Bryonia



Head

Confusion, giddiness, and cloudiness of the head. Giddiness, with sensation of looseness in the brain when stooping, and when raising up the head. Staggering and drunkenness, as if from congestion of the head. Staggering backward. Tendency to run backward. Vertigo only when stooping. Swimming in the head, especially on rising from a seat, or on getting up after lying down. Cephalalgia, as after a nocturnal debauch. Headache after every meal. Attack of headache, with vomiting, nausea, and urgent inclination to lie down. Headache in the morning as soon as the eyes are open. Great fullness and heaviness of the head, and digging with pressure towards the forehead, and, when stooping, a sensation as if everything were going to fall out through the forehead. Expansive pressure, or compression of the brain. Shootings in the head, sometimes on one side only. Pulsative starting pains, increased by movement, with aching in the eyes. Congestion in the head, with heat in the brain. Burning pain in the forehead. Headache aggravated by movement, or rapid walking, or when the eyes are opened. Painful sensibility of the scalp, as if from excoriation. Drawing and starting pains in the head, from the cheek-bone to the temple, increased by contact. Tearing in one (right) side of the head, extending into the cheek and jaw- bones, worse from motion, touch, and heat, better during rest and external pressure. Burning heat of the head, externally. Heat of the head with dark-red face, with coldness of the rest of the body, with much thirst and pain in the limbs when moving them. Cold sweat on the forehead. Hair very greasy. Oily, greasy, sour- smelling perspiration on the head (and the whole body) during sleep, at night, especially towards morning.

Eyes

Pains in the eyes on moving them. Aching of the eyes, as if they were going to start out of the head. Pressure on the eyes, as if from sand, especially morning and evening Stitches in the eyes. Shooting and drawing pains in the eyes. Burning pain in the eyes. Inflammation of the eyes and of the eyelids, with redness. Inflammation of the eyes, worse by heat. Inflammation of the eyes, especially in gouty subjects. The eyes feel very sore to the touch, and when moving them. Painful swelling of the eyes, with suppuration, and the conjunctiva swollen and red. Red swelling of the eyelids, especially of the upper lids, with aching pains. Furfuraceous tetters on the eyelids, with burning itching. Stye on the eyelid. Abscess in the internal angle of the eye. Nocturnal agglutination of the eyelids, with lachrymation during the day, especially in the sun, and with confused sight. Eyes dull, glassy, turbid, or sparkling, and, as it were, drowned in tears. Presbyopia. Confusion of the letters when reading. Blackness or flames before the eyes. Photophobia.

Ears

Contractive pains in the ears, with diminution of hearing. Shootings in the ears, while walking in the open air, and afterwards. Swelling, like a knob, before and behind the ear (parotitis). Bleeding from the ears. Sensation in the ears, as if they were stopped. Buzzing in the ears. All noise is insupportable to the ears.

Nose

Swelling of the nose, with painful sensibility to the touch, and obstruction of the nose. Inflammation and ulceration of the nostrils. Ulcer in the nostrils, with gnawing pain. Frequent bleeding of the nose, sometimes in the morning, or when the catamenia are suppressed, or even when sleeping. Epistaxis,

especially just before the time for the menses to appear. Dryness and obstruction of the nose, sometimes obstinate. Fluent coryza, with shooting and aching in the forehead. Dry coryza, sometimes obstinate. Catarrh with dryness, sudden suppression of discharge and headache. Hard mucus, drying in crusts.

Face

Face of a pale, yellow, earth-coloured hue. Face red and burning. Red spots on the face. Hot, bluish, and brownish swelling of the face.Pains in the face, mostly aching, mitigated by external pressure. Swelling of the face, sometimes on one side only, or under the eyes and at the root of the nose. Swelling of the cheek, close to the ear. Small nodosities and indurations in the face, like subcutaneous glands. Lips swollen and cracked, with bleeding, and sensation of burning on being touched. Lips dry. Exanthema on the under lip, parched, dry, and cracked lips (very characteristic). Eruption on the lips, with burning smarting.

Teeth

Toothache, shooting from one tooth to another, or into the head and cheeks, from an exposed nerve (sensitiveness of the decayed teeth to contact of the air), pain worse from smoking or chewing tobacco, from introducing anything warm into the mouth, better momentarily by cold water, and when lying on the painful side. Toothache, with urgent inclination to lie down, worse at night by hot things. Jerking, pulling odontalgia, with a sensation as if the teeth were too long, or as if they were loose, especially during a meal and afterwards. Pains, as of excoriation in the gums, with loosening of the teeth. Gums spongy.

