Comocladia Dentata

▲   GENERAL

General

Important eye and skin symptoms. Affections of antrum. Sacroiliac and abdominal pain. Throbbing pains worse by heat. Pain in joints and ankles.

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

BETTER, open air, scratching, by motion. WORSE, touch, warmth, rest; night.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Rhus Tox ^Rhus; Anacardium Occidentale ^Anacard.; Euphorb.

▲   MIND

Mind

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy; late morning

malicious

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion

Restlessness, nervousness

night

2 a.m.

Talking, conversation

in sleep

in sleep; of business

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

▲   HEAD

Head

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

Hot; with coldness of extremities

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing); morning

pressing); from heat

Pain, headache

air

open (see walking in open air)

certain movements; movement in general

from certain movements; from stooping

from warmth; when heated by a fire or heater

warm room

in forehead; above eyes; above right

in forehead; above eyes; afternoon

4 p.m.

back of head (occiput); extending to other parts; down back of neck

temples; open air

temples; movement

pressing (see bursting, pulling); sides

both sides

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); temples

Scalp

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin; dandruf

itching

▲   EYES

Eyes

Ciliary neuralgia with eyes feeling large and protruded, especially Right

worse, near warm stove; feels as if pressed outward

Sees only glimmer of light with left eye

Glaucoma, sense of fullness; Eyeball feels too large

Motion of eyes aggravates.

Discoloration; redness; lids

Dullness

Sensation of enlargement

right feels larger than left

Glassy appearance

Heaviness

Inflammation

of catarrh from cold

erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour, see face)

wounds; iris

wounds; lids

Itching

outer

eyebrows

Pain

right

afternoon

3 or 4 p.m.

strong light

on movement of eyes

warm heater

extending to other parts; backward

extending to other parts; to back of head (occiput)

pressing

sore, bruised, tender

right

evening

moving the eyes

Protrusion

right eye more than left

Swellings; lids

Tears

during headache

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; red; halo

Dim

left eye

Lost vision, blindness

rising; from bed

stooping

▲   EARS

Ear

Sensation of fullness

afternoon; 1 p.m.

Heat

right

afternoon

1 p.m.

inside

Noises in ear

with vertigo, dizziness

cracking

ringing

with vertigo, dizziness

Pain

extending to other parts

extending to jaw; lower jaw

stitching, sudden, sharp

Skin

out-breaks on skin

out-breaks on skin; cracked and peeling, like powdered starch

out-breaks on skin; peeling in scales

out-breaks on skin; powdery flaking skin

Hearing

Impaired

▲   FACE

Face

Swollen, with eyes projecting.

Heat; afternoon

Lips; out-breaks on lips

Pain

burning (see heat)

burning (see heat); evening

Perspiration

afternoon

after stool

Skin

discoloration; red

itching (see skin)

out-breaks on skin

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); of blisters

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); around eye

blisters; yellow

blisters; lips

blisters; lips; lower

Swelling

left

lips; lower

▲   NOSE

Nose

Itching

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Inflammation; gums

Teeth

sensation of elongated teeth

looseness

sensation

pain; right

pain; in bed

pain; heat; things

pain; heat; external warmth

pain; pressure

pain; extending to other parts; larynx

pain; pulling; as if tooth were being pulled out

Saliva

Dryness

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red; glistening (see smooth)

tongue; red; tip

tongue; yellow

dirty

Dryness; tongue

▲   THROAT

Throat

Inflammation

Irritation; larynx

Roughness

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

in trachea (wind pipe)

External throat; pain; sides; on movement; of head

▲   CHEST

Chest

Acute pain in left mammary gland

Pain from right side of chest down arm to fingers

Cough with pain under left breast, going through to left scapula.

Heart; palpitations; visible

Movements in and of chest; spasms of chest; cramp; arm pit

Pain

pulsating

collar bone

below collar bone; right

breast; nipples; extending to shoulder blade

burning; breast

cutting (sudden sharp pain); breast; left

pulling

extending to arm

front part of chest

arm pit

below collar bone; right

sides; right

sides; extending to fingers

pressing; sides; right

Skin; ulceration; right

Respiration

Pain

when breathing in

cutting (sudden sharp pain); when breathing in; when breathing in deeply

Difficult (dyspnea); morning; in bed

▲   COUGH

Cough

Daytime

Evening; 7 p.m.

Night

Dry cough

evening

on entering a warm room,

Hacking cough

daytime

evening

in a warm room

7 p.m.

Tickling; in wind pipe

On becoming warm

in a warm room

in a warm room; entering warm room, from open air

▲   SKIN

Skin

Itches, red and pimples

Redness all over, like scarlatina

Erysipelas

Deep ulcers, with hard edges

Leprosy

Red stripes on skin ( Euphorb.) Eczema (papular) of the trunk and extremities; also pustular type.

