Colchicum



Ears

Otalgia, with tearing shootings (after measles). Tingling in the ears, as if they had been frozen. Sensation of obstruction in the ears. Purulent discharge from the ears, with drawing pains. Dryness of the ears.

Nose

Aching pain in the bones of the nose. Tingling in the nose. Pains as from excoriation in the septum narium, aggravated by touch. Bleeding of the nose in the evenings. Excessive sensibility of smell. Obstinate coryza, with snuffing of a great quantity of viscid mucus, proceeding from the nose.

Face

Features disfigured. Aspect sickly, sad, suffering. Face spotted with yellow. Very great paleness of the face. Cheeks red and hot (afternoon). Edematous swelling of the face. Sensation of separation in the bones of the face. Sensation in the masseters, as if they were distended, with difficulty in opening the mouth. Drawings and successive pullings in the muscles and bones of the face. Semi-lateral tearing in the face, extending to the ear and the head. Tingling in the skin of the face, as if it had been frozen. Lips cracked. Tearing in the lower lip. Cramp-like pain in the maxillary joint.

Teeth

Odontalgia, with tearing pains. Sensibility of the teeth, when they touch on closing the jaws. Acute pains in the gums.

Mouth

Heat in the mouth. Tearing in the palate. Abundant, serous salivation, with dryness of the throat. Heaviness, stiffness, and insensibility of the tongue. Tongue coated white. Smarting and sensation of dryness of the tongue and throat.

Throat

Sore-throat, as if from swelling of the orifice of the esophagus. Tingling in the palate. Constriction of the gullet. Inflammation and redness of the palate, of the fauces. Inflammations, tearings and shootings in the palate, and in the throat. Accumulation of greenish mucus in the throat, and in the mouth.

Appetite

Appetite suddenly ceasing, merely from the sight or smell of food, with loathing, when merely looking at it, and still more from smelling it, the smell of broth nauseates, and that of fish, eggs, or fat meat almost makes him faint. Insipidity of food. Great thirst, especially for coffee. Taste bitter, violent thirst.

Stomach

Frequent eructations. Constant hiccough. Nausea, increased, so as to occasion loss of consciousness, but the smell of fresh eggs, or fat meat. Nausea, during a meal. Nausea, after swallowing the saliva. Nausea, in an erect position, when moving at table, with inclination to vomit, with constant flow of saliva. Vomiting of food, or of bile, or mucus, of the ingesta, with trembling, violent gagging, colic, succeeded by bitterness in the mouth and throat, every motion excites or renews the vomiting. Stomach very sensitive to the touch. Sensation of excoriation, and tingling in the stomach. Sensation of cold, or of burning in the stomach, with heavy pain. Shooting in the pit of the stomach. Sensation of gnawing hunger in the stomach.

Abdomen

Inflation and fullness of the abdomen. Pressure towards the outside in the upper part of the abdomen. Colic, with tearing pains. Pain, as of excoriation, in left side of abdomen, on its being touched. Dropsical swelling of the abdomen, with a fold over the pubic region. Pain, as of burning and pressure in the abdomen, in the region of the bladder, and in the internal genital parts. Pulsation in the abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Constipation. Evacuations slow, difficult, scanty, with urging, even of the soft stool, with pain in the small of the back. Involuntary evacuation of faeces. Watery discharges, going off without sensation. Diarrhoea, consisting of mucus like rice- water. Dysenteric diarrhoea, of white, transparent, gelatinous mucus. Ineffectual pressing to stool, he feels the faeces in the rectum, but cannot expel them. Discharge of much mucus from the rectum. Extremely painful stools. Sanguineous evacuations, mixed, as it were, with false membranes. Prolapsus recti. Tingling itching, burning, and tearing in the anus. During stool sensation as if the sphincter ani were torn to pieces. Cramps in the sphincter ani.

Urinary Organs

Urgent want to make water, with increased discharges of clear urine. Scanty discharge of urine of a deep colour, with tenesmus, and a burning sensation. Painful and scanty emission of urine of a bright red colour. Brownish or blackish urine. Whitish deposits in the urine. Burning sensation and pressure in the urinary organs, and the bladder, with diminished secretion. Pullings, tearings, and incisive pains in the urethra. Frequent micturition.

Respiratory Organs

Tingling in the trachea. Tickling in the pharynx, which excites a small dry cough. Frequent short and dry cough. Nocturnal cough, with involuntary emission of urine. Hoarseness in the morning with roughness of the throat.

Chest

Difficulty of respiration, and oppression at the chest, with anxiety, relieved by bending forward. Tensive, pressive, and periodical oppression of the chest, frequent pressure in small spots in the chest. Shootings in the chest, sometimes on breathing. Tearings in the chest, with obtuse lancinations. Pain, as of excoriation in the chest, on being touched and during movement. Tingling in the chest.

Heart

Violent palpitation of the heart. Pressure and oppression in the region of the heart, as if an attack of apoplexy threatened, better by walking. Hydrothorax.

Neck and Back.

Shooting tension between the shoulder-blades. Tearings in the back. Pain, as from excoriation in the loins, during movement. Drawing in the small of the back, worse during motion. Soreness in the small of the back when touching it.

Upper Limbs

Stitches in the right shoulder. Painful lameness in the arms, which makes it impossible to hold the lightest thing. Trembling of the right hand preventing writing. Tearings in the arms, the hands, and the fingers. Paralytic pain in the arms. Trembling of the hands. Heat of the palms of the hands. Cramp-like contraction of the fingers. Tingling in the fingers, as if they had been frozen. Tingling in the finger-nails. Torpor in the extremity of the fingers.

Lower Limbs

Tearings in the legs, the feet, and the toes. Paralytic pullings in the thighs. Hot (edematous) swelling of the legs, with acute pains during movement. Tingling of the toes, as if they had been frozen.

Generalities

Rheumatic and arthritic tearing in the limbs, and other parts of the body, especially in warm weather. Tingling in many parts of the body, as if frost-bitten, when the weather changes. Tearing twitches, like electric shocks, through one side of the body, with sensation of lameness. Starting, shootings in the muscles, and in the periosteum of the limbs, especially in cold weather. Frequent starting of the body. Shooting in the joints. Paralytic weakness, of the muscles. Pains accompanied by paralytic weakness, and real paralysis. Great weakness, with sensation of lameness through all the limbs. Dropsical swellings. The sufferings are singularly aggravated by intellectual fatigue, by touch, by too brilliant a light, and by the smell of pork. Aggravation of the symptoms from the commencement of the night till morning. General sinking, and consequent painful sensibility of the whole body, so that the patient cannot move without groaning. Nervous fatigue and weakness from nocturnal labour.

Skin

Itching, as from nettles. Tingling in different parts, as after being frozen. edematous swelling and anasarca. Suppressed perspiration.

Sleep

Drowsiness in the day, with unfitness for exertion. Irresistible sleepiness, drowsiness. Sleeplessness from nervous excitability. Sleeplessness, without entire unconsciousness. Sleeplessness, because be cannot lie on the left side, on which he is accustomed to sleep. Frequent waking with fright. Nocturnal heat, with violent thirst.

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