====== DOLICHOS PRURIENS ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Dolichos Pruriens.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Cowhage, or Cowitch. {{anchor:s3}}Leguminosae.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}A climbing plant, native to the West Indies and tropical America, synonymous with Mucuma pruriens, bears a fruit pod, about four inches long, covered with bristly hairs, from which the alcoholic tincture is prepared.

{{anchor:s5}}Introduced and proved by Jacob Jeanes.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s7}}- <span grade2>Sensation as of a splinter below angle of right lower jaw</span>, Jeanes, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 238; <span grade2>Cough</span>, Jeanes, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 680; <span grade2>Chronic neuralgic pains in gums</span>, Jeanes, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 206; <span grade2>Skin disease</span>, Lippe, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 239; <span grade2>Dry, tettery eruption on limbs, resembling zona</span>, Williamson, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 28; <span grade2>Herpes zoster</span>, Baikie, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 210.

====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======

{{anchor:s9}}Sensation as of a blow on head, feels stunned.

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

{{anchor:s11}}Head feels as if it would separate, it pains so.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Aching pain in right temple.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s14}}Eyes yellow.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s15}}~</span> <span grade3>Jaundice.</span>\\ {{anchor:s16}}Pain in right eye.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Eruption on margin of eyelids.

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

{{anchor:s19}}Pain in neighborhood of right ear.\\ {{anchor:s20}}Sudden dart of pain in right ear, later in left.

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s22}}Face yellow.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s23}}~</span> <span grade3>Jaundice.</span>\\ {{anchor:s24}}Circumscribed redness of one cheek.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s25}}Swelling of face, most of lips.</span>\\ {{anchor:s26}}Prickling itching of face.\\ {{anchor:s27}}Pain in right maxilla.

====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s29}}Soreness and tenderness of gums, even in teething children.</span>\\ {{anchor:s30}}Dull aching in a carious tooth, right side.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s31}}Gums exceedingly sensitive, but not sore.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s32}}Gums swollen; neuralgic pains in them, agg. at night.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s33}}Gums swollen, red, painful, can scarcely eat or drink.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s34}}Pain in gums, preventing her sleep half the night.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s35}}Gums irritated, wants them continually rubbed; dentition.</span>

====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======

{{anchor:s37}}Strong taste of blood in mouth, with cough.

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

{{anchor:s39}}Slight fullness just behind posterior palatine arch.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Sudden sensation of choking lump in pit of throat.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Roughness of throat.\\ <span grade4>{{anchor:s42}}Painful sensation in throat below angle of lower jaw on right side, as if a splinter three quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot; pain agg. by swallowing.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s43}}Pain in right throat, a subdued, contracting sensation, went to left side.</span>

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

{{anchor:s45}}Flatulent eructation.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s46}}Vomits bile.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s47}}~</span> <span grade2>Liver complaint.</span>

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

{{anchor:s49}}Noisy movement of flatus in stomach.

====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======

{{anchor:s51}}Swelling of liver; pain goes through from left lobe; pains in spleen with gravel.

====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======

{{anchor:s53}}Bloated, swollen abdomen, with constipation.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s54}}At intervals fearful cramps in abdomen, off and on for 4 or 5 years; attacks come on 2 or 3 times a day; sudden movement would bring it on.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s55}}~</span> <span grade3>Spine disease.</span>\\ {{anchor:s56}}Colic from getting feel wet.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Pain in abdomen in right lumbar region.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Bruised pain below umbilicus.\\ {{anchor:s59}}Bruised pain in left inguinal region.

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s61}}Constipation during teething or pregnancy.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s62}}White stools.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s63}}~</span> <span grade3>Jaundice.</span>\\ {{anchor:s64}}Tenesmus with looseness of bowels.\\ {{anchor:s65}}Pain in anus, with stool.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s66}}Costiveness.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s67}}~</span> <span grade3>Dentition.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s68}}~</span> <span grade3>Worms.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s69}}Thread, worms and complaint therefrom.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s70}}Constipation with liver complaint and itching.</span>

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s72}}Enuresis with gravel.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s73}}Small calculi pass away.</span>\\ {{anchor:s74}}Ischuria, with or without gravel.

