{"id":16145,"remedy_name":"Colocynthis","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the dried pulp of the fruit of Citrullus colocynthis , a creeping plant in the. Cucurbitaceae family, native to the Mediterranean, Africa, and Asia, prepared for homeopathic use. through maceration, serial dilution, and succussion to enhance therapeutic action and eliminate. toxicity. Traditional Context : Historically employed in homeopathy for  gastrointestinal, neurological,. and psychological disorders , particularly those involving colicky abdominal pain, neuralgia, and. irritability.  It  is  noted  for  symptoms  such  as  cramping  pains,  nerve  pain,  and  vexation,  often. aggravated by anger, emotional stress, or cold, and ameliorated by warmth, pressure, or doubling. up. Modern Context: Indicated for gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., colic, irritable bowel syndrome),. neurological symptoms (e.g., neuralgia, sciatica), musculoskeletal complaints (e.g., cramps, joint. pain),  psychological  conditions (e.g.,  irritability,  anger),  renal  symptoms (e.g.,  renal  colic,. dysuria), and  systemic symptoms  (e.g., fatigue, chills). It suits patients with acute or subacute. symptoms characterized by cramping pains, neuralgic pain, irritability, or emotional sensitivity,. typically exacerbated by anger, emotional stress, or cold, and often seen in individuals with acute. abdominal distress, sciatic pain, or stress-related irritability. The remedy is particularly relevant for. those with a chilly, sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like spasmodic. pain or neuralgia alongside emotional traits like anger or indignation, commonly observed in adults. with digestive or neuropathic complaints, or children with colicky episodes.","modalities":"Worse from: Anger, emotional stress, cold (air, weather, drinks), motion, touch, sensory. stimuli (e.g., noise, light), night, eating, contradiction, rest, dietary indiscretions (e.g., fruits,. cold drinks), exertion.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Angerwith indignation  (Staph., Cham., Bry.,Nw-v.). Extremely irritable . Impatient. Anger, easily \nvexed during pain. Humiliation causedby offense. Ailments after anger, with silent grief. Children are worse \nwhen reprimanded (Cham.). Easily offended, aggravated when questioned (Bry.). \nMorose, becomes offended at everything. Greatly affected by the misfortunes of others. Want of religious \nfeeling. Wants to be alone, even friends irritate. Offended at everything. Screams with pain, wants to walk \nabout. Restlessness before menses. Restlessness, anguish, agony, suppressed rage.  \nDepressed and joyless. Disposition to weep and cry. Complaining bitterly day and night. Walks about room \nin great agony from headache. Delirium alternating with sopor, with constant desire to escape, eyes half closed. \nDisinclined to talk, to answer. Becomes angry when questioned. Confusion from beer, wine. Angerwith indignation  (Staph., Cham., Bry.,Nw-v.). Extremely irritable . Impatient. Anger, easily \nvexed during pain. Humiliation causedby offense. Ailments after anger, with silent grief. Children are worse \nwhen reprimanded (Cham.). Easily offended, aggravated when questioned (Bry.). \nMorose, becomes offended at everything. Greatly affected by the misfortunes of others. Want of religious \nfeeling. Wants to be alone, even friends irritate. Offended at everything. Screams with pain, wants to walk \nabout. Restlessness before menses. Restlessness, anguish, agony, suppressed rage.  \nDepressed and joyless. Disposition to weep and cry. Complaining bitterly day and night. Walks about room \nin great agony from headache. Delirium alternating with sopor, with constant desire to escape, eyes half closed. \nDisinclined to talk, to answer. Becomes angry when questioned. Confusion from beer, wine.","Vertigo":"Vertigo when quickly turning head. Vertigo when turning head to the left.  Vertigo with nausea. \nVertigo with \nslight delirium and deafness. Vertigo from stimulants. \nCOMMENTS - Guernsey wrote \u2018 The strongest characteristic calling for the use of this remedy is an agonizing \npain in the abdomen causing the patient to bend over double. Relief is obtained by motion, such as twisting, \nturning and wriggling around and the motion is kept up steadily while the pain lasts. \nThe pain is worse by eating or drinking the least amount. This pain may occur alone or in the dysentery, \ncholera, etc. The doubling over the patient is the chief characteristic.