DOLICHOS PRURIENS

HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Compare: Rhus; Bell; Hep; Nit ac; Fagopyr .

Key Symptoms & Indications

  • A right-sided medicine, with pronounced liver and skin symptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Hæmorrhoidal diathesis.

Physical Symptoms

Throat

Pain in throat, worse swallowing, below right angle of jaw, as if splinter were imbedded vertically . Pain in gums prevents sleep.

Abdomen

Colic from getting feet wet. Constipation, with intense itching; bloated abdomen . White stools. Swelling of liver. Hæmorrhoids , with burning sensation.

Skin

Intense itching , with no swelling or rash; worse across shoulders, also about elbows and knees and hairy parts. Jaundice. Yellow in spots; itching excessively at night. Herpes zoster ( Ars ).

Modalities (Better / Worse)

Worse (Aggravation)

, at night, scratching, right side

Better (Amelioration)

No specific amelioration factors listed.

Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas

Explore detailed descriptions for this remedy across famous historical textbooks:

DOLICHOS PRURIENS

Cowhage (DOLICHOS PURIENS - MUCUNA)

A right-sided medicine, with pronounced liver and skin symptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Hæmorrhoidal diathesis.

Throat

Pain in throat, worse swallowing, below right angle of jaw, as if splinter were imbedded vertically. Pain in gums prevents sleep.

Abdomen

Colic from getting feet wet. Constipation, with intense itching; bloated abdomen. White stools. Swelling of liver. Hæmorrhoids, with burning sensation.

Skin

Intense itching, with no swelling or rash; worse across shoulders, also about elbows and knees and hairy parts. Jaundice. Yellow in spots; itching excessively at night. Herpes zoster (Ars).

Modalities

Worse, at night, scratching, right side.

Relationship

Compare: Rhus; Bell; Hep; Nit ac; Fagopyr.

Dose

Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in hæmorrhoids.

Dolichos.

Dolichos pruriens. Mucuna pruriens. Cowhage. Cow-itch. N. O. Leguminosæ. Trituration or tincture of whole pod.
Clinical

Cough. Dentition. Gums, neuralgia of. Herpes zoster. Jaundice. Jaundice, irritation of. Jaw, pain in. Neuralgia. Pruritus. Sore throat.

Characteristics

The most characteristic symptoms of Dolichos area general intense itching without eruption, < by scratching; and a pain in the throat on right side below angle of jaw as if a splinter were embedded vertically in it. It is mainly a right-side medicine, and hence its relation to the liver. It corresponds to exalted nervous sensibility, as in dentition. Gums intensely sensitive; seem to itch. Kraft has recorded (N. A. J. H., 1890, p. 20) a striking cure with Dolichos 1,200 (Kent) of a woman who had symptoms of jaundice, white stools, and desperate itching, preventing sleep at night. There was, in addition, enormous distension of abdomen with continuous rattling of wind, intolerance of anything tight round neck or body; intense restlessness, unable to sit still a minute. The symptoms of Dol. are < at night. Warmth < itching at night. Cold water burns on the itching skin. Colic from getting feet wet.

Relations

Aconite antidotes it, and in "cases of dentition with fever Aconite should be given before Dolichos to prevent convulsions" (Hering). Dolichos follows Rhus in herpes. Compare: Bell. (dentition); Arg. n., Hep., Nit. ac. (throat).

3. Eyes

Eyes yellow.

8. Mouth

Gums (upper) irritated, tumid, excessively painful; can scarcely take food or drink in the mouth.Pain in the gums prevents sleep.Soreness and tenderness of gums in teething children.Gums swollen; neuralgic pains in them; < at night.

9. Throat

Painful sensation of the throat below the angle of the lower jaw on r. side; it was as if a splinter three-quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot; pain < by swallowing.

12. Abdomen

Bloated, swollen abdomen (with constipation).Worms.Swelling of the liver.

13. Stool

Constipation during teething or pregnancy.White stools.

17. Respiratory Organs

Cough most troublesome about bed-time and for awhile after going to bed.Cough, with wheezing and dyspnœa.

18. Chest

Sharp pain through upper portion of both lungs.

24. Generalities

Neuralgic pains following herpes zoster.Twitching of the muscles.Clonic spasms of the extremities, with loss of consciousness; eyes motionless; eyelids open.

25. Skin

Intolerable itching all over the body; < at night, preventing sleep; scratching < the itching; there is nothing perceptible on the skin.Jaundice, with itching of the skin.Dry, tettery eruptions on arms and legs, resembling zona.Pain under l. axilla for three days, when an herpetic eruption breaks out on axilla of affected side, spreading in rings forward to sternum and backward to spine with burning and smarting.

Dolichos pruriens

Dolichos pruriens

Generalities

• Intense itching of the skin without the appearance of a rash or swelling.

• Yellow spot all over.

• Itching excessively at night; jaundice.

• Neuralgia following herpes zoster.

• Cold water amel. itching but it burns the skin and causes trembling.

Dolichos

Skin:

Jaundice with white stools, and intense itching on the skin.

Skin:

Violent itching all over body, without any visible eruption.

Dolichos Pruriens.

Mouth and Throat.

Gums (upper) irritated, tumid, excessively painful ; can scarcely take food or drink in the mouth.

Pain in the gums prevents sleep.

Painful sensation of the throat below the angle of the lower jaw on the right side ; it was ; as if a splinter of three-quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot ; pain increased by swallowing.

Abdomen.

Bloated, swollen abdomen (with constipation).

[5] Worms.

Swelling of the liver.

Respiratory Organs.

Cough most troublesome about bedtime and for a while after going to bed.

Cough, with wheezing and dyspnoea.

Generalities.

Twitching of the muscles.

[10] Clonic spasms of the extremities, with loss of consciousness ; eyes motionless ; eyelids open.

Skin.

Intolerable itching all over the body ; worse at night, preventing sleep ; scratching increases the itching ; there is nothing perceptible on the skin.

Jaundice, with itching of the skin.

Remedy Profile

  • Type Remedy
  • Common Name HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
  • Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency

Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in hæmorrhoids.

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