BRYONIA

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Alcoholism
Amenorrha
Anger, effects of
Aphth
Apoplexy
Asthma
Bilious attack
Brain, affections of
Breast, inflamed
Bronchitis
Cancer
Chill, effects of
Chlorosis
Constipation
Consumption
Coryza
Cough
Dentition
Diaphragm, rheumatism of
Diarrha
Dropsy
Dyspepsia
Eczema
Enteric fever
Eruptions
Gastro-enteritis
Hmorrhages
Hands, swollen
Headache
Heart, inflammation of
Hernia
Hiccough
Hydrocele
Hydrocephalus
Influenza
Intermittent fevers
Jaundice
Joints, pain in
Lactation, disorder of
Liver, disorders of
Lumbago
Measles
Meningitis
Menstruation, vicarious
Miliaria
Milk fever
Myalgia
Nephritis
Nose-bleed
Peritonitis
Phlegmasia alba dolens
Pleurisy
Pleurodynia
Pneumonia
Pregnancy, morning cough of
Pregnancy, sickness of
Puerperal fever
Pyuria
Relapsing fever
Remittent fever
Rheumatism
Scarlatina
Screaming
Side, pain in
Sleep, anxious dreams in
Spina bifida
Stiff-neck
Suppressed eruptions, bad effects of
Thirst
Tongue, coated
Toothache
Trachea, pain in
Vertigo
Waking, starts and screams on
Water-brash
Whooping-cough
Yellow fever
Anxiety and inquietude, with fear of the future
Frequent tears
Despair of being cured, with fear of death
Restlessness, with fear of the future; fear of death, which he thinks is near
Fear, with desire to run away
Discouragement
Aversion to conversation
Exceedingly irritable and inclined to be angry
After having been angry he is chilly; has a red face and heat in the head
Irascibility and passion
Want of memory
Momentary absence of mind
Giddiness
Desire for things which are rejected when obtained
Delirium (at night) and ravings about the transactions of the day
Unconsciousness
Confusion, giddiness, and cloudiness of the head
Giddiness, with sensation of looseness in the brain when stooping, and when raising up the head
Staggering and drunkenness, as if from congestion of the head
Staggering backward
Tendency to run backward
Vertigo only when stooping
Swimming in the head, esp. on rising from a seat, or on getting up after lying down
Cephalalgia, as after a nocturnal debauch
Headache after every meal
Attack of headache, with vomiting, nausea, and urgent inclination to lie down
Headache in the morning as soon as the eyes are, open
Great fulness and heaviness of the head, and digging with pressure towards the forehead, and, when stooping, a sensation as if everything were going to fall out through the forehead
Expansive pressure, or compression of the brain
Shootings in the head, sometimes on one side only
Pulsative starting pains, increased by movement, with aching in the eyes
Congestion in the head, with heat in the brain
Burning pain in the forehead
Headache aggravated by movement, or rapid walking, or when the eyes are opened
Painful sensibility of the scalp, as if from excoriation
Drawing and starting pains in the head, from the cheek-bone to the temple, increased by contact
Tearing in one (r.) side of the head, extending into the cheek and jaw-bones; worse from motion, touch, and heat; better during rest and external pressure
Burning heat of the head, externally
Heat of the head with dark-red face; with coldness of the rest of the body; with much thirst and pain in the limbs when moving them
Cold sweat on the forehead
Hair very greasy
Oily, greasy, sour-smelling perspiration on the head (and the whole body) during sleep; at night, esp. towards morning
Pains in the eyes on moving them
Aching of the eyes, as if they were going to start out of the head
Pressure on the eyes, as if from sand, esp. morning and evening
Stitches in the eyes
Shooting and drawing pains in the eyes
Burning pain in the eyes
Inflammation of the eyes and of the eyelids, with redness
Inflammation of the eyes, < by heat
Inflammation of the eyes, esp. in gouty subjects
The eyes feel very sore to the touch, and when moving them
Painful swelling of the eyes, with suppuration, and the conjunctiva swollen and red
Red swelling of the eyelids, esp. of the upper lids, with aching pains
Furfuraceous tetters on the eyelids, with burning itching
Stye on the eyelid
Abscess in the internal angle of the eye
Nocturnal agglutination of the eyelids, with lachrymation during the day, esp. in the sun, and with confused sight
Eyes dull, glassy, turbid, or sparkling, and, as it were, drowned in tears
Presbyopia
