Chelidonium Majus

▲   GENERAL

General

A prominent liver remedy, covering many of the direct reflex symptoms of diseased conditions of that organ. The jaundiced skin, and especially the Constant pain under inferior angle of right scapula, are certain indications. Paralytic drawing and lameness in single parts. The great general lethargy and indisposition to make any effort is also marked. Ailments brought on or renewed by change of weather. Serous effusions. hydrocele. bilious complications during gestation.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

Worse, right side, motion, touch, change of weather, very early in morning.

Better

BETTER, after dinner, from pressure.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Nux Vomica ^Nux; Sulphur ^Sulph.; Bryonia ^Bry.; Lycopodium ^Lyc.; Opium; Podophyllum Peltatum ^Podophyl.; Sanguinaria Nitrica ^Sanguin.; Arsenicum Album ^Ars.

Complementary

Complementary: Lycopodium ^Lycop.; Bryonia ^Bryon.

Antidotes

Antidote: Chamomilla ^Chamomile.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

indolence, aversion to work

aversion to mental work

Delirium

Insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Heavy, lethargic; drowsiness very marked, with general numbness; vertigo, associated with hepatic disturbance

On closing eyes

Perception of objects distorted; seem to turn in a circle

On rising; from bed

While sitting; sitting up in bed

▲   HEAD

Head

Icy coldness of occiput from the nape of neck; Feels heavy as lead

Inclination to fall forward

Coldness

back of head (occiput)

back of head (occiput); rising from neck like cold air

Headache

Right-sided headache down behind ears and shoulder-blade

Neuralgia over right eye, right cheek-bone and right ear, with excessive lachrymation, preceded by pain in liver.

Heaviness (see pain; pressing); back of head (occiput)

Pain, headache

in forehead; above eyes; above right

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; as from a band

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; extending to sides of head; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; forehead; over eyes

▲   EYES

Eyes

Dirty yellow color of whites

Sore sensation on looking up

Tears fairly gush out

Orbital neuralgia of right eye, with profuse lachrymation; pupils contracted, relieved by pressure.

▲   FACE

Face

YELLOW; worse nose and cheeks

Wilted skin.

Pain

right

tearing; right

Skin

discoloration; greenish (see iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration))

discoloration; red

discoloration; sallow

discoloration; yellow

▲   NOSE

Nose

Flapping of alae nasi ( Lycopodium ^Lyc.)

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive

Saliva

Saliva

bitter

mucus, slime

thick and sticky

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red; edges

tongue; yellow

Tongue; jagged edge of tongue

Taste

Taste; bitter

▲   THROAT

Throat

Pain; pressing; larynx

▲   CHEST

Chest

Constriction, tension

Inflammation; lungs

Lungs; haemorrhage (see expectoration)

Oppressed feeling; clothing

Pain

sides; right

sides; on movement

sore, bruised

sides; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; lower part of; right

Skin

out-breaks on skin; rash

out-breaks on skin; rash; red

Respiration

Very quick and short inspirations; pain on deep inspiration

Dyspnoea

Short, exhausting cough; sensation of dust not relieved by cough

Whooping-cough; spasmodic cough; loose, rattling; expectoration difficult

Pain in RIGHT side of chest and shoulder, with embarrassed respiration

Small lumps of mucus fly from mouth when coughing

Hoarse in afternoon

Constriction of chest.

Pain; sides; breathing in

Accelerated

Asthma attack; night

Difficult (dyspnea)

▲   SKIN

Skin

Dry heat of skin; itches, Yellow

Painful red pimples and pustules

Old, spreading, offensive ulcers

Wilted skin

Sallow, cold, clammy.

Discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.

Abnormal growths

ulcers; discharges; offensive; putrid

ulcers; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

ulcers; unhealthy

Itching

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Stiff neck, head drawn to left

Pain; pulling; neck

Skin; out-breaks on skin; rash; neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

Pain in nape

Fixed pain under inner and lower angle of right scapula

Pain at lower angle of left scapula.

