BRYONIA ALBA

Action of Medicine:

Mucous membranes are all dry. It disorders circulation, producing congestion, alters the blood, giving rise to typhoid, bilious, rheumatic and remittent types of fevers. In most other complaints, the aggravation from motion, movement of all kinds is a leading characteristic. The patient avoids even the movement of the eyes, raising head from pillow causes faintness, nausea and vomiting. Allied to this is better from pressure from lying on painful side. Often indicated in injury of the lints when Arnica fails. The general character of the pain is stitching, tearing, worse by motion, better rest. The Bryonia patient is irritable, has vertigo from raising the head. Pressure headaches. Severe headaches. Bursting, splitting headaches. Aching in joints and muscles. The characteristic stitching pains are greatly aggravated by any motion, are found everywhere, but especially in the chest. Muscles become hard after neuralgia. Dry hacking painful coughs in pleurisy, pneumonia, rheumatic pains and swellings, dropsical effusions in to synovial and serous membranes. Dry, parched lips and mouth, excessive thirst, bitter taste in the mouth. Sensitive epigastrium and feeling of a stone in the stomach, stools large, dry, hard. Complaints, develop slowly, but forcibly. Mucous membranes become dry, hence discharges are scanty and adherent. Dryness everywhere of mouth, throat, etc. Streaks of red in lymphangitis. Children dislike to be carried or raised. Physical weakness, on slightest exertion, all pervading irritability. Dropsical swellings gradually increase as the day progresses and disappear during the night. Joints painful. Every spot in the body is painful to pressure. Pains are bursting, stitching, or heavy sore, going backwards. Right sided effects. Vicarious bleeding.

References:Boericke’s New Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory