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Dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara · DULC
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Origin Plant · Solanaceae · Simple
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 Boericke
2X–30X
Second to thirtieth potency

Reason for useAllen

Adapted to persons of phlegmatic scrofulous constitutions; restless, irritable. Catarrhal rheumatism or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by exposure to cold, damp, rainy weather, or sudden changes in hot weather (Bry.). Increased secretions of mucous membranes; perspiration being suppressed from cold. Patients living or working in a damp, cold basement, or a milk dairy (Aran., Ars., Nat. s.). Mental confusion; cannot find the right word for anything. Skin is delicate, sensitive to cold, liable to eruptions, especially urticaria; every time patient takes cold or is long exposed to cold. Anasarca; after ague, rheumatism, scarlet fever. Dropsy: after suppressed sweat; suppressed eruptions; exposure to cold. Diarrhoea: from taking cold in damp places, or during damp, foggy weather; change from warm to cold weather (Bry.). Catarrhal ischuria in grown-up children, with milky urine; from wading with bare feet in cold water; involuntary. Rash before the menses (Con. - during profuse menses, Bell., Graph.). Urticaria over whole body, no fever; itching burns after scratching; < in warmth, > in cold. Thick, brown-yellow crusts on scalp, face, forehead, temples, chin; with reddish borders, bleeding when scratched. Warts, fleshy, large, smooth; on face or back of hands and fingers (Thuja.).


▲ Worse From cold in general; cold air; cold wet weather; suppressed menstruation, eruptions, sweat
▼ Better From moving about (Fer., Rhus)

Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 4, Cuprum Aceticum 2, Kali Carbonicum 2 +10
Complementary Baryta Carbonica, Kalium Sulphuricum
Follows well Bryonia Alba, Calcarea Carbonica, Lycopodium Clavatum +5
Compare Bryonia Alba, Calcarea Carbonica, Pulsatilla Pratensis +28

* 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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