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

{{anchor:s76}}Impotence.

====== PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s80}}Intolerance itching all over body, in pregnant women, agg. at night, preventing sleep; agg. from scratching; no perceptible eruption on the skin.</span>

====== RESPIRATION. [26] ======

{{anchor:s82}}Sudden sensation of a choking lump in throat.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s83}}Orthopnea.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s84}}~</span> <span grade2>Worms.</span>

====== COUGH. [27] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s86}}Cough: on lying down at night; with wheezing and dyspnea; 4 P. M. till morning.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s87}}Loud ringing, incessant cough.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s88}}~</span> <span grade2>Worms.</span>\\ {{anchor:s89}}Slight cough with easy expectoration, and strong taste of blood in mouth.\\ {{anchor:s90}}Easy, mucous expectoration.

====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======

{{anchor:s92}}Pains through the apices of both lungs.

====== OUTER CHEST. [30] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s94}}Eruption appeared on left axilla, spreading in rings forward to sternum and back to spine, with much burning and smarting.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s95}}~</span> <span grade3>Herpes zoster.</span>

====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======

{{anchor:s97}}Pain over right carotid artery, as if a splinter was sticking there.\\ {{anchor:s98}}Pain in muscles on right side of neck.\\ {{anchor:s99}}Pain under left scapula continuing till zona broke out.

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s101}}Pain on the top of right shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s102}}Aching pain in right arm and shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Aching soreness in last phalanx of right middle finger.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Pain at root of nail of right index finger.

====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s106}}Dry, tettery eruptions on arms and legs, resembling zona.</span>

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s110}}Lying down: at night, cough with wheezing.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Swallowing: agg. pain as if from a splinter in jaw.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Sudden movement: brings on fearful cramps in abdomen.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s114}}Twitching of muscles.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s115}}Clonic spasms of extremities, with loss of consciousness; eyes fixed; lids open.</span>\\ {{anchor:s116}}Convulsions of children.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s117}}Nervous affections of children during dentition.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s118}}Neuralgia following herpes zoster.</span>

====== SLEEP. [37] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s120}}At night in bed burning in skin is intolerable.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s121}}Night without sleep.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s122}}~</span> <span grade3>Liver complaint.</span>

====== TIME. [38] ======

{{anchor:s124}}Night: neuralgic pain in gums agg.; pain in gums prevents sleep; terrible itching agg.; lying down from 4 P. M. till morning; cough with wheezing; skin burns; cannot sleep on account of itching.

====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======

{{anchor:s126}}Warmth: agg. itching at night.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s127}}Cold water burns on the itching skin.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s128}}Cold water lessens itching but causes great trembling.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s129}}Getting feel wet: colic.</span>

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s131}}Skin burns at night, in bed.

