An active principle (glucoside) of Citrullus colocynthis.

Formula, C56H84O 23.

Preparation , Dilutions in alcohol.

Authorities.

1 , Gerstil, provings with 2d to 6th dec. dils., Œst. Zeit. f. Hom., 1 2 , Watzke, provings with the same, ibid.

MIND

Depression, towards evening, 2.
Great depression, all day, 2.
Great depression, in the morning, 2.
Remarkably depressed, in the evening, 2.
Unusually out of humor, 2.

HEAD

Confusion and Vertigo.
Slight intimation of confusion of the head, 1.
Slight confusion of the head, 2.
Slight confusion in the forehead, 1.
Confusion in the left side of the head, especially in the temporal region, 1. [10.]
Transient attack of vertigo, 2.
General Head.
Affection of the whole head, 1.
Painfulness of the whole head, especially of the temporal and frontal regions, scalp, and eyeballs, aggravated by moving the eyes, straining the sight, or bending forwards, 2.
Headache aggravated by riding in the rail-cars, obliging me to move slowly and to tread softly, otherwise the brain seemed to shake about, as if loose, against the skull (in the median vertical region); this was accompanied by very severe sore pain, and as it lasted during a quarter of an hour's walk, it put me in a very bad humor, 2.
Stitches in the brain, 2.
Forehead.
Dull headache in the frontal region, 2.
Temples.
Pressure in the temple, 1.
Sensitiveness of the temples and forehead, 2.
Vertex.
Occasional pressure on the vertex, in the evening, 2.
Sides.
Painfulness of the whole left side of the head, 1.
Occiput. [20.]
Heaviness and pain in the occiput, 2.
Sensitiveness of the cerebellum, on turning the head, 2.
Heavy tread caused stitches to traverse the occiput, 2.
On coughing, exceedingly painful stitches darting through the cerebellum like lightning, 2.

EYE

Lids.
Feeling of pressure and swelling in the lower eyelids, 1.
Formication of the eyelids, 1.
Ball.
Painfulness of the eyeballs, 2.
Aching in the eyeballs, aggravated by straining the sight, moving the eyes rapidly, and bowing the head, lasting all day, 2.
Vision.
It seemed as though vision were sharper than usual, on going out; looking through the ordinary spectacles was rather straining, 2.

EAR

Tickling in the left external ear, with burning of the tip, 1.

FACE. [30.]

Pressure in the left cheek-bone, 1.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Pain in a hollow molar, and drawing in the incisors, with sensation of swelling of the left cheek, 1.
Crawling in the lower incisors on the left side, 1.
Tongue.
Tongue moist, slightly coated, 2.
Taste.
Persistent, disgusting, bitter taste in the mouth, 1.
Persistent, earthy, bitter taste upon the tongue, 1.
Prickling and metallic taste on the tip of the tongue, 1.

THROAT

Feeling of roughness in the throat, 2.
Burning in the posterior wall of the pharynx, 1.

STOMACH

Appetite.
Appetite began to increase a little, 2. [40.]
Appetite somewhat diminished, 2.
Thirst.
Thirst, 2.
Much thirst, 2.
Heartburn.
Transient heartburn, in the forenoon, 1.
Stomach.
Continual burning pressure in the stomach, up into the œsophagus, during the following forenoon, 1.
Sticking in the epigastrium, 2.
Sticking, continuing several minutes, in the epigastrium, which was tense and inflated, 2.
Fine stitches in the pit of the stomach, 2.
Pulsation in the pit of the stomach , accompanied by prickling stitches on the back, in the neighborhood of the middle thoracic vertebræ, 1.

ABDOMEN

Umbilical.
Pinching and movements in the umbilical region, 2. [50.]
Violent pinching in the umbilical region, 2.
General Abdomen.
A gentle feeling of warmth in the abdomen, as if from a congestion of the bowels, followed by a copious discharge of flatus, in the afternoon, 1.
Pinching in the bowels, 2.
Awoke with griping and movements in the abdomen, 2.
Intimations of colic, with inflation in the umbilical region, in the morning; slight colic some fingers' breadth below the navel (after six hours), 1.
Slight intimations of colic, drawing from the hypogastrium to the hepatic region, accompanied by shuddering in the scrotum, with erections, and pain in the buttock, 1.
Colic pains, with inflation of the abdomen, 1.
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
Tension in the right inguinal region, and drawing along the spermatic cord into the right testicle, which was somewhat sensitive towards evening; worse the next morning and aggravated by walking, bending over, and going upstairs, 2.
When walking, stitches from the small of the back to the groin, and a hard tread caused pain in the right testicle, so that at last I feared to move about; at the same time the left testicle became sensitive also. The pain was much ameliorated by rest, and especially by bending over, 2.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Tickling in the rectum, 1.
Feeling of moisture at the anus, 1. [60.]
Inclination to stool, several times in the afternoon, 2.
Strong, irresistible inclination to stool; a scanty brownish-red evacuation, with painful tenesmus, lasting some ten minutes, 2.

STOOL

Some slight, rapid, brown, soft stools, in the afternoon, 2.
Two soft brown stools every day, 2.
Four painless, pappy stools during the day, 1.
Two scanty, fluid stools, with no tenesmus, and scarcely perceptible colic, one at midday, and the other in the evening. The next day, two soft, rapidly and easily discharged stools in quick succession, 2.
Towards 11 P.M., a copious, thin, pappy evacuation, easily and rapidly discharged, without tenesmus, 2.