Confusion of the letters when reading
Blackness or flames before the eyes
Photophobia
Contractive pains in the ears, with diminution of hearing
Shootings in the ears, while walking in the open air, and afterwards
Swelling, like a knob, before and behind the ear (parotitis)
Bleeding from the ears
Sensation in the ears, as if they were stopped
Buzzing in the ears
All noise is insupportable to the ears
Swelling of the nose, with painful sensibility to the touch, and obstruction of the nose
Inflammation and ulceration of the nostrils
Ulcer in the nostrils, with gnawing pain
Frequent bleeding of the nose, sometimes in the morning, or when the catamenia are suppressed, or even when sleeping
Epistaxis, esp. just before the beginning of the menses, or in pregnant women, just before the time for the menses to appear
Dryness and obstruction of the nose, sometimes obstinate
Fluent coryza, with shooting and aching in the forehead
Dry coryza, sometimes obstinate
Catarrh with dryness, sudden suppression of discharge and headache
Hard mucus, drying in crusts
Face of a pale, yellow, earth-coloured hue
Face red and burning
Red spots on the face
Hot, bluish, and brownish swelling of the face
Pains in the face, mostly aching, mitigated by external pressure
Swelling of the face, sometimes on one side only, or under the eyes and at the root of the nose
Swelling of the cheek, close to the ear
Small nodosities and indurations in the face, like subcutaneous glands
Lips swollen and cracked, with bleeding, and sensation of burning on being touched
Lips dry
Exanthema on the under lip; parched, dry, and cracked lips (very characteristic)
Eruption on the lips, with burning smarting
Toothache; shooting from one tooth to another, or into the head and cheeks; from an exposed nerve (sensitiveness of the decayed teeth to contact of the air); pain < from smoking or chewing tobacco; from introducing anything warm into the mouth; > momentarily by cold water, and when lying on the painful side
Toothache, with urgent inclination to lie down, < at night by hot things
Jerking, pulling odontalgia, with a sensation as if the teeth were too long, or as if they were loose, esp. during a meal and afterwards
Pains, as of excoriation in the gums, with loosening of the teeth
Gums spongy
Dryness of the mouth, with burning thirst
Dryness of the mouth, tongue, and throat
Accumulation of a soapy and frothy saliva in the mouth
Salivation
Putrid smell of the mouth
Tongue dry, loaded with a white coating, or dirty, or yellow; esp. in the middle
Tongue furred, usually dry and hard with deep cracks
Dark coloured and wrinkled state of the tongue
Burning blisters on the edge of the tongue
Speech indistinct, from dryness of the throat
Sore throat, with hoarseness and difficult deglutition
Pain, as of excoriation in the throat, during empty deglutition
Sensation of swelling and constriction in the sophagus
Sensation of dryness, and great dryness, in the throat
Pressure in the pharynx, as from a hard and pointed body
Shootings in the throat on contact, also on turning the head and on swallowing
Tenacious mucus in the throat, which is not detached without effort
Loss of appetite
Taste insipid, clammy, putrid
Insipidity of food
Sweetish taste
Bitter taste of all food, or only after meal-time, or at other times, as well as in the morning
Burning thirst, sometimes after a meal, increased by taking beer
Infrequent, but copious, drinking
Bitter taste and thirst
Great desire for wine, for acid drinks, for coffee, and even for things which are not eaten
Abnormal hunger; he must often eat something
Morbid hunger, which forces frequent eating, and little at a time
Bulimy, often with absence of appetite, or with thirst and transient heat, sometimes even in the night
Loss of appetite after the first morsel has been eaten
Repugnance and disgust for food
After every meal, risings, with pressure on the stomach and on the epigastrium, colic or vomiting, principally after having eaten bread
Risings, especially after having eaten, mostly bitter or sour, with a taste of the food
Empty risings
Regurgitation if the food after every meal
Hiccough
Nausea and inclination to vomit, esp. after eating food which has pleased the palate, or on rising after lying down
Nausea, with inclination to vomit and anxiety, when sitting, or on forcing one's self to drink
