Colchicum Automale

Questions

What is Colchicum ?

The Meadow Saffron, and the tincture is from the fresh bulbs just before blooming.

What is the general action of Colchicum?

Affects markedly the muscular tissue, periosteum and synovial membranes of joints. It seems more beneficial in chronic affections of these parts. Give four general characteristics of Colchicum. 1. General exhaustion of mind and body. 2. Great muscular prostration. . 3. Aggravation from exertion, even thinking. 4. Aggravation from motion.

What are the digestive characteristics of Colchicum?

Extreme aversion to food, nausea and loathing at the thought of food; he gags from the mere mention of food; loss of appetite, great debility and brown tongue.

What are the abdominal symptoms ?

Abdomen is distended enormously, with urging to stool and passage of jelly-like mucus; there are also dysenteric symptoms, with spasm of the sphincter ani.

What relation has Colchicum to Arsenic and Cinchona ?

It stands midway between them, having the weakness of Arsenic and the tympany of Cinchona.

When is Colchicum indicated in Rheumatism and Gout ?

Where the swelling is red or pale, with extreme tenderness to touch and a tendency to shift about from joint to joint; pains are worse in the evening and from the slightest motion; metastasis of gout to heart, with cutting pains about heart and oppression.

What has Asparagus been used for ?

Cystitis, enlarged prostate and catarrh of the neck of the bladder.

What are the characteristic symptoms of Lilium tigrinum or the Tiger lily ?

A bearing down sensation in the region of the uterus and vagina as if everything would press out, and the patient presses the vulva with the hand to relieve these symptoms. Soreness in pelvic region.

How does Sepia compare here ?

In Sepia the patient crosses the legs to prevent protrusion. There are more hysterical symptoms under Lilium and the ovarian pains are more intense.