\u201d \nThe patient bends double or presses something hard against the abdomen, leans over chairs, the table or bed-\nposts to get relief. The characteristic griping, forcing the patient to bend double, may be accompanied by \ncramps in other parts, with or without stool. If a  stool occurs it gives immediate relief (Nux -v. the opposite), \nworse any attempt to eat or drink. \nGriping, cutting, tearing and spasmodic pains in the body, burning pains, pulsations through the body, \nsensation as of hard stones or potatoes in the body. Pa ins accompanied by stiffness and retarded motion of \nthe affected parts, especially the hip joints. Pains affecting joints are worse from motion.  \nSciatica. Arthritis and gouty headaches with ophthalmia. Facial neuralgia with pains extending to eye. \nNeuralgic pains are better by rest. \nCramps occur in the legs, uterus and ovaries. A sensation as if clamped with iron bands is very characteristic \nin coxalgia and dysmenorrhea. Dragging in uterus and vagina. Suppressed lochia from indignation. \nDiabetes with milky, gelatinous or colloid urine. Perspiration may smell like urine. Bitter taste in mouth, strong \naversion to food. Worse raw fruits or something cold on a hot day (Bell-p., Ruta.). Worse tobacco, better coffee. \nEasily intoxicated by any stimulants. \nDiarrhea from grief, indignation, or chagrin. Severe, painful dysentery. As if hard stones are rubbing the \nintestines, or hot knifes stabbing the intestines. Vomiting \nyellow, bitter fluid. Tension of the bowels as they are forced inward right below the navel, for cing the person \nto bend double. \nBabies with colic may have severe pain radiating from the umbilicus. According to Nash, Mag-p. comes nearest \nto it in colic and neuralgic disorders. Cham, is also very close, both having colic from disturbing emotions, but \nthe Cham, child does not double up, they toss about. \nThe Staph, patient is likely to have black or decayed teeth and sore eyelids and there is a chronic tendency to \ncolic. Verat. has colic better bending double, but it has also cold sweat. Dioscorea has wind colic, but is better \nby stretching out. The Stann. child wants to be carried with the abdomen on the mother's shoulder.  \nChilly, sensitive to cold and damp, cold winds. Better heat. Affections of the left side generally. 4 p.m. \naggravation (Lyc., Hell., C aust.). One prover experienced that \u201cat 4 p.m. the colic came on, six days in \nsuccession.\u201d","Head":"Head hot, red face, glistening eyes. Dullness of head and giddiness at beginning of colic. Lateral cutting \npains with nausea, vomiting. Headache better coffee. Pains, better pressure and heat. Burning pains, digging, \nrending and tearing. Headache with nausea and vomiting. Headache with soreness of scalp. Roots of hair \npainful. Head pains worse stooping. Headache \nworse lying on back and moving eyelids. Heaviness in forehead with stupefaction. Pressure in both temples. Head hot, red face, glistening eyes. Dullness of head and giddiness at beginning of colic. Lateral cutting \npains with nausea, vomiting. Headache better coffee. Pains, better pressure and heat. Burning pains, digging, \nrending and tearing. Headache with nausea and vomiting. Headache with soreness of scalp. Roots of hair \npainful. Head pains worse stooping. Headache \nworse lying on back and moving eyelids. Heaviness in forehead with stupefaction. Pressure in both temples.","Eyes":"Pain and twitching in eyelids. Burning eyelids. Severe burning, sticking and cutting pains. Pains sharp, \nboring, better from pressure. Violent pain in eyeballs which precede the development of glaucoma. Sensation \nas if eye would fall out on stooping. Gouty disorders of eyes. Smarting in eyes, with pain in eyeballs. Great \nitching in right eyeball, must rub. Discharge of acrid fluid. Bluish -white ring around cornea, in rheumatic form \nof iritis. \nRedness and lachrymation. Dimness of vision. Region around eye very sensitive to touch, during headache. \nConjunctivitis, with tendency to ulceration.","Ears":"Sounds re-echo in ears. Crawling, itching, stitching, aching, better by putting finger into ear. Roaring \nand throbbing, especially in left ear.","Face":"Face distorted from pains.  