Nausea in the morning
Retching, with water-brash
Vomiting soon after drinking, and esp. on drinking after a meal
Bitter vomiting, when drinking immediately after a meal
In the evening, vomiting of viscid mucus
Vomiting in general of what has been eaten, which comes up very soon after eating, of food in mouthfuls at a time (vomiting very often excited by motion); of a watery fluid; bitter and flat taste; belching or eructations; collection of water in the mouth
Vomiting of food, with hiccough and retching, or vomiting of bitter water, or of bile, even at night
Vomiting of solids, and not of fluids
Vomiting of blood
Shootings in the left side of the abdomen, during the vomitings
Pressure in the stomach after eating, esp. after eating bread
Pressure, as if from a stone in the stomach, esp. after a meal, or on walking, sometimes accompanied by ill-humour
Incisive pains in the pit of the stomach, as from knives
Contractive pains in the stomach, sometimes with vomiting of food
Squeezing in the pit of the stomach, and painful tension on being touched, with sensation of heat
Shootings in the stomach, when lying on the side, as well as in the pit of the stomach, during movement and walking, or making a false step
Pain, as of excoriation, in the pit of the stomach, sensible to the touch, or on coughing
The least pressure on the pit of the stomach is insupportable
Sensation of burning in the pit of the stomach, and in the stomach, esp. when moving
Inflammation of the stomach
Sensation of swelling in the pit of the stomach
Pains in the liver, mostly shooting, tensive, or burning, esp. on being touched, on breathing, or on coughing
Tractive pains in the hypochondrium, extending to the stomach and the back, in the morning and after dinner, sometimes with vomiting
Hard swelling in the hypochondriac and umbilical regions
Shootings in the region of the spleen
Colic with tension of the abdomen, and water-brash
Inflation of the abdomen, with pressure in the epigastrium, esp. after dinner
Inflammation of the liver
Tearing in the stomach, from the hips to the pit of the stomach
Cramp-like pains, pinching, or cuttings and shootings in the abdomen, chiefly after eating or drinking (esp. hot milk), sometimes with loose evacuations
Hard swelling round the navel
Dropsical swelling of the abdomen
Gurgling and borborygmi in the abdomen, with escape of flatus; sometimes only in the evening, in bed
Constipation
Fces too large, with difficult evacuation
Stools too large in size; too hard and dry
Fces scanty, but hard, and as if burnt
Diarrha, with colic, sometimes alternating with constipation and gastralgia
Loose evacuations, of a putrid smell, as of rotten cheese; (worse (or only) in the morning; during hot weather)
Involuntary stools while asleep
Evacuations of undigested substances
Diarrha in the morning; on beginning to move about
Diarrha preceded by pain in the abdomen
Nocturnal diarrha, with burning pain in the anus
Colliquative diarrha
Constrictive colic, during an evacuation
Loose and frequent evacuations, of a brownish colour (in the case of infants at the breast)
Urine scanty, reddish, brownish, and hot
White, turbid urine
Urine is dark; becomes turbid; often casts a pinkish stain all over the bottom of the chamber
Urgent inclination to make water, without power of retention
Frequent emission of aqueous urine
Inclination to make water, with suspended respiration, on lifting loads
Inclination to make water at night
Involuntary emission of hot urine, when moving
Sensation of burning, and incisive pains in the urethra, before making water
Cutting in the urethra, or sensation of constriction while urinating
Sensation of contraction
Shooting and burning pains in the urethra
Red, itching, miliary eruption on the glans penis
Shootings in the testes
Stitches in the testicles while sitting
Catamenia suppressed
Suppressed menses, with bleeding of the nose
Catamenia premature
Menstruation too early and too profuse, with dark, red blood
Menses with bad smell
Acute, tractive pains in the limbs, during the catamenia
Flow of blood between the periods
Metrorrhagia of a deep red blood, with pain in the loins and in the head
Burning pains in the fundus uteri, during pregnancy, increased by movement, diminished by pressure and repose
Swelling and inflammation of the labia majora (< l.)
