DULCAMARA

RESPIRATORY DISEASES:

• Rhinopharyngitis characterized by a stuffy nose caused by damp cold or fog.

• Febrile conditions secondary to humid cold.

• Asthma or tracheobronchitis with a dry or mucus cough after a cold in the wet.

DIGESTIVE DISEASES:

• Diarrhea due to cooling (drop in temperature) together with moisture, especially during the summer heat.

RHEUMATIC DISEASES:

• Muscle and tendon pain in cold and humid weather or after soaking or sweating.

SKIN DISEASES:

• Winter urticaria or wetting eczema after exposure to damp cold.

OTHER DISEASES:

• Inflammation of the nodes in children sensitive to moist cold.

• Bladder pain caused by moist cold.

CHARACTERISTICS - FEELINGS: Stuck nose in humid weather; a feeling of congestion in the larynx causing constant coughing; pain always accompanied by a feeling of penetrating cold; The pains are either acute, shooting, of the neuralgic type or dull, with a feeling of stiffness and crushing.

MODALITIES: Deterioration by damp, humid cold; in rainy weather, by fog. (This modality may in itself be sufficient when prescribing this drug. It can be said that Dulcamara is for humid cold what Aconitum is for dry cold.); in bed, at night. Heat improvement (except cough); in dry weather, when inhaling warm air (rhinitis); during movement (rheumatism).

ACCOMPANYING FEATURES: General coldness with a feeling of icy cold limbs; feeling thirsty for cold drinks; marked salivation with thick and viscous saliva.