Cheeks cold. Tearing, shooting and sw elling of face, left side great \n \n \nsoreness, relieved by pressure (Chin.). Prosopalgia with eye symptoms. Neuralgia with chilliness. Pain \nanywhere is reflected on the face. Sensation as if left side of face were being torn from right side. Deathly color \nof face, during colicky pains in bowels. Face red and purple. Pimples on face.","Mouth":"Persistent bitter taste. Teeth feel too long. Offensive smell from mouth from decayed teeth. Bitter \ntaste of food and drink. Offensive ormetallic taste. Stinging in velum palati. Burning on the tip  of the tongue. \nTongue rough, as from sand. As if tongue had been scalded. Burning on anterior surface of tongue.  \nNose - Throbbing, burrowing pains from left side of nose to glabella. Nose stopped up. Purulent nasal \ndischarge. Fluent coryza, worse open air, better indoors. Sense of smell impaired during headache. \nPerspiration - Sweats at night. Cold sweat. Sweat smelling like urine. Sweat causes itching of skin. Sweats \nmainly on head and limbs. Profuse, warm sweat on forehead and neck.","Throat":"Cramps in gullet, with empty belch - ings and palpitation of the heart. Throat as if constricted, with \nempty eructations and palpitation of heart. Dryness, rawness, roughness or scraping in throat. Sensation of \nconstriction of larynx, better open air. Frequent tickling and irritation in larynx induces cough at night. \nUrine - Urine, gelatinous, sticky, stringy. Tough mucus sediment in urine which can be drawn out into strings. \nUrine milky white. Urine coagulates on standing. Red hard crystals adherin g to the vessels. Urine like brown \nbeer, becoming turbid as soon as cold, depositing copious sediment.","Chest":"Oppression of chest. Pain in inter costal muscles. Stitching, in right or left side of chest. Swelling and \nsuppuration of axillary glands. \nConstitutions - Suited to easily angered, irritable persons with tendency to cor pulence. For women of \nsedentary habits with copious menstruation. To blondes, persons of choleric temperament and those liable to \ncramps and colic from fruit, lead poisoning or excessive venery. Strong throbbing in all blood vessels. Heart feels pushed up by a distended stomach. Stitches in cardiac \nregion. Pulse generally hard, full, accelerated. Pulse small and weak. \nKidneys - Kidney colic with diuresis. Fetid, small quantities of urine with frequent urging. Diabetes. Short cough when smoking tobacco. Difficulty bre athing during menses, ovar ian tumor. Asthmatic \nattacks at night with slow, difficult breathing, which provokes cough. Anxious and oppressed, sensation as if \nabout to smother. Tickling cough frequently during night. Dry cough from tickling in throat.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Burning pain in stomach. Violent cutting, tearingpains. Feeling in stomach as if something would \nnot yield, drawing ,.ain. Cramps in stomach at night, bet- \nter eructations. Sensation of fullness in epigastric region. Pain in stomach with toothache or headache. Sharp \npains before menses,  with extreme nausea and vomiting. Nausea, with greenish vomit ing. Retching and \nbending body forward. Vomiting and diarrhea from anger, with indignation. Vomiting of food without nausea. \nVomits from pain. Vomiting of bitter water. Agonizing cutting pain causing patient to bend over double  and pressing on the abdomen. \nViolent, cutting, gripping, grasping, clutching pains. Radiating, colicky pains. Cutting pain in abdomen after \nanger. Colic with cramps in calves. Cutting pains in bowels at navel. Colic pains, come in waves, better \ndoubling up, hard pressure. Pains are worse least food or drink, except coffee and tobacco smoking. Colic \nfrom drinking while overheated.  Pressure improves the pain in abdomen in acute stage but when pain \nremains for a long time, parts become tender and pressure ag gravates the pain. Intestines feel squeezed \nbetween stones. Intestines feel as if bruised. Flatulent colic. \nColic with cramps in calves. During colic, infant lies on abdomen and screams when he is slightly moved. Appetite variable, mostly poor. Ca nine hunger. Food and drink taste bitter. Aversion to food. Coffee \nhelps the colic, headache. Desires forbread and beer. Potatoes and starchy food disagree. Potatoes causes \nbellyache. Confusion from beer, after wine. Constipation from cheese. Very thirsty. Drinks much, without thirst.","Urinary & Genital":"Sensation as if everything were flowing towards genitals from both sides of the abdomen, causing \nseminal emission. Pain and swelling of testicles and spermatic cord. Retraction of testicles and priapism, with \nretention of urine. Para phimosis. Retraction of prepuce behind glans during sleep. Strong sexual desire with \nerections. Impotency. Amenorrhea and chronic diarrhea. Suppression of menses or lochia from indignation. Menses \ncopious in women with sedentary habits. Menses increased and too frequent. Dysmenor rhea, worse eating \nand drinking. Bearing-down cramps, causing her to bend double (Sep.). Metritis from indignation. Boring pain \nin ovary. Must bend over double with great pain and restlessness.  