Swelling of one of the labia, with a black and hard pustule
Lumps, indurations, and inflammations of the mamm, with diminished or retarded secretion of milk
(Puerperal fever)
Hoarseness, with tendency to perspiration, cough and rattling in the chest
(Acute bronchitis)
Deep, slow breathing
Difficult breathing only possible with the assistance of the abdominal muscles
Frequent sighing, breathing
Continued inclination to draw a long breath
Breathing quick, difficult, and anxious; caused by stitches principally in the chest, compelling him to sit up
Stitches in the chest, when breathing or coughing
Inclination to cough, as if from viscid mucus, afterwards pains, as of excoriation, in the larynx, aggravated by speaking, or by smoking tobacco
Cough, mostly dry, excited by a tickling in the throat, or as if caused by smoke in the larynx, with a necessity for breathing often
Cough, from tickling in the throat and pit of the stomach; in the evening at night without expectoration; during the day the expectoration is yellow, or consists of coagulated brown blood, or of cold mucus of a disagreeable flat taste
Cough and stitches in the head and chest; or pain as if the head and chest would burst
Cough: with involuntary secretion of urine; hoarseness; thirst; sneezing; stitches in the chest and small of the back; red face; aggravated by motion, talking, laughing, eating, and drinking
Cough, as if from irritation of the stomach
Cramp-like, suffocating cough, esp. after midnight, or after having eaten or drunk, and often with vomiting of food
Cough in the morning, with water-brash
Cough which seems to bruise the chest
Cough, with shootings in the sides of the chest, or with aching pains in the head, as if it were going to split, as well as with shooting pains in the pit of the stomach, or with pains in the hypochondria
Cough, with expectoration of mucus of a dirty reddish colour
Cough, with yellowish expectoration
Cough, with expectoration of pure blood, or of slimy matter with streaks of blood
On coughing, pain, as of excoriation, in the pit of the stomach
Fit of choking before the paroxysm of nocturnal cough
Respiration difficult, or short, rapid, and anxious, or sighing
Oppression, with fits of choking
Respiration impeded by shootings in the chest
Respiration deep and slow, esp. while making any exertion
Constant occasion to make a deep inspiration
Fit of dyspna, even at night, sometimes with shooting colic and inclination to evacuate
Pressure on the chest, as if from a weight, with oppression
Contractive pain in the chest, excited by the cold air
Tension in the chest, on walking
Shootings in the chest and in the sides, as from an ulcer, esp. when coughing or breathing deeply, obliging the patient to remain seated, and when lying down to rest only on the back; aggravated by every movement
Heat in the chest (pleurisy, pneumonia)
Heat and burning pain in the chest, with anxiety and tightness
Sensation in the chest as if all there were detached, and were falling into the abdomen
Beatings of the heart; frequently very strong, and attended by oppression (carditis)
Frequent sharp pain, stitching in cardiac region
Painful stiffness of the neck
Rheumatic stiffness and tension in the nape of the neck, and in the neck
Red spots on the sides of the neck
Red miliary eruption on the neck, with violent itching
Sweat in the arm-pits
Sacral pains, with rigidity, which does not allow of walking upright
During rest, pain, as if caused by a bruise in the loins
Contractive, cramp-like pain all over the back
Shootings in the loins and in the back
Painful stiffness in the small of the back, compelling him to walk and sit crookedly
Shootings under the left shoulder-blade, extending to the heart, greatly aggravated by cough and respiration
Pressure on the shoulder, with shootings on breathing deeply
Rheumatic swelling of the r. shoulder and upper arm, with stitches
Tractive pains in the joints of the shoulders and of the arms, with tension, shootings, and shining red swelling
Tractive pains in the whole arm, and to the ends of the fingers
Convulsive movements, startings, and trembling of the arms
Burning pains and weariness in the arms
Constant trembling of the arms, and of the fingers
