Colocynthis



Stool and Anus

Constipation. Constipation, and evacuations retarded (during pregnancy). Loose evacuations of a greenish yellow, frothy and of a sour smell, putrid or mouldy. Slimy diarrhoea. Sanguineous evacuations. Dysenterical evacuations, with colic. During the evacuation, contraction in the rectum. Painful swelling of the haemorrhoidal tumors of the anus, and of the rectum. Discharge of blood from the rectum, with stinging, burning pain in the small of the back and anus (daily). Haemorrhage from the anus. Paralysis of the sphincter ani.

Urinary Organs

Tenesmus of the bladder, with but small discharges. Diminished secretion of urine. Abundant discharge of urine of a bright colour, during the pains. Urine (like that in dropsy after scarlet fever) of a faint flesh colour, with a white-brown flocculent, transparent sediment, depositing on the chamber small, red, hard, solid crystals, which adhere firmly to the vessel. Fetid urine, which soon becomes thick, gelatinous, and glutinous. Itching at the orifice of the urethra, with desire to urinate. Burning in the urethra after micturition.

Male Sexual Organs.

Sensation as if everything were flowing towards the genital parts, from both sides of the abdomen, occasioning a discharge of semen. Excitement of sexual desire, as in priapism. Complete impotence. Retraction of the prepuce behind the glans.

Female Sexual Organs.

Cramp-like pain in left ovary, in uterus, as if parts were squeezed in a vice. Ovarian cyst, paroxysm of acute pain in abdomen, sacrum, and hip, better by flexing thigh on pelvis. Metritis, metrorrhagia, suppressed catamenia, with cramping pains better by bending double, or caused by indignation or chagrin. Stitches in the ovaries. Lochia suppressed, puerperal fever after vexation. Painful nodosities in the mammae.

Respiratory Organs

Small dry cough, excited by irritation in the larynx, or by tobacco smoke. Constriction in the larynx, which induces frequent deglutition with oppressed breathing, better in the open air. Fits of asthma at night.

Chest

Oppression of the chest, as if it were compressed.

Heart

Palpitation of the heart. Stitches in cardiac region.

Neck and Back.

Tension in the neck and shoulder-blades. Drawing pains in the back, as if the muscles were stretched. Great weakness in the back, especially in the small of the back, with pressing headache (morning). Congestion and suppuration of the axillary glands, subsultus of muscles.

Upper Limbs

Bruise-like pain in the joint of the shoulder, especially after a fit of passion. Aching, pressive, and shooting pain in the arms. Cramp-like pain in the hands, which with difficulty suffers the fingers to be opened, worse when at rest. Pulling in the tendons of the thumbs.

Lower Limbs

Pain in the coxofemoral joint, as if it were fastened with an iron clasp, the pelvis and sacral region, with pains extending from the lumbar region to the legs. Tensive lancination, in the lumbar region and of the hips, especially when lying on the back, Pain (in the right thigh) while walking, as if the psoas muscles were too short, on stooping it ceased, but began again when he commenced to walk. (Spontaneous dislocation of the coxofemoral joint.). Want of flexibility in the knee, which prevents the bending of it. Cramps in the legs. Shootings in the legs, especially during repose. Stitches in the knee-joints. Sensation of coldness in the knees (in the morning). Great heaviness and trembling of the legs. The feet go to sleep (first the left, then the right foot). Swelling of the feet. Tearing in the soles of the feet during repose.

Generalities

Semi-lateral pains. Painful cramps, and cramp-like contractions, in the internal or external parts. Sensation as though stones were being ground together in the abdomen, working upon the soft parts. Contraction of the tendons in some parts only, or throughout the body, with a drawing up of all the limbs. Twitching of the muscles. Stiffness in all the joints. Tearing shootings, traversing the whole body longitudinally. Physical depression while walking in the open air. Fainting, with coldness of the external parts. Swelling of various parts, with oppression of breathing. Pulsations through the body. Burning pains.

Skin

Troublesome itching, with great restlessness in the whole body, especially in the evening in bed, followed by perspiration. Desquamation of the skin over the whole body. Carbuncles, with continuous burning pain. Small ulcers, with itching and burning. Eruptions which resemble scabies. Skin hot and dry.

Sleep

Disturbed sleep at night (by dreams). Sleepiness, alternately with delirium, with the eyes open. Sleeplessness following a fit of indigestion. Very wakeful and sleepless. Lying on the back when asleep, with one hand under the occiput. Frequent vivid and lascivious dreams.

Fever

Cold and shivering, with heat in the face, without thirst. Coldness of the hands and soles of the feet, while the rest of the body is warm. Pulse hard, full and quick. Strong pulsation in the arteries. External dry heat. Internal heat, with attacks of flushes of heat. Nocturnal sweat, of the smell of urine, on the head, hands, legs, and feet, causing itching of the skin. Perspiration principally on the head and on the extremities.

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