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Colchicinum
3XColchnColchicinum · Alkaloid of Colchicum Autumnale · "The Shreddy Membrane Alkaloid"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a gastrointestinal irritant with a specific affinity for producing shreddy, membranous stools.
📖 Clarke writes:
Alkaloid of Colchicum autumnale. C7 H23 NO6. Trituration.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Intestinal catarrh characterized by the appearance of shreddy membranes
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Convulsive jerkings of right hand (valuable indication, if not a keynote)
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Intestinal catarrh with shreddy, membrane-like stools resembling cooked white of egg.
Clarke
Convulsive jerkings of the right hand.
Clarke
Vomiting of undigested food followed by bitter, greenish fluid.
Clarke
Excessive tenesmus with thin, yellowish-green, slimy stools.
Clarke
Extreme exhaustion followed by feverish excitement.
Clarke
Pupils widely dilated.
Clarke
Tearing pains in the face.
Clarke
Excessive sensitiveness and pain in the epigastrium.
Clarke
Urine turbid with a copious white sediment.
Clarke
Violent heat following a chill, with increased thirst and rapid pulse.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👁️Eyes
Consider for ocular symptoms involving dilated pupils.
Pupils widely dilated.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Rising from bed at night
nausea
vomiting
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Arsenicum Album →Causticum →Colchicum Autumnale →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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