Swelling of the arm, round the elbow
Swelling of the elbow and hand joints, and upper parts of the hands
The wrist feels as if dislocated when moving it
Shootings in the joints of the elbow, and of the hand, with heaviness of the hands
Red miliary eruption on the forearm
Pain of dislocation in the joints of the hands, on moving them
At night, inflammation in the back of the hand, with burning pain
Swelling of the hands
Sensation of torpor in the palms of the hands
Shooting pains in the fingers when writing
Hot and pale swelling of the joints of the fingers
Starting of the fingers on moving the hands
Cracking and dislocation of the hip-joint, when walking
Stitches in the hip-joint, extending to the knee
Drawing pains in the thighs
Shootings in the thigh, from the buttock to the ankle, with insupportable pain on being touched, and during movement, as well as with great sweat over the whole body
Weariness and instability of the legs, esp. on going up stairs
Paralysis of the legs
Tensive and painful stiffness of the knees
Red and shining swelling of the knees, with violent shootings, esp. on walking
Painful stiffness of the knees, with stitches, esp. when moving them
Staggering and yielding of the knees, while walking
Tensive shootings and cramp-like pains in the knees, with tension extending to the calves of the legs
Sharp pains in the knees, extending to the tibia
Tensive and drawing shootings from the calves of the legs to the ankles, with red, shining swelling of the parts affected
The ankle feels as if dislocated, esp. when walking
Putrid ulcers on the lower extremities
Cramp in the calves of the legs, night and morning
Lassitude of the legs when walking and standing for any time
Swelling of the legs, extending to the feet
Pain, as of dislocation, in the foot when walking
Swelling of the feet, with redness and heat; pain, as from a bruise, on stretching the feet, tension on moving them; and pains, as from ulceration, on being touched
Shootings in the feet, the soles of the feet, and the toes, esp. when resting on the foot
Corns, with pressure, or with burning shootings, or with pain of excoriation on being touched
Over-sensitiveness of the senses to external impressions
Rheumatic and gouty pains in the limbs, with tension; worse from motion and contact
Tension, drawing pains, acute pullings and shootings, esp. in the limbs, and chiefly during movement, with insupportable pains on being touched, sweat of the part affected, and trembling of that part when the pains diminish
Stiffness and shootings in the joints, on being touched and when moved
In the evening, pain, as from fatigue, in the limbs, with paralytic weakness
Torpor and numbness of the limbs, with stiffness and pain of fatigue
Pale, tense, hot, swelling
Red, shining swelling of some parts of the body, with shooting during movement
Pain, as from a bruise, or of subcutaneous ulceration, or as if the flesh were detached from the bones
Dragging, with pressure, on the periosteum
Swelling and induration of the glands
Hard nodosities, in several parts of the skin, like small indurated glands
Pain, with shivering and cold in the body
Disposition to catch cold; inflammation of the inner parts
Startings of the muscles and of the limbs
Convulsions
Aggravation of the pains and sufferings at night, or in the evening, towards nine o'clock, as well as after having eaten, and from movement; amelioration during repose
Affections of the r. hypochondrium; inner lower belly; inner region of the liver; inner navel region; of r. upper and r. lower extremity
General uneasiness, sensation of squeezing, with shiverings, caused by the pressure of the clothing
Sensation of pulling throughout the whole body
Trembling of the limbs on rising after lying down
Want of strength in the limbs on walking, after having been seated
Great weariness and weakness, esp. in the morning, or on walking in the open air
Necessity to remain in a recumbent posture
Syncope
Sensation of weakness, esp. on walking in the open air
Yellow colour of the skin
Skin moist and clammy
Burning and pricking over the whole body, as if from nettles, after slight emotions
Erysipelatous inflammation, esp. in the joints
Nettle-rash
Miliary eruption, esp. in children, and lying-in women