Pain

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right

under shoulder blade

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; morning

spine

aching; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; under them

as though the back would break; lumbar (lower half of back); when stooping

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; when breathing in

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; under

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); under shoulder blades

Skin

out-breaks on skin; like millet seeds

out-breaks on skin; red

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Tongue yellow, with imprint of teeth; large and flabby ( Merc Viv ^Merc.; Hyd.) Taste bitter, pasty

Bad odor from mouth

Pain through stomach to back and right shoulder-blade

Gastralgia

Eating relieves temporarily, especially when accompanied with hepatic symptoms.

Jaundice due to hepatic and gall-bladder obstruction

Gall-colic

Distention

Fermentation and sluggish bowels

Constriction across, as by a string

Liver enlarged

Gallstones ( Berberis Vulgaris ^Berberis.)

Constriction; as by a string

Fat

Inflammation; liver

Pain

extending across abdomen

extending to other parts; transversely

behind lower ribs; right

extending to back

behind lower ribs; extending to other parts; backward

behind lower ribs; extending to other parts; shoulder blade

liver

extending to other parts; back

navel

extending to other parts; across abdomen

region of navel; transversely across

burning; behind lower ribs

pressing; liver

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); behind lower ribs; right

extending to back

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); liver

extending to back

Stomach

constriction

indigestion

pain; extending sideways, across body

pain; sudden, sharp; extending to other parts; back

Eating

Prefers hot food and drink

Stomach; pain; dinner

Vomiting

Nausea, vomiting; Better, very hot water

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver

Stomach

vomiting; in women; during pregnancy

vomiting; bile; with headache

vomiting; green

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation

alternating with diarrhoea

Stool

stools hard, round balls, like sheep’s dung, bright yellow, pasty; clay-colored, stools float in water; Alternation of diarrhoea and constipation

Burning and itching of anus ( Ratanhia ^Ratanh; Sulphur ^Sulph.)

Like balls; like sheep dung

Knotty, nodular, lumpy

Light-coloured

Pasty, mushy

White; milk like

Yellow

normal consistency

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Profuse, foaming, yellow urine, like beer ( Chenop.) Dark, turbid.

Cloudy

when passed

soon after passing

when standing up

Colour

brown

brown; like beer

brown; dark

brown; reddish

dark

morning

yellow; dark

Frothy

Menses

Female; Menses too late and too profuse.

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Pain in arms, shoulders, hands, tips of fingers

Icy coldness of tips of fingers; wrists sore, tearing in metacarpal bones

Whole flesh sore to touch

Rheumatic pain in hips and thighs; intolerable pains in heels, as if pinched by too narrow a shoe; worse, right

Feels paralyzed

Paresis of the lower limbs with rigidity of muscles.

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

upper limbs; fingers

tips

Cramps; fingers

Fullness

hand; veins of hand

hand; veins of hand; during chill

Heat; hand

Heaviness; tired limbs

Movements and positions

convulsion; fingers (see clenching)

convulsion; toes

trembling

twitching

Pain

rheumatic

touch

shoulder

right

hip

knee

movement

on walking

burning

knee

pulling; lower limbs

pulling; hip

pulling; thigh

pulling; leg

pulling; foot

sore, bruised

Skin; itching; lower limbs

Stiffness

ankle

Swollen; foot; fluid accumulation

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

In the open air; while walking

In bed

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature)

Shaking, shivering, rigors

evening

Sides, one-sided; right

Warmth; warm room

Burning heat; spreading from the hands over the whole body

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Sleepiness, tiredness

Sleeplessness, insomnia; night; with sleepiness

Yawning

frequent

Perspiration

Night; after midnight; 4 a.m.; during sleep

During sleep

When waking from sleep

Generalities

Morning

Noon; after eating

Constriction; sensation of a band

Heaviness; internally

Movement

Pain

pulling

pinching; internally

sudden, sharp; internally

sudden, sharp; outward

Pulse

full

hard

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

Weariness (see weakness)

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