Habitat Not to be confounded with "Deadly Nightshade," Belladonna, nor with "Climbing Bitter-sweet," Celastrus
ClarkePreparation Tincture prepared from fresh green stems and leaves, gathered just before flowering.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose
2X–30X
Second to thirtieth potency.
Reason for useBoericke
Hot days and cold nights towards the close of summer are especially favorable to the action of Dulcamara, and is one of the remedies that correspond in their symptoms to the conditions found as effects of damp weather, colds after exposure to wet, especially diarrhoea. It has a specific relation also to the skin, glands, and digestive organs, mucous membranes secreting more profusely while the skin is inactive. The rheumatic troubles induced by damp cold are aggravated by every cold change and somewhat relieved by moving about. Results from sitting on cold, damp ground. Icy coldness. One-sided spasms with speechlessness. Paralysis of single parts. Congestive headache, with neuralgia and dry nose. Patients living or working in damp, cold basements (Nat sulph). Eruptions on hands, arms or face around the menstrual period.
▲ Worse at night; from cold in general, damp, rainy weather
▼ Better from moving about, external warmth
By regionBoericke
Head Mental confusion. Occipital pain ascending from nape of neck. Headache relieved by conversation. Rejects things asked for. …
Eyes Every time he takes cold it settles in eyes. Thick, yellow discharge; granular lids. Hay-fever; profuse, watery discharge, worse in open air.
Stomach Vomiting of white, tenacious mucus. Aversion to food. Burning thirst for cold drinks. Heartburn. Nausea accompanies the desire for stool. …
Female Suppression of menses from cold or dampness. Before appearance of menses, a rash appears on skin, or sexual excitement. …
Respiratory Cough worse cold, wet weather, with free expectoration, tickling in larynx. Cough, hoarse, spasmodic. …
Back Stiff neck. Pain in small of back, as after long stooping. Stiffness and lameness across neck and shoulders, after getting cold and wet.
Extremities Paralysis; paralyzed limbs, feet icy cold. Warts on hands. Perspiration on palms of hands. Pain in shin-bones. Rheumatism alternates with diarrhoea. …
Skin Adenitis. Pruritus, always worse in cold, wet weather. Herpes zoster, pemphigus. Swelling and indurated glands from cold. Vesicular eruptions. …
Fever Dry burning heat all over. Chilliness towards evening, mostly in back. Icy coldness, with pains. Dry heat and burning of skin. Chilliness with thirst.
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 4, Cuprum Aceticum 2, Kali Carbonicum 2+10
* 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. homeopathylibrary.com/remedy/dulcamara