SBL Bryonia Alba Dilution 200 CH

Common name: Wild Hops

Causes and Symptoms for SBL Bryonia Alba Dilution 200 CH 

• Bryonia  is useful in pains worse by motion and better by rest. These characteristic stitching pains, greatly aggravated by any motion, are found everywhere, but especially in the chest; worse pressure. 
• The Bryonia alba patient is irritable; has vertigo from raising the head, pressive headache; dry, parched lips, mouth; excessive thirst, bitter taste, sensitive epigastrium, and feeling of a stone in the stomach. Bryonia alba is a great medicine to relieve the dryness in stools that are large and hard as well.     
• Bryonia Alba has marked action on flu and rheumatism. Coryza with frequent sneezing, dry nose and loss of smell. Onset of fever is slow and insidious. Fever caused by taking cold in hot summer weather, from exposure to draught of cold wind. During fever, the patient lies quietly. Does not want to move, even a little bit of motion makes him worse. 
• There is constant motion of left arm and left leg during fever. Bryonia Alba is a chief remedy for rheumatism and arthritis. The knee joints are stiff and painful. There is hot swelling of the feet. 
• Joints are red, swollen, hot with stiching pain relieved by absolute rest and pressure and by lying on painful side. Worse on least movement.
• Bryonia Alba also helps in respiratory symptoms like dry cough, bronchitis, asthma and also early stages of pneumonia. Cough is caused after taking cold or getting hot in summer. Right side of the chest is usually involved. Cough is dry, hard with gagging and vomiting with stitching pain in chest. 
• The patient holds the chest while coughing as slightest movement worsens the pain. Cough is worse during night, from motion, from laughing, from talking and from heat of room. It is also indicated in early stage of pneumonia. Lower lobe of right lung is affected.
• Bryonia Alba is useful in gastro-intestinal symptoms. There is dryness of the mucus membrane of the entire alimentary canal. Dryness of mouth is well marked. Dyspepsia with soreness in stomach. Vomiting of bile immediately after eating. Pain in the abdomen worse after eating and not relieved by pressure. Most of the pains relieved by pressure but not the gastric pain. 
• Bryonia is also useful in constipation. Stool is dry, hard, knotty as if burnt. Headache due to constipation, with thirst for large quantity of cold water at long intervals. Bryonia Alba is also useful in gastro enteritis causing diarrhoea. Morning diarrhoea as soon as the patient gets up from bed and puts the feet on the floor. Watery stool containing undigested food particles.
• Bryonia Alba is also helps in headache caused due to draught of cold air, from constipation and from ironing. Pain is bursting type as if brain going to burst. Feels that the contents of cranium would be pushed out. Headache is worse from motion, in morning and better from pressure and lying on painful side.
• Cough relived is dry as the dryness runs throughout the whole remedy. The dropsical effusions into synovial and serous membranes are treated by bryonia alba. Bryonia alba affects especially the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability. 

Mind  

- Irritable, wants to be left alone. Reserved.  

- Fear of poverty, fear of starving, anxiety about future.  

- Materialistic. Possession oriented.  

- Insecurity, withdrawn into themselves, isolated from social contact.  

- Thoughts, talks about Business. Determined.  

- Despair of recovery. Seem to hold others responsible for their suffering.  

- Dullness morning on waking worse exertion, conversation.  

- Children ask for things that are difficult to find, immediately throw it away (Cham).    

- Exceedingly irritable; everything puts him out of humor. Delirium; wants to go home.

Generalities  

- Worse least MOTION but may be restless from severe pains, better rest   

- Heat, over-heating.   

- PRESSURE, lying on painful side.   

- Cold applications, except stomach: Worse cold applications.  

· Often slow onset of acute diseases.  

· Injuries, sprains, etc.  

· Stitching pains.  

· Acute  · Slow onset (Gels).  

· Also possible: dry mouth and thirst less.   at long intervals.  

· Also possible: dry mouth and thirstless.  

· Pains: aggravated Slight motion, heat.  

Food and drinks   

- Desire: meat, oysters, warm drinks (milk) or cold drinks.   

- Aversion: Fat.   

- aggravated by Beans and peas, bread.   

- Great Thirst for large quantities (often or long intervals).