry. ► Startles very easily.

Sensorium

► Vertigo : as from intoxication, or with inclination to vomit, when rising up in bed ; must lie down. ► Head befogged, generally increased by eating and drinking. ► Dulness of the head, as after being drunk. ► Sensation of emptiness and hollowness in the head, worse in open air and after eating, better when getting warm in bed.

Inner Head

► Headache, with nausea and inclination to vomit. ► Headache as if the eyes were being torn out. ► Pressing headache from without inwards ; or as if compressed by a bandage ; or, as if screwed together. ► Pressing pain in forehead, from without inwards, with nausea ; aggravated by riding in a wagon ; from eating ; drinking and sleeping ; from thinking ; ameliorated during rest, in-doors. ► Violent headache, cannot lie on back of head, must lie on side ; worse least light ; noise excites vomiting. ► Beating in forehead, evenings, worse before and after eating ; also when riding, especially in cold air ; from talking ; better in-doors. ► Headache in occiput and nape, sensation of opening and shutting like a door ; even in spotted fever.

Outer Head

► Convulsive trembling of the head from weakness of the muscles of the neck ; worse in the open air and after sleeping ; from coffee and tobacco ; better in warm room. ► Cramp-like pain in left temporal muscle.

Eyes

► Dimsightedness ; obscured vision. ► Dark spot before the eyes, though objects appear clearly. ► Bruised pain in eyes, with inability to open lids, at night. ► Pupils : dilated ; contracted. ► Eyes protruding. ► Eyes closed, with the balls constantly rolling about. ► Eyelids inflamed.

Ears

► Sensitiveness of hearing. ► Noise in the ears like rushing of waters, with hardness of hearing.

Nose

► Sense of smell either acute or weak. ► Discharge from nose bloody ; pus-like. ► Worse from strong smells.

Face

► Face : pale ; blue around the eyes ; sweat in face, cold. ► Red cheeks and heat of face, in cold room. ► Pressive, benumbing and cramp-like pains in region of malar bones and masseter muscles ; worse opening jaw.

Lower Face

► Pustule below the right angle of mouth, with tensive pain when touched. ► Swollen hard glands under the lower jaw, and nodes on the forearm, which are painful when stroked.

Teeth

► Hollow tooth, pains only when chewing, even soft food ; not when biting with empty mouth.

Tongue, Etc

► Taste : bitter ; putrid ; sour ; offensive ; metallic ; like sulphur. ► Food tastes as though salted too little ; tobacco tastes bitter. ► Yellow-coated tongue with aversion to food. ► Tongues as if paralyzed ; pains at base when protruded.

Mouth

► Dryness of the mouth, at night, without thirst. ► Sensation of dryness in mouth, with frothy saliva and violent thirst.

Throat

► Dryness in the pharynx. ► Pressive pain in the tonsils, worse when swallowing the saliva than when swallowing food. ► Burning in the oesophagus, extending into the fauces, with taste of sulphur in the mouth. ► A sort of paralysis, preventing swallowing. ► Choking constriction in upper part of fauces, with difficult breathing and irritable cough, or disposition to cough.

Desires And Aversions

► Hunger without appetite. ► Thirst with aversion to drink. ► Thirstless. ► Disgust for beer ; aversion to sour things. ► Longing for cold drink, especially beer.

Eating And Drinking

► All symptoms and affections, particularly of the head, increased by eating or drinking. ► Coffee aggravates the headache.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Frequent empty eructations ; then she wants to eat. ► Nausea which is felt in the head, and inclination to vomit, in morning, can scarcely rise on account of faintness. ► Nausea and vomiting when riding in a carriage or getting cold. ► Disposition to vomit, with profuse flow of saliva, on getting a chill or taking a cold ; also, in connection with headache and pain in the bowels, as if bruised. ► Vomit : sour ; bitter ; of bad odor.

Stomach

► Violent cramp of stomach ; also with flatulency and much saliva ; gastralgia. ► Contractive pain in the epigastrium, taking the breath. ► Painful sensation of fulness in the stomach.

Hypochondria

► Pain as if beaten in hypochondria. ► Pressive pain in the hepatic region, increased by coughing and bending over. ► Stitches in hepatic region.

Abdomen

► Emptiness and sensation of hollowness in the abdomen. ► Sensation in abdomen as if sharp stones rubbed together on every movement. ► Great rumbling in the bowels. ► Spasmodic flatulent colic about midnight, flatus passed without relief ; belching relieves ; pain severest in epigastric, umbilical and right iliac region.

Stool, Etc

► Contractive pain in rectum, preventing sitting, afternoons. ► Stool followed by tenesmus recti causing faintness. ► Diarrhoea, with sensation in abdomen as of sharp stones rubbing together. ► Diarrhoea only through the day, thin yellowish, without pain. ► Incarcerated flatus ; obstruction of the bowels. ► Hard stool every other day, expelled with great difficulty.

Urine

► Frequent desire to urinate, with small discharge. ► Watery urine.

Male Sexual Organs

► Seminal emissions at night. ► Excitement of the genitals, with desire for coition. ► Increased sensitiveness of the genitals. ► Drawing, sore pain in the testicles when touched. ► Itching of scrotum.

Female Sexual Organs

► Menses profuse and too often, when rising upon the feet it gushes out in a stream. ► Scanty discharge of black blood. ► During the effort to menstruate, she is so weak that she is scarcely able to stand. ► Leucorrhoea in place of the menses. ► Leucorrhoea, like serum, mixed with a purulent, ichorous liquid. ► Dysmenorrhoea followed by hemorrhoids. Also with severe cutting in the womb, or sensation as if later was distended ; seasick feeling flatulent gastralgia. ► Painful pressure in uterus, with cramps in chest, nausea and vomiting.

Pregnancy

► Shivering over the mammae. ► Discharge of bloody mucus from the uterus, during pregnancy. ► Spasmodic and irregular labor-pains. ► Terrible pain in small of back, with hour-glass contraction of uterus. ► Spasms following difficult labor, and brought on by changing the position of the patient.

Larynx

► Tightness in the larynx. ► Talking aggravates all the symptoms, particularly of head.

Breathing

► Obstruction of breath at the throat-pit, as if the throat were constricted.

Cough

► Fatiguing cough from oppression of the chest. ► Cough increased by indulging the irritation.

Lungs

► Contractive tension of right side of chest taking the breath. ► Cramps in the chest, also hysteric. ► Audible rumbling in the left side of chest, as if from an emptiness, especially noticeable when walking.

Heart And Pulse

► Pulse small and spasmodic, often imperceptible, seldom hard, somewhat accelerated. ► Palpitation of the heart, from quick motion and mental excitement, with dizziness and faintness.

Neck And Back

► Painful stiffness of neck when moving it. ► Disabling drawing in the small of the back. ► Paralytic pain extending over hips ; with anxiety and apprehension. ► Spasmodic constriction through the length of the spine ; worse on motion.

Upper Limbs

► Stitches in the shoulder-joint and muscles of upper arm, during rest. ► Stitches in the right upper arm. ► Now one hand, and again other, is numb and as if asleep. ► Now one hand, and again other, is alternately hot or cold.

Lower Limbs

► Pain as if beaten in the thighs. ► Inflammatory swelling of knee, with transitory stinging pains. ► Cracking in the knees when moving. ► Lower limbs : nearly paralyzed ; paralytic feeling and drawing in thighs. ► Hot, itching swelling of the feet. ► Cold feet. ► Oedema of feet, with paralysis of lower limbs, after a cold.

Limbs In General

► Involuntary motions of right arm and right leg, cease during sleep. ► Here and there in the limbs, a laming drawing, as if in the bones, continuous or in attacks. ► Cracking and creaking in joints ; painful stiffness of joints. ► Now the hands, and again the feet, "go to sleep", alternately, in short attacks.

Position, Etc

► Rest : 3, 32.

Motion

19. Walking : 28. Moving : 33. Moving head : 31. Quick motion : 29. Slight exertion : 40. Rising on the feet : 23. Rising up in bed : 2. Bending over : 18. Change of position : 24. Must lie down : 2. Sitting : 20. Cannot stand : 23, 36. Lying : 3.

Nerves

► Great lassitude of the whole body, it is an exertion to stand firmly. ► Feels to weak to talk loud. ► Epilepsy in the morning on rising from bed ; fever afterwards. ► Hysteric complaints, with sadness. ► Paralysis of face, tongue, or pharynx ; paraplegia, with numbness and tingling.

Sleep

► Sleeplessness from night watching ; also from pure mental activity. ► Sleep disturbed by excessive anxiety and restlessness. ► Sleep aggravates all the symptoms, particularly of head. ► Anxious, frightful dreams.

Time

► Morning : 16, 40. Afternoon : 20, 40. Evening : 3, 40, 46. Night : 5, 12, 22, 40, 46. Evening till morning : 40. Midnight : 19. Day : 20.

Temperature And Weather

► Cannot bear the cold or warm (open) air. ► Getting cold : 16. Cold room : 8. Cold air : 3. Open air : 2, 4. Getting warm : 2. External warmth : 40. Warm room : 4. In-doors : 3, 4.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Chill frequently alternating with heat. ► Internal chill in afternoon and evening ; attended with shivering through whole body, but more in back and on legs ; not relieved by external warmth. ► Continuous chilliness, with hot skin. ► Dry heat the whole night through. ► Flushes of heat, with burning heat of cheeks and cold feet. ► Sweat of the body from evening till morning, attended with cold sweat on the face. ► Morning sweat principally on the chest. ► Sweats over the whole body from the slightest exertion. ► Sweat of the affected parts.

Attacks

► Every other day : 20.

Sides

► Right : 9, 18, 19, 28, 32, 34. Left : 28. Without inwards : 3, 44. Above downwards : 33.

Tissues

► Emaciation. ► Anaemic states. ► Gouty pains or cracking in the joints. ► Paralysis of inner parts. ► Paralytic pain ; tearing ; soreness ; digging ; or as if beaten in the bones. ► Glands : burning ; pressure from out inwards ; hot swelling ; cold ; stinging.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 9, 22, 46. Stroking affected part : 9. Riding in carriage or sailing : 3, 16.

Skin

► Much itching, especially in the evening when undressing, or at night in a feather-bed. ► Ulcers very sensitive to touch ; pains in thin peripheries.

Stages And States

► Often indicated with children and women. ► Light hair. ► Drunkards.

Relationship

► Ailments from : Chamom., Cuprum, Ignat., Mercur., Nux vom. in gastralgia.