Blisters

yellow

whitish

Cracks

Discoloration; red

Abnormal growths

ulcers; deep

ulcers; discharges; bloody

ulcers; discharges; green

ulcers; discharges; offensive

ulcers; painless, slow developing

ulcers; hardened; margins

Inflammation

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

gangrenous

blisters

Itching

burning

scratching

on becoming warm

Out-breaks on skin

burning

crusty

herpetic

zoster, zona

leprosy

rash (see granular)

receding in eruptive fevers; scarlet fever

red

scaly

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Heat; neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

Coldness

Pain

rheumatic

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

dorsal (shoulder level); spine

lumbar (lower half of back); rising

aching

lumbar (lower half of back)

burning

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left

with rigidness; sacrum (base of spine)

while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples; dorsal (shoulder level); on shoulder blades

itching; shoulder blades

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; lower part of abdomen; night

Pain

evening

during diarrhoea (colic)

extending to other parts; to arm pit

extending to other parts; upward

region of hip; around hip; lying on left side

lower part of abdomen; late morning

lower part of abdomen; before period

sides

Restlessness, uneasiness, etc.

Skin; itching

Tension

Stomach

burping, belching; after eating

burping, belching; empty; late morning

burping, belching; loud

burping, belching; sour; after eating; 2 hours after

pain; while lying down; lying on side; lying on left

pain; sudden, sharp; after lying down; on side; left

Flatus

Flatulence; night

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Cloudy

Skin forming on the surface of urine (includes fatty)

Male

Male

itching; penis

itching; scrotum

noon

night

tension; scrotum

tingling; scrotum

tingling; like insects crawling on skin; scrotum

Genitals

itching

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; leg

night

lower limbs; foot; night

lower limbs; foot; with heat elsewhere; with hot head

lower limbs; foot; with heat elsewhere; with hot hands

Cramps

upper arm

wrist

fingers

fourth

foot; back of

foot; sole

Fullness; leg

Heat

hand

hand; night

with cold legs and feet

hand; during coldness of feet

hand; palm

Heaviness; before period

Inflammation

leg

foot

Movements and positions

jerking; fingers; fourth

lameness; upper limbs

lameness; upper arm

lameness; wrist

lameness; knee

lameness; ankles

sudden

while walking; in open air

lameness; foot

trembling; upper limbs

movement

trembling; shoulder

trembling; forearm; while writing

trembling; hand; on holding objects

twitching; fingers; fourth finger

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; holding anything in hands

forearm

painful

hand

fingers

third finger

writing

fingers; fourth finger

while writing

Pain

upper limbs

upper limbs; rheumatic

shoulder

upper arm; late morning

forearm; near the wrist

wrist; front of

sudden

after walking in open air

hand

movement

rheumatic

fingers; fourth finger; when sitting, reading

thigh

pulsating

outer side

knee

lower leg; rheumatic

ankle; inner side

aching; upper limbs

aching; upper arm

late morning

aching; forearm

evening

night; 11 p.m.

aching; fingers; joints of fingers

aching; fingers; tips

aching; fingers; first finger

aching; lower limbs; knee

aching; leg

noon

lying on left side

shin

burning; upper limbs

pulling; upper arm

morning; late morning

evening

pulling; elbow

pulling; forearm

extending to other parts; downward

flexor muscles

pulling; wrist

evening

extending along arm

pulling; fingers

joints; first

joints; first; movement

fourth finger

pulling; knee

pulling; leg; night; 11 p.m.

pulling; ankles

pulling; foot; afternoon

pulling; foot; night; 11 p.m., lying on the other side

pulling; foot; back of foot; afternoon

pulling; foot; sole

evening

pulling; toes; first toe (large toe)

evening

pressing; knee

movement

sore, bruised; upper limbs

sore, bruised; forearm

sore, bruised; fingers

sore, bruised; foot

back of foot

stitching, sudden, sharp; elbow

afternoon

stitching, sudden, sharp; wrist

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; joints; first finger

Pulsation, throbbing; thigh

Skin

skin cracks at bends of joints; feet

discoloration; forearm; dark

itching

late morning

evening

upper limbs

upper limbs; movement

upper limbs; sitting in church

wrist; front of

hand; back of hand

hand; palm

hand; palm; moving about

lower limbs

lower limbs; tingling

ankle

ankle; tingling

out-break on skin; herpes

out-break on skin; pimples

out-break on skin; upper limbs

pimples

pimples; red

blisters

out-break on skin; shoulder; pimples

red

out-break on skin; hand

blisters

out-break on skin; lower limbs; herpes

out-break on skin; leg; herpes

out-break on skin; leg; blisters

ulcers; lower limbs

deep

fetid, green discharge

Stiffness

shoulder

shoulder; evening

elbow; evening

Swollen

elbow; rheumatic

hand

foot; left

Tension, tightness; forearm

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); lower limbs

lower limbs; warm room

Weakness

upper limbs

shoulder

hand

ankle

sudden

while walking

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

anxious

pleasant

water

of stream of water

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; from before midnight; until 2 a.m.

night; from before midnight; until 3 a.m.

Yawning; afternoon; 3 p.m.

Generalities

Evening

Open air

Full feeling; internally

Movement; movement of affected part

Movement

continued movement

Pain

burning externally; internally

pinching; internally

pressing; as from load

Quivering

Swelling

in general

swollen sensation

Tension; internally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; sensation of heat

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

afternoon

after stool

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