Uterus prolapsed. Clutching pain in \novarian region. Ovarian tumors, cysts. Ovaritis. Round, small cys tic tumors in ovaries or broad ligaments. \nOvarian cysts with pain better flexing thigh on pelvis. Wants abdomen supported by pressure. Puerperal fever \nbrought on by indignation or grief because of unkind treatment. Swelling of labia with dragging pain and heat \nin vagina. Yellow, thick, offensive leucorrhea between menses.","Extremities":"Cramps or spasms, with sudden, intense contractions, resembling muscle spasms or. tetany, worse with cold, motion, or exertion. Joint  pain  or  stiffness,  with  tearing  or  stitching  sensations,  resembling  arthritis,. aggravated by cold, rest, or emotional stress. Muscle soreness or aching, with a sensation of tightness, resembling fibromyalgia,. worse with cold or prolonged sitting. Tendency to spasmodic musculoskeletal pain, with aggravation from emotional upset. or physical strain. Psychological:. Irritability  or  anger,  with  sensitivity  to  contradiction  or  injustice,  resembling. adjustment disorder or intermittent explosive disorder, worse with emotional stress,. cold, or night. Restlessness  or  indignation,  with  a  tendency  to  brood,  resembling  generalized. anxiety disorder, aggravated by physical pain, anger, or sensory stimuli. Emotional  sensitivity  or  mood  swings,  with  a  sensation  of  vexation,  resembling. somatic symptom disorder, worse with chronic pain or fatigue. Colocynthis (Bitter Apple) 723. Tendency  to  emotional  outbursts,  with  aggravation  during  gastrointestinal  or. neurological flare-ups. Renal:. Renal colic, with sharp, cutting pains radiating to the bladder, resembling ureteral. colic, worse with cold, motion, or suppression of urine. Dysuria or burning urination, with frequent urging, resembling cystitis, aggravated. by cold, emotional stress, or night. Scanty or suppressed urine, with aching in the renal region, resembling nephritis,. worse with cold or dietary indiscretions. Tendency to urinary tract irritability, with aggravation from emotional or physical. stress. Systemic:. Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of exhaustion, resembling chronic. fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or emotional. stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. or pressure. Chills or cold sweats, particularly during pain or emotional episodes, worse at night. or with cold exposure. Tendency  to  hypersensitivity  to  environmental  stimuli  (e.g.,  cold,  noise),  with. aggravation in spasmodic or neuralgic states.","Neck & Back":"Pain under right scapula, better pressure. Lumbar ache, better pressure. Bruised pain in lumbar region. \nAs of a heavy weight in lumbar-dorsal region, better lying on left side. Cramp like pains in the hips, better lying \non the affected side. Neck stiff, worse moving head. Muscles of nape as if stiff when moving head. \nBladder - Tenesmus of bladder. Bladder catarrh, discharge like fresh white of egg, viscid (Ph-ac.). Pains on \nurinating over whole abdomen. Burning along urethra during stools. Itching at orifice. Bladder spasms after \noperation on the orifices. Sud den violent pressure upon bladder, which was full, passed off suddenly on \nemission of flatus. Retention of urine. \nBreasts - Painful nodes in breasts. Sharp pains. \nCausations - Ill effects of anger indignation, chagrin, grief, catching cold, or excessive venery.","Skin":"Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of exhaustion, resembling chronic. fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or emotional. stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. or pressure. Chills or cold sweats, particularly during pain or emotional episodes, worse at night. or with cold exposure. Tendency  to  hypersensitivity  to  environmental  stimuli  (e.g.,  cold,  noise),  with. aggravation in spasmodic or neuralgic states.","Sleep":"Sleepless and restless, with pains af ter anger. Y awning and sleepiness. Sleeps badly, often wakes \n \n \ntired and irritable. Dreams disturb sleep. Vivid, anxious, voluptuous dreams."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}