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COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE

COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE
colchPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
Source
🎯 It acts primarily on the muscular tissues, periosteum, and synovial membranes of joints, with a specific affinity for relieving gouty pain.
About: Colchicum is a primary remedy for gout and rheumatic conditions characterized by intense tearing pains and swelling. It is uniquely indicated when the mere smell of food causes nausea or fainting. The patient often experiences great physical weakness, internal coldness, and a tendency toward collapse.
👤 Constitution
Typically affects individuals who are very irritable, sensitive to touch, and prone to physical exhaustion, often following night-watching or intense mental strain.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Nausea or fainting triggered by the smell of food, especially fish.
Boericke
Gouty pain in joints so severe that the patient cannot bear to have the area touched or moved.
Boericke
Stools containing large quantities of white, shreddy particles.
Boericke
Extreme coldness in the stomach.
Boericke
Severe abdominal distention with gas, making it difficult to straighten the legs.
Boericke
Tearing pains in joints that worsen in the evening and at night.
Boericke
Great physical prostration and a tendency toward collapse.
Boericke
Extreme irritability associated with pain.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Useful for frontal and temporal headaches that worsen as the day progresses.
Headache primarily in the forehead and temples, sometimes extending to the back of the head and neck, worsening in the afternoon and evening.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3X
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
30C
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
THUJA OCCIDENTALISPULSATILLA PRATENSISCAMPHORACOCCULUS INDICUSNUX VOMICA
🔄 Compare With
ARSENICUM ALBUMCARBO VEGETABILISVERATRUM ALBUMARNICA MONTANALILIUM TIGRINUM
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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