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Aug 31, 2013

DOLICHOS PURIENS


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DOLICHOS PURIENS – MUCUNA
(Cowhage)

A right – sided medicine, with pronounced liver and skin syptoms. A general intense itching without eruption. Exalted nervous sensibility. Senile pruritus. Haemorrhoidal 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 wet. Constipation, with intense itching; bloated abdomen. White stools. Swelling of liver. Haemorrhoids, 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 zoaster. [ Ars.]

Modalities:- Worse, at night, scratching, right side.

Relationship:- Compare: Rhus; Bell.; Hep.; Nit. Ac.; Fagopyr.

Dose:- Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in haemorrhoids.

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