COMMON NAME:
CELANDINE.
Symptoms
Often called for infections of the liver, when there is a great deal of pain and soreness of that organ (N.).
Cough loose and rattling, difficult, associated with hepatic derangement (D.).
Disinclination to move, which he does very reluctantly (Bryonia, Gelsemium, Opium).
Dyspnoea with oppression and constriction of the chest, worse on the right side (Lycopodium) (D.).
Capillary bronchitis or pneumonia with hepatic or bilious symptoms (D.).
Paralytic drawing and lameness in single parts (Plb., Rhus toxicodendron, Silicea).
DISTRESSING PAIN UNDER THE RIGHT SCAPULA (Bryonia, Card-M., Chen-A., Conium, Lac-C., Lycps., Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Pic-Ac., Podophyllum, Ruta., Secale) (D.).
Sleepiness and desire to lie down, without being able to sleep (Gelsemium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla).
Expectoration is not easily raised (Ant-T., Bryonia, Causticum Kali carb., Phosphorus, Sulphur) (D.).
FAN-LIKE MOTION OF THE ALAE NASI (Am-C., Ant-T., Bromium, Iodium, Kreosotum, Lycopodium, Merc-I-F., Phosphorus, Pryrog., Spongia, Sulph-Ac., Zincum met.) (D.).
All complaints lessen after dinner (N.).
Yellow tongue, taking the imprints of teeth (Ant-T., Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Dulcamara, Hydrastis, Iodium, Mercurius, Plb., Podophyllum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia) (D.).
Chilliness predominating (Anacardium, Bryonia, Calcarea, Camph., Causticum, Colchicum, Ferrum, Graphites, Hepar, Lycopodium, Mezer., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Tarax.).
Gastralgia relieved by eating (Anacardium, Graphites, Petros., Sepia) (D.).
Great debility and great lassitude in the morning when awakening and after eating.
Nothing but very hot drinks relieve the nausea and vomiting (N.).
ICTERUS (Arsenicum, Bryonia, China, Digitalis, Iodium, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nat-S., Phosphorus, Podophyllum, Sepia, Sulphur).
Pain in the hepatic region and across the umbilicus as if the abdomen were constricted by a string (N.).
CONSTIPATION: STOOL HARD, ROUND BALLS LIKE SHEEP’S DUNG (Alumina, Alumn., Mag-M., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Opium, Plb., Sulphur) (A.).
Alternate constipation and diarrhoea (Ant-C., Acid nitricum, Nux vomica, Opium, Podophyllum, Sulph) (A.).
Burning and itching of the anus (Aesculus, Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Sulphur) (Br.).
Diarrhoea: at night; slimy, light gray; bright yellowish; brown or white; watery; pastry; involuntary.
GALL-STONES, WITH PAIN UNDER THE RIGHT SHOULDER-BLADE (Card-M., China, Podophyllum) (A.).
Retarded menstruation, but when the menses do come on they continue too long (Bt.).
Catamenia too late and too profuse (Graphites, Pulsatilla, Sepia).
Large and flabby tongue (Hydrastis, Lyss., Mercurius, Nat-Arsenicum, Sepia) (Br.).
Bad odour from the mouth (Arsenicum, Bryonia, Carb-Ac., Mercurius, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Silicea, Sulphur) (Br.).
Desire for very hot drinks (Arsenicum, Bryonia, Graphites, Kreosotum, Lac-C., Lycopodium, Sabad.); unless almost boiling stomach will not retain them (Arsenicum, Casc.) (A.).
PREFERS HOT FOOD AND DRINK (Ang., Arsenicum, Cuprum, Lycopodium, Sabad.) (Br.).
Longs for milk (Apis, Arsenicum, Aurum, Bryonia, Calcarea, Elaps., Lac-C., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Acid phosphoricum., Rhus toxicodendron, Sabad., Silicea, Sulphur) (Bl.).
CONSTANT PAIN UNDER THE LOWER AND INNER ANGLE OF THE RIGHT SCAPULA (Kali carb., Mercurius, under the left scapula–Chenop., Sanguinaria) (N.).
JAUNDICE, WHEN THE SCLERA, FACE, URINE, AND STOOL, ARE VERY YELLOW (N.).
Loathing of food (Ant-C., Pulsatilla, Sepia) (Bt.).
Urine: dark yellow; turbid on passing; dark brownish red; staining linen or diaper dark yellow (N.).
Face, forehead, nose, cheeks remarkably yellow (Sepia). (A.).
Vertigo; aggravated when rising from the bed or from sitting, or when closing the eyes (Alumina, Arnica, Cyclamen, Lachesis, Sepia, Theridion, Thuja) (Br.).
Feels as though he were falling forward (Bl.).
AFFECTS RIGHT SIDE MOST; RIGHT EYE, RIGHT LUNG, RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM AND ABDOMEN, RIGHT HIP AND LEG RIGHT FOOT COLD AS ICE, LEFT NATURAL (Lycopodium) (A.).
Despondency (Arsenicum, Aurum, Calcarea, Cimic., Crot-C., Ferrum, Graphites, Ignatia, Kali-P.) (B.).
Inclination to weep (Gelsemium, Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Stann.).
Averse to mental exertion or conversation (Aurum, Baptisia, Carb-An., Gelsemium, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Platina, Pulsatilla, Sulphur, Veratrum, Zincum met. (B.).
Old, putrid, spreading ulcers, with a history of liver disease, or of a tubercular diathesis (A.).
Periodical orbital neuralgia (right side), with excessive lachrymation; scars fairly gush out (Rhus toxicodendron) (A.).
Acute and chronic hepatitis (Aloe, Bryonia, China, Kali-M., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nat-S., Podophyllum, Sepia, Sulphur) (Bt.).
PNEUMONIA OF THE RIGHT LUNG, WITH LIVER COMPLICATIONS (Ant-T., Iodium, Mercurius, Sanguinaria) (A.).
Spasmus glottidis (Arsenicum, Belladonna, Bromium, Chlorum, Cuprum, Gelsemium, Ignatia, Iodium, Lachesis, Mosch., Phosphorus, Sambucus, Spongia, Veratrum) (Bt.).
Spasmodic cough; small lumps of mucus fly from the mouth when coughing (Bad., Kali carb.) (A.).
Loss of hearing during cough (Pulsatilla; better during cough–Silicea).
Ears feel stopped (Asarum europaeum, Carbo vegetabilis, Conium, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Pulsatilla, Silicea) (C.).
Heaviness in the occiput (Bryonia, Cocc., Gelsemium, Petrol., Silicea) (C.).
ONE FOOT COLD, THE OTHER HOT (Digitalis, Ipecac., Lycopodium, Pulsatilla) (K.).
AGGRAVATION:
From change of weather; from motion; from touch; from lying on the right side; early in the morning; and 4 A.M., and 4 P.M.
AMELIORATION:
After dinner; from hot drinks; from pressure; from hot food; during dinner; and bending backward.
RELATIONSHIP,
Complementary: Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Merc-D., and Sulph.
ANTIDOTES: Aconite, Chamomilla and Coffea
CHEL. ANTIDOTES the abuse of Bryonia, especially in hepatic complaints.
COMPARE: Aconite, Bryonia, Kali bichromicum, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nux vomica, Opium, Sanguinaria, Sepia, Sulphur
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)