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Remedy Name/s: |
Common Name/s: |
Latin, Zoological, Botanical and mineralogical name/s: |
| Colocynthis, Coloc. |
Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber |
Citrullus Colocynthis |
General description and domicile:
Colocynthis is native to Turkey but is cultivated in many dry, hot
semi-desert areas around the world. The fruit is an orange sized gourd that
contains pulp and seed. The seeds are claimed to be nutritional but the pulp and
outer skin of the gourd contains a highly poisonous constituent called
colocynthin.
The plant is very similar to the common cucumber plant which is
probably where the name Bitter cucumber" comes from.
Warning: Extreme care must be taken when handling this
plant.
Part used and extraction:
The gourd is dried and deseeded. All of the seedless gourd is used
Remedy preparation:
Powdered and steeped in alcohol to obtain mother tincture
History:
The medicinal use of this plant goes back to biblical times when it was used
as a purgative and to treat mental disorders.
Proved by Hanhnemann
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Remedy profile:
Colocynthis people are reserved with a restless and anxious undercurrent
which is hard to hide. They tend to bear grudges when humiliated by being
disregarded or contradicted and suppress anger and this is normally when the
physical symptoms appear.
Colic, abdominal pain and other gastric upsets are the main physical symptoms.
They may be accompanied by headaches and neck pain and shooting pains in the
limbs.
Key Symptoms:
Suppressed anger, Colic, Indignation.
Used for treatment of:
Neuralgia
Diarrhea (with abdominal cramping)
Headache
Migraine
Colic
Vomiting (abdominal cramping)
Abdominal pain
Cramps
Menstrual cramps
Sciatica
Backache (accompanied with shooting pains in one or more limbs)
General Symptoms Worse for:
Factors/Conditions that make the symptoms worse
Anger
Eating
Cold
Damp
Windy weather
Movement
General Symptoms Better for:
Factors/Conditions that improve symptoms
Warmth
Pressure on affected area
Bending double
See also our
Herbal page on Colocynthis.
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