Mouth

Dryness of the mouth, with burning thirst. Dryness of the mouth, tongue, and throat. Accumulation of a soapy and frothy saliva in the mouth. Salivation. Putrid smell of the mouth Tongue dry, loaded with a white coating, or dirty, or yellow, especially in the middle. Tongue furred, usually dry and hard with deep cracks. Dark coloured and wrinkled state of the tongue. Burning blisters on the edge of the tongue. Speech indistinct, from dryness of the throat.

Throat

Sore throat, with hoarseness and difficult deglutition Pain, as of excoriation in the throat, during empty deglutition. Sensation of swelling and constriction in the oesophagus. Sensation of dryness, and great dryness, in the throat. Pressure in the pharynx, as from a hard and pointed body. Shootings in the throat on contact, also on turning the head and on swallowing. Tenacious mucus in the throat, which is not detached without effort.

Appetite

Loss of appetite. Taste insipid, clammy, putrid. Insipidity of food. Sweetish taste. Bitter taste of all food, or only after meal-time, or at other times, as well as in the morning. Burning thirst, sometimes after a meal, increased by taking beer. Infrequent, but copious, drinking. Bitter taste and thirst. Great desire for wine, for acid drinks, for coffee, and even for things which are not eaten. Abnormal hunger, he must often eat something. Morbid hunger, which forces frequent eating, and little at a time. Bulimy, often with absence of appetite, or with thirst and transient heat, sometimes even in the night. Loss of appetite after the first morsel has been eaten. Repugnance and disgust for food. After every meal, risings, with pressure on the stomach and on the epigastrium, colic or vomiting, principally after having eaten bread.

Stomach

Risings, especially after having eaten, mostly bitter or sour, with a taste of the food. Empty risings. Regurgitation of the food after every meal. Hiccough. Nausea and inclination to vomit, especially after eating food which has pleased the palate, or on rising after lying down. Nausea, with inclination to vomit and anxiety, when sitting, or on forcing one’s self to drink. Nausea in the morning. Retching, with water-brash. Vomiting soon after drinking, and especially on drinking after a meal. Bitter vomiting, when drinking immediately after a meal. In the evening, vomiting of viscid mucus. Vomiting in general of what has been eaten, which comes up very soon after eating, of food in mouthful at a time (vomiting very often excited by motion), of a watery fluid, bitter and flat taste, belching or eructations, collection of water in the mouth. Vomiting of food, with hiccough and retching, or vomiting of bitter water, or of bile, even at night. Vomiting of solids, and not of fluids. Vomiting of blood. Shootings in the left side of the abdomen, during the vomitings. Pressure in the stomach after eating, especially after eating bread. Pressure, as if from a stone in the stomach, especially after a meal, or on walking, sometimes accompanied by ill-humor. Incisive pains in the pit of the stomach, as from knives. Contractive pains in the stomach, sometimes with vomiting of food. Squeezing in the pit of the stomach, and painful tension on being touched, with sensation of heat. Shootings in the stomach, when lying on the side, as well as in the pit of the stomach, during movement and walking, or making a false step. Pain, as of excoriation, in the pit of the stomach, sensible to the touch, or on coughing. The least pressure on the pit of the stomach is insupportable. Sensation of burning in the pit of the stomach, and in the stomach, especially when moving. Inflammation of the stomach. Sensation of swelling in the pit of the stomach.

Abdomen

Pains in the liver, mostly shooting, tensive, or burning, especially on being touched, on breathing, or on coughing. Tractive pains in the hypochondrium, extending to the stomach and the back, in the morning and after dinner, sometimes with vomiting. Hard swelling in the hypochondriac and umbilical regions. Shootings in the region of the spleen. Colic with tension of the abdomen, and water-brash. Inflation of the abdomen, with pressure in the epigastrium, especially after dinner. Inflammation of the liver. Tearing in the stomach, from the hips to the pit of the stomach. Cramp-like pains, pinching, or cuttings and shootings in the abdomen, chiefly after eating or drinking (especially hot milk), sometimes with loose evacuations. Hard swelling round the navel. Dropsical swelling of the abdomen. Gurgling and borborygmi in the abdomen, with escape of flatus, sometimes only in the evening, in bed.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica