Keypoints to remember:-
- Rheumatism– Muscles related problems, Gout. Pain(s) in body, joints and muscles which is aggravated by motion and better by rest. This modality is a common symptom of weather change in most of the patients.
- Complaints when warm weathersets in after cold days–> exposure to variation in temperature makes an Individual vunlerable for developing complaints like:-
- Taking cold easily
- Increased thirst and desire for cold things thus URTIs develope
- Drynessin various parts of body may be represented by:
- Dryness of throat with Cough which is dry in nature, Spasmodic/Paroxysmal and may be attended by Vomitting (especially in children who cannot spit the expectoration out). It may be attended by chest pain on coughing, intercostal neuralgia etc
- Dryness of mouth:- increased thirst for water and cold things- thus upper respiratory tract infections are very common in this season and in Bryonia
- Rectum: Constipated stools with inactivity of rectum
- Dryness in urinary passage: Urinary tract infection
- Diarrhoea:– This may develope as a result of intolerance to cold things taken by patient, and it is mention in materia medica for this reason only as “In hot weather”.
- Headache:- with cough and URTIs
Constitutional traits of Bryonia:-
- Irritability
- Bad effects of anger and mortification
- Delirium about business
Similarity:
- Belladona, Hep Sulph: in seasonal URTIs
- Ran b:- Pleuritic/Chest complaints as in Intercostal Neuralgia
What after Bryonia as first prescription:–
- Alumina: in constipation
- Kali-c: residual cough remaining after bry
- Nux-v: constipation
- Phos: cough/URTI in children
- Rhus-t: muscles related problems, bodyache
- Sulph: constipation, dryness with burning pains, also as a general antipsoric remedy.
Extened information:-
-Habitat: Europe, etc.
-Fresh plant, gathered before inflorescence; Class I.
-Antidotes.-Acon., Camph., Coff., Rhus., Cham., Seneg., Nux vom., Alum., Puls.
-Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Bryonia has four special centers of action:
-I.SEROUS MEMBRANES.Rheumatoid Inflammation; Effusions.
-II.MUCOUS MEMBRANES.Arrested Secretions.
-III.MUSCULAR SYSTEM.Rheumatoid Inflammation.
-IV.CIRCULATION.Accelerated. Temperature Elevated.
