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Colocynthinum

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Colocynthinum · Active Principle of Colocynth · "The Concentrated Colic Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily as a neuralgic remedy with a strong affinity for the digestive and reproductive systems.

📖 Clarke writes:

An active principle (glucoside) of Citrullus colocynthis. C56 H84 O23. Dilutions in alcohol.

👤 Characteristics

Sphere of Action & Core States

•Neuralgic symptoms are prominent

•Stitches and sensations of heat found in many parts

•Pulsation in the pit of the stomach

•Prickling stitches on back in neighbourhood of middle thoracic vertebrae

•Diarrhoea and colic

•Congestion to male genital organs and pain in them

•Burning pains in soles of the feet

Modalities

•Aggravation: Evening

•Aggravation: Motion

•Aggravation: Riding in cars

•Amelioration: Rest

•Amelioration: Bending forward/over

•Amelioration: Black coffee

Comparative Relationships

•Must be considered apart from Colocynth., although symptoms bear a close resemblance

•Relationship of the glucoside to Bryonia (botanic relative of Colocynthis) evidenced by WORSE by motion and BETTER by rest

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Neuralgic pains characterized by stitches and sensations of heat.

Clarke

Colic and diarrhea that improve by bending forward.

Clarke

Headache that feels as if the brain is loose and shaking against the skull.

Clarke

Congestion to male genital organs with burning pain.

Clarke

Burning pains in the soles of the feet.

Clarke

Pulsation in the pit of the stomach.

Clarke

Sharp, in-pressing pain in the nape as if from a sprain.

Clarke

Aggravation from motion and relief from rest.

Clarke

Headache aggravated by riding in railway cars.

Clarke

Relief of symptoms by drinking black coffee.

Clarke

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Indicated for states of depression.

Depression.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

Riding in cars

headache

↑Better from

Bending over

colic

📚 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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