DULCAMARA



Dropsy after suppressed sweat, by damp, cold air.

Scrofula. Exostosis. Emaciation.

Contact Injuries etc.

      Pressure Scratching:. Touch:. Washing:.

Skin

      Skin hot dry.

Tetter oozing a watery fluid, bleeds after scratching.

Thick brown herpes red border; glands swollen.

Red spots as if from flea bites.

Eruption of itching pustules, ceasing to itch after scabbing over sensitive to touch; worse washing.

Impetiginous eczema of scrofulous children.

Suppressed itch.

Painful ulcers; discharge scanty.

Nettle-rash with much itching after scratching it burns; increases in warmth, better in cold.

Small furuncles on places formerly injured by concussion.

Warts fleshy or large, smooth; on dorsa of hands and on the face.

Retrocession of eruptions from exposure to damp cold air; Skin callous.

Stages and States

      Phlegmatic torpid scrofulous patients who are restless and irritable, take cold in cold changes.

Relationship

      Abuse of Mercur. ptyalism; glandular swellings; canker; bronchitis; diarrhoea; susceptible to changes in weather.

Complementary to Baryta carb Antidotes to Dulcam: Camphor. Cuprum,. Ipec, Mercur.

Incompatible: Bellad., Laches.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.