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Colocynthis

Citrullus colocynthis
COLOC · 17 entries across 17 books
PreparationTincture of pulp of fruit. Clarke
6X–30X
Sixth to thirtieth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Agonizing pain in abdomen causing patient to bend double, with restlessness, twisting and turning to obtain relief; > by hard pressure (> by heat, Mag. p.). Pains: are worse after eating or drinking; compel patient to bend double (Mag. p. - < by bending double, Dios.); menses, suppressed by chagrin, colic pains. Exteremely irritable, impatient; becomes angry or offended on being questioned. Irritable; throws things out of his hands. Affections from anger, with indignation - colic, vomiting, diarrhoea and suppression of menses (Cham., Staph.). Vertigo: when quickly turning head, especially to the left, as if he would fall; from stimulants. Sciatica: crampy pain in hip, as though screwd in a vise; lies upon affected side. Shooting pain, like lightening-shocks, down the whole limb, left hip, left thigh, left knee, into popliteal fossa.

▲ Worse

Anger and indignation; mortification caused by offense (Staph., Lyc.); cheese < colic

▼ Better

From doubling up; hard pressure

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Relations

Complemenatary: Merc. in dysentry, with great tenesmus. Compare: Graph. intense pain along right sciatic never, darting, cutting, from right hip joint down to foot; < lying down, motion, stepping; > by sitting. Compare with Staph. in ovarian or other diseases from bad effects of anger, reserved indignation or silent grief.

Complete text of the Colocynthis entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Colocynthis

Simple remedy · Plant

17 entries across 17 books · abbreviations: COLOC · Family: Cucurbitaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

COLOCYNTHIS · William Boericke · 3,858 chars

2 Kent

Colocynthis · James Tyler Kent · 8,466 chars

3 Clarke

Colocynthis · John Henry Clarke · 15,020 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Colocynthis · Henry C. Allen · 1,386 chars

6 Nash

Colocynthis · E. B. Nash · 6,335 chars

7 Hering

COLOCYNTHIS · Constantine Hering · 11,423 chars

10 Lippe

Colocynthis (Cucumis) · Adolph zur Lippe · 6,237 chars

13 Hahnemann

COLOCYNTHIS · Samuel Hahnemann · 29,540 chars

14 T. F. Allen

COLOCYNTHIS · Timothy Field Allen · 449 chars

15 Tyler

Colocynthis · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 14,272 chars

16 Guernsey

COLOCYNTHIS · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,380 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

COLOCYNTHIS · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 7,938 chars

18 Dewey

Colocynthis · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 2,718 chars

19 Gross

Colocynthis · Gustav Wilhelm Gross · 9,105 chars

22 Roberts

Colocynthis · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 4,276 chars

23 T. F. Allen

COLOCYNTHIS · Timothy Field Allen · 5,960 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Colocynthis · A. Gladstone Clarke · 675 chars

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complementary 1Mercurius Solubilis

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Research (3)

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  1. Effectiveness of a homeopathic complex medicine in infantile colic: A randomized multicenter studyRaak C, Krueger P, Klement P et al. · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2019 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  2. Molecularly Imprinted Polymer of Colocynthin, An Effective Tool for Quality Control of Citrullus colocynthis ExtractsFarid R, Mahnaz K, Ardekani Mohammad Reza S et al. · Current drug discovery technologies · 2017 · doi
  3. Antioxidative, antiproliferative and biochemical effects in HepG2 cells of a homeopathic remedy and its constituent plant tinctures tested separately or in combinationGebhardt R · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 2003 · doi

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