Phlyctnoid eruptions, with gnawing or burning itching
Hard knots and blotches
Furfuraceous tetters, with burning itching
Petechi
Putrid ulcers, feeling cold
Ulcers, with sensation of cold or with pulsative or smarting pains
Chilblains
Corns, with pressure, or burning shootings, or pains of excoriation on being touched
Constant inclination to yawn
Great sleepiness during the day, esp. after dinner
Drowsiness, with half-closed eyes
Failing asleep late; not refreshing; complaints causing sleeplessness; lying on the back during sleep
Comatose sleepiness, interrupted by anxious delirium
Sleeplessness, esp. before midnight, caused by heat
Sleeplessness before midnight, with thirst, heat, and ebullitions
Ebullition of the blood, and anxiety, esp. in the chest
Sleep disturbed by thirst; with bitter taste in the mouth on waking
Inability to remain lying on the r. side
Starts, with fright, on going to sleep and during sleep
Unquiet sleep, with confused dreams, and great flow of ideas
On going to sleep, cries and delirium, as soon as the eyes are closed
Delirium as soon as he awakes
Disagreeable, vexatious dreams
Vivid dreams of the transactions of the day
Nocturnal delirium, and visions with the eyes open
Groans, esp. towards midnight
Somnambulism
Nightmare
Pulse full and hard, tense, and quick; seldom intermitting
Chill, with external coldness of the body
Coldness and chilliness, mostly in the evening, and often only on one (r.) side
More chilliness in the room than in the open air
Cold and shivering in the body, even in bed, in the evening, or accompanied by pains in all the limbs and cold sweat on the fore" head
Shiverings, with trembling, often with heat in the head, redness of the face, and thirst; or followed by heat, with sweat and thirst
Before the shiverings, vertigo and cephalalgia; then shivering with tension and drawing in the limbs
Fever, with bitter taste and thirst
Dry, burning heat, mostly internal, as if the blood were burning in the veins
Dislike to food and drink during the shiverings
Heat, at first alternately with shiverings, then burning heat and thirst, afterwards copious sweat
Universal dry heat, external and internal, almost always with a strong desire for cold drinks
Want of perspiration
Wants to drink much water during chill and fever
Heat on one side only
During the heat, vertigo and cephalalgia
Febrile attack, with cold, and shivering predominating; type, tertian; nausea, and necessity to remain in a recumbent posture, or with shooting pains in the side and in the abdomen, and thirst during the shiverings and the heat
At the termination of the fever, dry cough, with vomiting, shootings and oppression in the chest
Cold sweat on the forehead and on the head
Copious sweat while walking slowly in the open, cold air
Greasy sweat, day and night
Sweat, with anxiety and inquietude
Sighing-like breathing, short cough, and pressure on the chest
Profuse sweats, night and morning, sometimes of a sour smell
Compound fevers in general; chilliness and heat alternately; heat and shuddering alternately

Kent's Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Languid and tired
does not want to be spoken to
does not want to move
pains flit over the body
pains increase with movement
steady and continuous pain
parts become hot and inflamed
rawness in the chest
aversion to motion
symptoms worse with slightest movement
extreme irritability
effort to talk attended with horror
face puffed and purplish
dazed
venous stasis
dull congestive headache
stupid feeling in the head
dullness of mind
troubles commence early in the morning
state of stupidity bordering on unconsciousness
catarrhal congestions
sluggish state of mind
aggravated from motion
aggravated from being talked to
wants to lie still in bed
acute complaints aggravated from anger, from being aroused, from being disturbed, from controversy
stupefaction
confused
sees images
delirium
irrational talk or prattle of his business, aggravated after 3 P. M.
wants something and he knows not what
desire for things that cannot be had which are refused, or not wanted when offered
apprehensiveness
fearfulness
anxiety in whole body compelled him to do something constantly

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