Seven Hundred Red Line Symptoms from Materia Medica

Bryonia Alba bry.

Hutchison (1905)In every bookSave

Red line symptom

Very irritable, inclined to be angry. Sensation in bed as if be were sinking deep down. Headache from ironing, or from washing the perspiring face in cold water. Parched and dry lips, likes to moisten them often, mouth dry and thirsty for cold water. Delirium about his business, worse at night, after Anxiety about his business, worse at night, not the where-withal to live. Frequent drinking of cold water relieves the bitter taste and the inclination to vomit. Desire for things immediately, which when offered, are refused. Sitting up in bed causes nausea and fainting, Gastric affections, dry mouth and tongue, tongue coated white, giddy when stooping or rising, forehead heavy, taste bitter, food lies heavy, pit of stomach sore to touch, constipation, etc. Constipation, stools hard and dry as if burnt. Coming into warm room from cold air excites cough. Joints red, swollen, stiff, with stitching pains from slightest motion. Dropsical swellings increase during the day diminish during the night. Complaints when warm weather sets in after cold days. Sharp stitching pains in the chest, cannot ham to move or draw a deep breath. Sore, bruised pain in muscles of nape as from taking cold, also in lumbar region or small of back.