COLOCYNTHIS



A violent itching stitch in the anus, not connected with the evacuation of the bowels. [Gn.]

Pressure on the pubic (In the original “Scheibein- Gegend” (region of the tibia), evidently a misprint for “Schambein-Gegend” (region of the os pubis). (Corrected thus in Chr. Kr., S. 160.)

Some minutes after passing urine, an aching pain at the end of the urethra, as if it were bruised (aft. 14.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Urine seems to be secreted sparingly. [Hbg.]

Frequent strangury, with scanty discharge of urine (aft. 1 h.). [Lr.]

Strangury, with inability to pass urine, which as a rule was passed very sparingly. [Hbg.]

Urine, immediately, of intolerable odour,; in the utensil it became at once thick, gelatinus, viscid, like coagulating albumen. [SCHNEIDER, l. c.] (Not found.)

Complete impotence; the prepuce, that at other times always covered the glans, remained retracted behind the glans, though he was not deficient in sexual desire.

In the morning, fluent coryza, without sneezing (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

145. In the morning, when inspiring, a whistling in the chest (aft. 1.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

In the evening short cough when smoking tobacco (aft. 15 h.). [Lr.]

Frequent irritation to dry cough in the larynx, like a tickling (aft. 1 h.). [Stf.]

The place in the larynx where it scrapes and tickles so as to cause cough, becomes more scrapy during inspiration. [Stf.]

Pressure in the middle of the strenum, as if something lay on the lung. [L. Rkt.]

150. For several days, breathing twice as short as normal, without tightness of chest or heat.

In the night, an attack of tightness of chest with slow difficult breathing, which forces him t cough.

Oppressive pressure anteriorly on the chest; it seems to be mush too narrow – also compression on the sides, especially when sitting bent forwards, and in the evening, for six days (aft. 2.1/4 h.). [L. Rkt.]

Increased oppression of the chest; on inspiring the lung feels as if squeezed by a pressure from without, but on inspiring there are stitches in it (aft. 6 d.). [L. Rkt.]

A running and creeping in the skin of the left side of the chest and abdomen, as if insects were running about in it (aft. 6 d.). [Gn.]

155. Pressure with obtuse stitches in the scrobiculus cordis, which compels rapid breathing; the lung appears to be unable to expand itself sufficiently. [L. Rkt.]

Obtuse stitches in the right side of the chest, no inspiring, but on expiring a slight pressure, for six days (aft. 1 h.). [L.Rkt.]

Muscular twitching in the right intercostal muscles, which went off on raising himself up (aft. 5 h.). [Gn.]

Single stitches in the chest and under the ribs, here and there everyday. [L. Rkt.]

A grasping pain in the right intercostal muscles (aft. 2 h.). [Gn.]

160. Betwixt the scapulae a shooting tensive pain, chiefly when walking, so that he must walk for some time crooked.

An aching bruised pain in the lower part of the back, with, at the same time, hard pressure in the scrobiculus cordis, equally felt when at rest and when moving.

Obtuse stitch under the right scapula, during inspiration. [L. Rkt.]

Sore pain in the left scapula, when at rest. [Gn.]

In the region of the right scapula, an internal drawing sensation, as if the nerves and vessels were stretched. [Hbg.]

165. From the right side of the neck to down over the scapula, severe pain, as if the nerves were forcibly opened out and tugged, or as if bruised. [Hbg.]

A drawing pain, like a violent concraction in the left sternocleidomastoideus muscles, when at rest; on moving and walking it extends towards the back part and goes off entirely (aft. ½ h.). [Stf.]

Stiffness of the left side of the neck, painful on moving. [Hbg.]

Severe drawing, sharp pain in the left cervical muscles, still more severe on movement (aft. 1 h.). [Hbg.]

Painful drawing in the nape, even when at rest; soon afterwards stiffness of the nape, which is painful even without movement, but most so on turning the head. [Hbg.]

170. In the nape, towards the protuberance of the occipital bone, a feeling as if a heavy pressing weight lay across it, as acute when turning the head as when at rest. [Hbg.]

Sensation behind the right scapula, as if the arms were sprained when at rest and when moving. [Hbg.]

A suppurating boil in the glands of the axilla. [KOLPIN, in Hufel, Journ., iii, p. 575. (Critical phenomena in a rheumatic paralysis getting well under colocynth.) ]

Prickling burning pain in the right upper arm, when moving. [Gn.]

Occasional stitches in the arms, here and there (aft. 4 h.). [L. Rkt.]

175. Fine, itching stitch in the bend of the right elbow, when at rest. [Gn.]

Paralytic pain, as if bruised, in the arms, occasionally (aft. 5 d.). [L. Rkt.]