====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======

{{anchor:s133}}At intervals: fearful cramps in abdomen, off and on for 4 or 5 years.\\ {{anchor:s134}}Two or three times a day: attacks of cramps in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s135}}Three days: pain under left scapula.\\ {{anchor:s136}}Seven to ten days: itching lasts; after desquamation itching and swelling returns.\\ {{anchor:s137}}For seven years every winter: itching.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s139}}Left: pain through liver from lobe; pain in inguinal region; eruption on axilla; pain under scapula.\\ {{anchor:s140}}Right: aching pain in temple, in eye, near ear; pain in maxilla; dull aching in tooth right side; painful sensation in side of jaw as of a splinter imbedded there; pain in throat; pain in abdomen, lumbar region; pain in carotid artery as of a splinter; pain in muscles in side of neck, on top of shoulder; aching in last phalanx of middle finger; pain at root of nail of index finger.\\ {{anchor:s141}}Right to left: pain passing from right side of throat to left; dart of pain in right ear then left ear.\\ {{anchor:s142}}Upwards: itching first on feet, every winter higher up, until it reaches hip and abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Spreading in rings forward and back: eruption on axilla.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s145}}Sensation as of a blow on head; head feels as if it would separate; sensation of choking lump in pit of throat; in throat below angle of lower jaw on right side, as if a splinter three-quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot.\\ {{anchor:s146}}Pain: in head; in right eye; in neighborhood of right ear; in right maxilla; in gums; in right throat; goes through liver from left lobe; in spleen, with gravel; in abdomen; in right lumbar region; in anus, with stool; through the apices of both lungs; over right carotid artery as if a splinter was sticking there; in muscles of right side of neck; under left scapula till zona broke out; on top of right shoulder; at root of nail of right index finger.\\ {{anchor:s147}}Fearful cramps: in abdomen at intervals.\\ {{anchor:s148}}Sudden dart: in ears.\\ {{anchor:s149}}Aching: in right temple; dull, in a carious tooth, right side; in right arm and shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s150}}Neuralgia: in gums; following herpes zoster.\\ {{anchor:s151}}Bruised pain: below umbilicus; in left inguinal region.\\ {{anchor:s152}}Burning and smarting: with eruption on left axilla, spreading in rings forward to sternum and back to spine; in skin is intolerable.\\ {{anchor:s153}}Soreness: of gums; with aching in last phalanx of right middle finger.\\ {{anchor:s154}}Sensitiveness: of gums.\\ {{anchor:s155}}Contracting sensation: from right side of throat to left.\\ {{anchor:s156}}Irritation of skin.\\ {{anchor:s157}}Prickling itching: of face.\\ {{anchor:s158}}Itching: constipation with liver complaints all over body intolerable.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s160}}Acts upon cerebro-spinal system, producing muscular twitchings and convulsions.\\ {{anchor:s161}}Irritation of skin in jaundice, liver complaint, and during pregnancy.

====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======

{{anchor:s165}}Rubbing: amel. irritated gums.\\ {{anchor:s166}}Scratching: agg. itching.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

<span grade4>{{anchor:s168}}Violent itching all over body, without any visible eruption.</span> <span sbitared>{{anchor:s169}}~</span> <span grade4>Constipation during pregnancy.</span> <span sbitared>{{anchor:s170}}~</span> <span grade4>Jaundice.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s171}}Intolerable itching all over body; worse at night, preventing sleep; scratching increases itching; there is nothing perceptible on skin; nor is there any swelling.</span>\\ {{anchor:s172}}Jaundice; skin yellow in spots or all over, and itching excessively at night.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s173}}Terrible itching over whole body, with swelling of face and particularly of lips; she is compelled to scratch incessantly, but without relief; agg. at night; in bed; from warmth; cold water applied to skin causes burning; hands and face wounded by violent scratching; lasts 7-10 days, when desquamation of small scales from surface of whole body occurs; as soon as desquamation is completed, itching and swelling again return.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s174}}Pain under left scapula, which continued three days, when an eruption made its appearance on axilla of affected side, and assumed the herpetic form; spreading in rings forward to sternum, and backward to spine, attended with much burning and smarting.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s175}}~</span> <span grade3>Herpes zoster.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s176}}Dry tettery eruption on arms and limbs, resembling zona.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s177}}Itching, without eruption, first on feet, every winter higher up, after 7 years reaches hips and abdomen.</span>

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

<span grade4>{{anchor:s179}}Teething children.</span>\\ {{anchor:s180}}A child, 5 or 6 years old; jaundice.\\ {{anchor:s181}}Woman, unmarried, aet. 36, suffered from chronic rheumatism; skin disease.\\ {{anchor:s182}}Lady, aet. 45; herpes zoster.\\ {{anchor:s183}}Woman, aet. 45, formerly asthmatic; painful sensation of splinter in right side of neck, below lower jaw.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s185}}Antidoted by: <span grade2>Acon.</span>, which must be given preceding <span grade2>Dol.</span>, in cases of dentition attended by fever, to prevent convulsions.\\ {{anchor:s186}}Cured herpes zoster, after failure of <span grade2>Rhus tox.</span>

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 05, 1887 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r766|Dolichos Pruriens]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r766|Dolichos Pruriens]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1887 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}