Colchicum Autumnale colch.
Mnemonic names
Colch. / (Coach.) / Coachman.
Verse
Colchicum, for prime causation,
Has rheumatic inflammation.
And with rheumatism has
Bloat of water, and of gas.
Bloody-shreddy-are his stools,
Urine dark in scanty pools.
Stomach sick from smell of food,
Mind in irritable mood.
Painful tearing, at its height
When in motion, and at night.
Mnemonic sentences
The Coachman,-Has Rheumatism.
The Coachman, Bryon Kalmi, with a jar of butter, limps on the road leading to Gaul, with the yellow squaw, Lithia.
This Coachman,-Who is subject to Nausea from odor of food,-is at the Wine, with the black tinner.
Indications
Rheumatism: Colch., Bry., Kalmi., Aco., Rhus., Bell., Tart. e., Lyc., Mer., Pul., Sul., Rhod., Led., Gaultheria tincture, ten drops in sugar, Gel., Cimi., Lith. c., etc. (Muscular especially, Cimi., Stict.)
Nausea from Odor of Food: Colch., Ars., Nux. v., Sep., Stan.