Colchicum autumnale
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
This is one author on one remedy. A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative. Read Colchicum autumnale in every book at once →
Keynotes
impressions, strong odors, etc. Tearing, digging, drawing pains. Many joints are attacked. Rapid sinking. Moist collapse. Creepings. Small, rapidly shifting areas of severe pain, but little swelling. Subacute states, that finally attack the heart. Cardio-arthritic affections. Dropsy. .................... Depressed. Irritable and sensitive; every little hurt pains terribly. Sensitive to odors and impressions. Unequal pupils. Acrid tears. Dark nostrils. ACUTE SMELL; odors nauseate, even to fainting, etc. Pinched, sunken face. Mouth hangs open. Flow of saliva, with a sense of dryness. Glossitis. Thirsty, but LOATHES THE SMELL, or sight of food; > lying quietly. NAUSEA. Retching. Burning or icy coldness in stomach. Meteorism. Diarrhœa, then gouty effects. Choleraic or shreddy, gelatinous, mucus stools, then tenesmus or spasm of anus. Mucous colitis; after dysentery. Tenesmus. Urine sedimentitious; black. Nephritis. Chest seems squeezed by a band. Cutting or stinging at heart. Weak heart. Cold limbs. Heat on rump. Sweat, cold on face; sour at night.
Worse
MOTION. Touch. Night. Stubbing toes. Vibration. WEATHER: Cold; damp; rooms. Changing. Autumn. Slight exertion. Checked sweat. Stretching. Sundown to sunrise.
Better
Warmth. Rest. Doubling up. Sitting. COLD AND WEAK, BUT SENSITIVE AND RESTLESS. Irritable and sensitive to
Region
DIGESTIVE TRACT. HEART; pericardium. Circulation. Kidneys. Tissues: MUSCLES. Ligaments. Fibrous. Serous. JOINTS; small.
Relationships
Complementary: Ars. Spi. Related: Ars. Carb-v. Ver-a.
What the other books say about Colchicum autumnale
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Colchicum autumnale in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Colchicum autumnale in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Colchicum autumnale in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Colchicum autumnale in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
Search every book at once, take rubrics from Kent and Bönninghausen, and practise on a patient who answers back — free account.
Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Colchicum autumnale — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/colchicum-autumnale. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.