Colchicum Autumnale

Colchicum Autumnale
The following are the indications of Colchicum Autumnale, as it relates to this part. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface.

MIND

mind, memory, forgetful;

mind, memory, weakness of memory;

HEAD

head, cerebral haemorrhage;

Headache chiefly frontal and temporal, but also occipital and in nape of neck, worse afternoon and evening.

EYES

Pupils unequal, left pupil contracted

Variations in visual acuity

Lachrymation worse in open air, violent tearing pain in eyes

Dim vision after reading

Spots before eyes.

EARS

Itching in ears, sharp, shooting pains below right tragus.

FACE

Pain in facial muscles, moving about

Tingling and oedematous swelling, cheeks red, hot, sweaty

Very irritable with the pains (Cham.) Pain behind angle of right lower jaw.

NOSE

nose, smell, acute, over sensitive, sensitive to the odour of broth;

nose, smell, acute, over sensitive, sensitive to the odour of cooking food;

nose, smell, acute, over sensitive, sensitive to the odour of eggs;

nose, smell, acute, over sensitive, sensitive to the odour of food;

nose, smell, acute, over sensitive, sensitive to strong odours;

CHEST

Heart, Anxiety in region of heart

Impulse not felt

Pericarditis, with severe pain, oppression and dyspnoea, pulse threadlike

Sound of heart becomes weaker, pulse of low tension.

chest, heart, fluid build up around heart;

chest, heart, palpitations;

chest, lungs, fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema);

chest, oppressed feeling;

chest, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp;

chest, pain, tearing;

SKIN

Blotchy papular rash on face

Pink spots on back, chest and abdomen

Urticaria.

skin, dry;

skin, dry, inability to perspire (see inactivity);

skin, itching, crawling;

BACK AND NECK

Aching in lumbar and lumbo-sacral region

Dull pain across loins

Backache, better, rest and pressure.

back, pain, on movement;

ABDOMEN

Stomach, Dry mouth, tongue burns, gums and teeth pain

Profuse salivary secretion

Gouty gastralgia

Burning or Icy coldness in stomach and abdomen

Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages

Pain in transverse colon.

Distention of abdomen, with gas, inability to stretch out legs

Borborygmi

Pain over liver

Caecum and ascending colon much distended

Fullness and continuous rumbling

Ascites.

abdomen, bloated, trapped wind;

abdomen, inflammation;

abdomen, tension;

abdomen, kidneys, inflammation, with bloody, ink-like, thick urine;

abdomen, kidneys, pain;

abdomen, stomach, distended (swollen from inner pressure), after eating;

abdomen, stomach, fullness, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, without thirst;

The Smell of food causes nausea even to fainting, especially fish

Vomiting of mucus, bile and food, worse, any motion, Great coldness in stomach

abdomen, stomach, appetite, lacking, no appetite, at smell of food;

abdomen, stomach, aversion to certain foods or drinks, all food, smell of;

abdomen, stomach, loathing of food (see nausea);

abdomen, stomach, nausea, from odours, any food;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, on looking at food;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, thought of food;

THIRST, pain in stomach and flatulence

abdomen, flatulence, obstructed;

craving for various things, but is averse to them when smelling them, seized then with nausea

abdomen, stomach, nausea, from odours;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, from odours, eggs;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, from odours, fish;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, from odours, soup;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, thought of soup;

abdomen, stomach, retching, after vomiting;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, violent;

RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

rectum, diarrhoea, in autumn;

rectum, dysentery;

rectum, pain, during stool;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, during dysentery;

Painful, scanty, transparent, jelly-like mucus, pain, as if anus were torn open, with prolapse

Autumnal dysentery, stools contain White shreddy particles in large quantities

Ineffectual pressing, feels faeces in rectum, but cannot expel them.

stool, bloody;

stool, membranous;

stool, mucous, slimy;

stool, mucous, slimy, bloody;

stool, mucous, slimy, jelly-like;

stool, mucous, slimy, transparent;

stool, like scrapings of intestines;

stool, thin, liquid;

stool, watery;

stool, white, shreds particles;

GENITALS ETC

Dark, scanty or suppressed, bloody, brown, black, inky, contains clots of putrid decomposed blood, albumin, sugar.

urine, colour, black;

urine, colour, black, like ink;

urine, colour, dark;

urine, scanty;

urine, urine heavier than usual;

Sensation of swelling in vulva and clitoris.

Female, Pruritis of genitals

Cold feeling in thigh after period

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Sharp pain down left arm

Tearing in limbs during warm weather, stinging during cold

Pins and needles in hands and wrists, fingertips numb

Pain in front of thigh

Right plantar reflex abolished

Limbs, lame, weak, tingling

Pain worse in evening and warm weather

Joints stiff and feverish, shifting rheumatism, pains worse at night

Inflammation of great toe, gout in heel, Cannot bear to have it touched or moved

Tingling in the finger nails

Knees strike together, can hardly walk

Oedematous swelling and coldness of legs and feet.

extremities, limbs, coldness;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, lameness;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, lameness, lower limbs;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, lameness, lower limbs, from suppressed perspiration;

extremities, limbs, pain;

extremities, limbs, pain, on movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, rheumatic, acute;

extremities, limbs, pain, rheumatic, in warm weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, wet weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, joints, in damp, cold weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, joints, gouty;

extremities, limbs, pain, joints, movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, joints, paralytic;

extremities, limbs, pain, joints, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs, movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs, paralytic;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, shoulder, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, forearm;

extremities, limbs, pain, forearm, paralytic;

extremities, limbs, pain, hand, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, fingers, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, hip;

extremities, limbs, pain, hip, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, paralytic;

extremities, limbs, paralysis, upper limbs, sensation of paralysis;

extremities, limbs, swollen, joints;

extremities, limbs, swollen, hand;

FEVER AND CHILL

chill, autumn;

chill, chilliness (see also whole body, temperature);

chill, shaking, shivering, rigors;

fever, night;

fever, autumn;

fever, continued fever;

fever, continued fever, abdominal;

GENERALITIES

perspiration, odour, sour;

perspiration, from suppressed complaints;

generalities, evening;

generalities, night;

generalities, eating and food, sight of all food;

generalities, eating and food, smell of all food;

generalities, faintness, fainting, from odours, of cooking food;

generalities, fluid build up, external;

generalities, fluid build up, internal;

generalities, formication (like insects crawling around), external parts;

generalities, formication (like insects crawling around), internally;

generalities, movement;

generalities, movement, movement of affected part;

generalities, pain, paralytic;

generalities, pain, tearing, externally;

generalities, symptoms from suppression of perspiration;

generalities, pulse, imperceptible;

generalities, sitting;

generalities, temperature (felt and effects of temperature), cold, wet weather;

generalities, touch;

generalities, walking;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness);