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DULCAMARA
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Clinical Picture:Rheumatic or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by exposure to cold, damp, rainy weather or sudden changes in hot weather (Bryonia alba).
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Skin is delicate, sensitive to cold and liable to eruptions, especially urticaria, whenever patient catches a cold or is exposed to cold weather.
Cystitis in older children, with milky urine (chyluria).
Modalities:
Worse:
At night.Better:
From cold in general.
Cold air.
Cold, wet weather.
Suppressed menstruation, eruptions or sweat.
From moving about (Ferrum metallicum, Rhus toxicodendron)
Dry, moderate and warm weather (external warmth).
Relations:
Complementary to Baryta carbonica, Kalium sulphuricum.
Inimical to Aceticum acidum, Belladonna atropa, Lachesis.
Follows well after Calcarea carbonica, Bryonia alba, Lycopodium clavatum, Rhus toxicodendron and Sepia.
Similar to Mercurius vivus in ptyalism, glandular swellings, bronchitis, diarrhea; susceptibility to weather changes; night pains; to Kalium sulphuricum, the chemical analogue.
Summary of Indications:
Rheumatic and skin affections - cystitis.
Antidotes:
Camphora officinalis
Cuprum metallicum
Ipecacuanha
Kalium carbonicum
Mercurius vivus