URINARY ORGANS

Urethra.
Sensations of tenesmus in the urethra and rectum, after urinating, 1.
Frequent urging to urinate, in the evening, 2.
Micturition.
Frequent urination, 1. [70.]
Urine fiery; becomes cloudy on standing, but deposits no sediment, 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Congestion towards the genital organs, especially the scrotum, with feeling of heat and persistent burning in a small spot upon the same, without erections, 1.
Cramplike pain in the penis, which lasted several minutes, during which it seemed as if it were bent double, 2.
Crawling in the penis, with sexual desire, 1.
The right testicle, and particularly the epididymis, was considerably swollen and painful to external touch, 2.
A pollution at night, a very unusual occurrence with him, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Short hacking cough, excited by a tickling in the throat, 1.
Dry cough, at times, 2.
Loose cough, 2.
Cough excited by the roughness in the throat, caused no pain in either the chest or abdomen, and was accompanied by a whitish-yellow mucus, expectorated without difficulty, 2. [80.]
Frequent cough in the early morning, and easy expectoration of a thick, yellow mucus, 2.

CHEST

Chest somewhat painful and oppressed, 2.

HEART AND PULSE

Heart's Action.
Palpitation, 1.
Pulse.
Somewhat accelerated pulse, 2.
Pulse over 90, 2.
Pulse 92, 2.
Pulse 100, 2.

NECK AND BACK

Sharp in pressing pain in some spots on the nape of the neck, as if from a sprain, aggravated by movement, the spot itself being sensitive to pressure from without, 1.
Painfulness and feeling of heat along the whole spine, 2.
Stitches in the region of the lowest dorsal vertebræ, 1.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL. [90.]

Slight pains here and there in the left leg and arm, 1.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Tearing in the left shoulder, 1.
Frequently repeated stitches from the left axilla down to the left elbow, 2.
Paralytic weakness of the right forearm, while writing, 1.
Cramplike pain in the muscles of the left wrist, 1.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Weakness of the legs, in the forenoon, 1.
Great stiffness and heaviness in the tibiæ, 2.
Prickling in the left calf and sole, 1.
Painfulness of the malleoli, 2.
Burning sticking and sensation of warmth on the dorsum of the right foot; pressing-digging pain in the external side of second toe of left foot, 1.
Burning pain in both soles, with feeling as if they were swollen, 1.
Pain in the right great toe, accompanied by a dull, not easily described feeling, as of heat, on various parts of the right thigh, especially on the posterior side in the course of the sciatic nerve; at the same time, a similar sensation in the external ball of the little toe of the same side; after some hours, pressure in the left great toe, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS. [100.]

Great desire to lie down, requiring great exertion to get off the bed, 2.
Great debility, 2.
Unusual debility, towards evening, 2.
All the symptoms were developed when seated, lasted almost two hours, and disappeared entirely on walking, 1.
A cup of black coffee relieved the symptoms, but they did not entirely disappear until I went to bed, which I was glad to do at 7 A.M., 2.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Restless sleep, with many vivid dreams, 2.
Very restless sleep, at night, 2.
Tossing about at night, 2.
Vivid dreams, at night, 1.
Uninterrupted, confused dreams, 2.

FEVER

Chilliness. [110.]
Disagreeable feeling of chilliness, 2.
Heat.
Heat in the whole body, 2.
Dry heat, at night, 2.
Hotter than usual all over, in the evening, 2.
Decided feeling of heat in the stomach, as if from hot water, 1.
Sweat.
Sweat, in the morning, 2.
Profuse sweat, towards morning, 2.

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Depression; early, cough.
( Forenoon ), Heartburn; weakness of legs.
( Afternoon ), All symptoms; towards evening, depression; towards evening, tension in inguinal region; towards evening, debility.
( Evening ), All symptoms ; depression; pressure on vertex; urging to urinate; heat.
( Night ), Dry heat; towards morning sweat.
( Ascending stairs ), Tension in inguinal region, etc.
( Bending forwards ), Painfulness of head; tension in inguinal region, etc.
( Bowing head ), Aching in eyeballs.
( On coughing ), Stitches through cerebellum.
( Movement ), Pain in nape of neck.
( Moving eyes ), Painfulness of head; aching in eyeballs.
( Riding in rail-car ), Headache.
( When seated ), All symptoms developed.
( Straining the sight ), Painfulness of head; aching in eyeballs.
( Heavy head ), Stitches through occiput; pain in testicle.
( Walking ), Tension in inguinal region, etc.; stitches in groin.
( While writing ), Weakness of forearm.
Amelioration.
( Bending over ), Pain in testicles.
( Black coffee ), The symptoms.
( Rest ), All symptoms; pain in testicles.
( On walking ), All symptoms disappeared.

SUPPLEMENT: COLOCYNTHINUM. Authority.

56 , Henry Usher. The Organon, vol. i, Jan. 1878, p. 104, effects of 6th dec. in three doses.

Dark redness and painfulness of the frænum penis; it ceased after a while, 56.

Colocynthinum