Homeopathy LibraryColchicum Autumnale
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In Stapf's Archives, British Journal of Homoeopathy , Vol. XIX.
What is Colchicum ?
The Meadow Saffron and the tincture is made from the fresh bulbs just before blooming in the same manner as described under Aconite . Imported.
What is the general action of Colchicum ?
Affects markedly the muscular tissue, periosteum and synovial membranes of joints.
It seems more beneficial in chronic affections of these parts.
Give four general characteristics of Colchicum.
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Aggravation From Motion
What are the digestive characteristics of Colchicum ?
Extreme aversion to food, nausea and loathing at the thought of food ; the gags from the mere mention of food ; loss of appetite, great debility and brown tongue.
What are the abdominal symptoms ?
Abdomen is distended enormously, with urging to stool and passage of jelly-like mucus ; there are also dysenteric symptoms, with spasm of the sphincter ani.
What relation has Colchicum to Arsenic and Cinchona ?
It stands midway between them, having the weakness of Arsenic and the tympany of Cinchona .
When is Colchicum indicated in rheumatism and gout ?
Where the swelling is red or pale, with extreme tenderness to touch and a tendency to shift about from joint to joint ; pains are worse in the evening and from the slightest motion ; metastasis of gout to heart, with cutting pains about the heart and oppression.
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