Aching, drawing pain in the shafts of the arm-bones, when at rest, especially under the head of the humerous and above the wrist-joint, where it pains as if in the periosteum on raising the arm.

Tensive pain in the right forearm (aft. 27 h.). [Gn.]

Violent drawing pains in the thumb of the right hand, feeling as if in the tendons, which commenced in the ball and terminated in the tip of the thumb (aft. 5 h.). [Lr.]

180. Spasmodic pain in the right palm, so that he could only open the fingers with difficulty; the pain was more severe when at rest than when moving. [Gn.]

A burning painful point in the right middle finger. [Hbg.]

In the gluteal (Gesichtmuskulen,” in place of “Gesassmuskeln” in original. This mistake is corrected in Chr. Kr.) muscles of the left side, a tickling itching when sitting. [Hbg.]

On the right thigh a drawing tension.

Only when walking, pain in the right thigh, as if the psoas muscle that raises it were too short; on standing it ceased, but on walking it returned (aft. 32 h.). [Gn.]

185. Shooting tearing pain in the right thigh, when standing and sitting (aft. 2 d.). [L. Rkt.]

In the muscles of the thigh tearing stitches when sitting. [L. Rkt.]

Trembling of the feet, as after a severe fright, with rigor for a quarter of an hour (aft. 1 h.). [Fr.H-n.]

(Cold sensation on the knees, which, however, are warm. )

Paralytic pain in the knee when walking, as if the joint were tightly bound.

190. Only when moving, painslike needle-pricks in the left hough, which at length changed into itching pricking. [Gn.]

In the evening a violent itching in the left hough, which compelled him to scratch; after scratching there ensued a smarting sensation (aft. 14 h.). [Lr.]

Tensive pressure on the tibiae, even when sitting. [L. Rkt.]

Itching prick in the right tibia, most severe when at rest (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Itching prick in the right leg, continuing also when moving. [Gn.]

195. Weakness, chiefly of the legs, as from fatigue.

Pain in the hitherto painless varicose knots of the right leg. [Gn.]

Quivering in the right calf, when at rest, which went off on movement. [Gn.]

In the calves sometimes a tearing pain, when sitting and standing. [L.Rkt.]

200. Itching prick in the right calf, which was not removed by rubbing. [Gn.]

Aching tearing pain in the ankle-joint, when sitting. [L. Rkt.]

Going to sleep of the left foot [Hbg.] – when at rest. [Gn.]

Aching boring prick on the dorsum of the left foot upwards (aft. 4 h.). [Lr.]

205. Tearing pain in the sole of the right foot, most violent when at rest (aft. 35 h.). [Gn.]

Twitching of some muscular parts of the limbs. [J. M. HOFFMANN, l. c.]

All the limbs are drawn together, so that he resembles a hedgehog. [STALPAART, l. c.]

Tearing stitches lengthways on the whole body, on the forehead, temples, back, upper and lower extremitites, side of the abdomen, and chest (aft. 6 h.). [Lr.]

An itch-like eruption. [KOLPIN, l. c.]

210. In the evening in bed a smarting itching here and there on the body, which is removed only momentarily by scratching, and at last develops into a restlessness, during which he must constantly move the limbs, and is unable to get to sleep (aft. 32 h.).

Troublesome itching, in the afternoon and evening, followed by perspiration. [KOLPIN, l. c.]

In the morning, on waking and after rising, a violent itching, as after profuse perspiration all over the body, but especially on the chest and abdomen (aft. 26 h.). [Lr.]

The skin of the whole body desquamates. [SALMUTH, Obs., Cent. iii, Obs. 2. (Poisoning. This desquamation occurred during convalescence.) ]

Forces completely sunk. [HOYER, l. c.]

215. Syncope. [VALENTINI, in Eph. Nat. Cur., Ann. 3, Obs. 78. (Not found.) ]

Syncopes, with coldness of the external parts. [HOFFMANN, l. c.]

Fatal syncope. [HOYER, l. c.]

When walking in the open air weariness of all the limbs, as after a long journey on foot; in the lower extremities he felt as if he had to drag a great weight along with them, and, especially in the right leg, a trembling, so that the perspiration broke out all over his body (aft. 11 h.). [Lr.]

Drowsiness and disinclination for intellectual work. [Gn.]

220. Restless sleep, he tosses from one side to the other (aft. 20 h.). [Hbg.]

Very vivid, anxious dreams.

Extremely vivid that he wakes up with them.

At night sleep disturbed by many dreams (aft. 29 h.). [Lr.]

He dreams much, and of many dreams (aft. 29 h.). [Lr.]

225. When lying on the back lascivious dreams and emission of semen, without erection of the penis. [Gn.]

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.