COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE

Source indications

adapted to the rheumatic, gouty diathesis; persons of robust vigorous constitution; diseases of old people
external impressions, light, noise, strong odors, contact, bad manners, make him almost beside himself; his sufferings seem intolerable
ailments: from grief or misdeeds of others
pains are drawing, tearing, pressing; light or superficial during warm weather; affect the bones and deeper tissues, when air is cold; pains go from left to right
smell painfully acute; nausea and faintness from the odor of cooking food, especially fish, eggs or fat meat; bad effects from night watching
aversion to food; loathing even the sight of still more the smell of it
the abdomen is immensely distended with gas, feeling as if it would burst
burning, or icy coldness in stomach and abdomen
autumnal dysentery, discharges from bowels contain white shreddy particles in large quantities; white mucus; \"scrapings of intestines\"
urine: dark, scanty or suppressed; in drops, with white sediment; bloody, brown, black, inky; contains clots of putrid decomposed blood, albumin, sugar
affected parts very sensitive to contact and motion
arthiritic pains in joints; patient scremas with pain on touching a joint or stubbing a toe
worse from mental emotion or exhaustion; effects of hard study; odor of cooking food
if the patient lies perfectly still, the disposition to vomit is less urgent; every motion renew it