Bryonia Alba
White bryony · Abbrev.: BRY
Dose
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3C to 200C according to acuteness; single doses traditionally observed longer than Aconite-type remedies.
Fever
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Chill with external coldness and internal heat; sweat after little exertion; slow rise of fever compared to Aconite or Belladonna.
Generalities
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Every complaint aggravated by any motion; better complete rest and firm pressure. Serous inflammations are its traditional field.
Head
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Stitching headaches worse from the slightest motion including eye movement; bursting headache over the eyes; dry nose with clinkers.
Introduction
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The motion-worst remedy: stitching pains, dryness everywhere, and a desire to lie perfectly still.
Mind
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Delirium about business by day; wants to go home when out. Irritable, taciturn; answers shortly. Anxiety with fear of poverty in chronic states.
Modalities
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Worse: motion, warmth, eating, warm rooms, deep breathing. Better: cool open air, rest, pressure, lying on painful side.
Relationships
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Compare Rhus tox (its thermal opposite: restless, better continued motion), Pulsatilla (changeable, weepy). Complementary: Alumina, Rhus toxicodendron.
Respiratory
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Dry, hard cough at night forcing the sufferer to sit up; chest walls sore and must be held during cough. Stitching pleuritic pains.
Stomach
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Thirst for large quantities of cold water at long intervals; nausea on sitting up; white-coated tongue.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
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