DOLICHOS PRURIENS
Cowhage
(DOLICHOS PURIENS – MUCUNA)
A right-sided medicine, with stated liver and pores and skin symptoms. A commonplace severe itching except eruption. Exalted fearful sensibility. Senile pruritus. Haemorrhoidal diathesis.
Throat.–Pain in throat, worse swallowing, under right perspective of jaw, as if splinter had been imbedded vertically. Pain in gums prevents sleep.
Abdomen.–Colic from getting toes wet. Constipation, with extreme itching; bloated abdomen. White stools. Swelling of liver. Haemorrhoids, with burning sensation.
Skin.–Intense itching, with no swelling or rash; worse throughout shoulders, additionally about elbows and knees and furry parts. Jaundice. Yellow in spots; itching excessively at night. Herpes zoster (Ars).
Modalities.–Worse, at night, scratching, proper side.
Relationship.–Compare: Rhus; Bell; Hep; Nit ac; Fagopyr.
Dose.–Sixth potency. Tincture, drop doses, in haemorrhoids.
