Dulcamara

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Excessive secretion of mucus. Catarrhal-rheumatic-herpetic tendency. Stiff, numb, achy and sore from every exposure to damp cold. Tearing. Paralytic effects. Griping in bowels, testes, etc. .................... Confusion. Depression. Scolding. Difficult speech. Easily becomes delirious. Occiput feels large. Ringworm of scalp. Aching in nose. Coryza; stuffed; summer colds, with diarrhœa. Nose obstructed by the least fresh air. Nosebleed; replaces menses. Thick, brown- yellow crusts on face. Swelled tongue. Tenacious, soapy saliva. Cutting at navel; then painful, green, slimy stools. Sour, watery stools, < night. Every cold settles in eyes, throat or affects bladder (Pul.), bowels or respiration (Sul.). Frequent urination. Cloudy, slimy or foul urine. Cystitis. Dropsy. Enlarged testes, with griping pains. Watery menses. Cough: caused by tickling in back of throat; in prolonged fits; with much loose, easy expectoration. Eruptions; scaly, thick, crusty, moist, bleeding or herpetic; < before menses. Urticaria. Pruritus. Large, smooth, fleshy, flat warts. Coldness; in occiput; lumbar region; in bowels; icy, of paralyzed part. Chilliness starts from back; not > warmth; < evening. Chill with urging to stool and urinate. Foul sweat.

Worse

BEING CHILLED: WHILE HOT. Sudden change of temperature. Uncovering. COLD WET; feet, ground, cellars, beds, etc. Suppressed discharges, sweat, eruptions, etc. Autumn. Night. Rest. Injuries. Mercury. Before storms.

Region

MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Bronchi. Bladder. Eyes. BACK: Muscles. LOINS. SKIN. Umbilicus. Lymphatics.

Relationships

Complementary: Bar-c. Nat-s. Related: Rhus-t.

What the other books say about Dulcamara

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Dulcamara in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Dulcamara in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Dulcamara in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Dulcamara in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Dulcamara — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/dulcamara. 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.