COLCHICUM


COLCHICUM homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine COLCHICUM…


Symptoms

      1. Rheumatic, gouty diathesis. 2. Patient ill-tempered and peevish; sufferings seem intolerable. 3. Oversensitiveness to all external impressions esp. odours. 4. Intense nausea, vomiting, even faintness from the smell of cooking food (Digitalis): the sight or thought of flood sickens.

5. Great abdominal distension from flatulence.

6. Autumnal complaints from damp, etc., esp. mucous colitis with discharge containing large quantities of small, while, shreddy particles; dysentery.

7. Sensation of burning or of icy coldness internally; with coldness of body surface even cold sweat.

8. Arthritic complaints esp. of small joints; powerlessness of the part; severe tearing pains, (<) motion, touch and at night; tendency to change locality esp. from left to right.

9. Dropsical conditions, particularly of cavities and internal organs. Kidney disorders with black, bloody albuminous urine.

10. Modalities; (<) damp, touch, motion, at night, mental exertion, and esp. from odours.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.