SBL Colchicum autumnale

Common Name: Meadow Saffron
Prepared From: Tincture of the bulb dug in spring

Key Benefits and Uses

Colchicum Autumnale is a significant remedy for weakness, gout, and joint pains, particularly when symptoms are worse from sunset to sunrise. It helps in relieving digestive discomfort, joint inflammation, and certain urinary complaints.

Primary Benefits:

• Effective for nausea caused by the thought, sight, or smell of food, especially cooking.
• Relieves gouty pains in small joints, which often shift from one joint to another.
• Treats swollen joints and stiffness with a powerless sensation in the limbs.
• Useful for intestinal inflammation with characteristic mucous or bloody discharges.

Symptoms Treated with Colchicum Autumnale

Mind and Head:

• Weak memory and an aversion to mental exertion.
• Cramp-like headaches, particularly above the eyes, relieved after supper.

Eyes, Ears, and Nose:

• Swelling of lower eyelids with digging pains in the eyes.
• Obstruction sensation in the ears with drawing pains.
• Tingling in the nose.

Mouth and Throat:

• Swollen, edematous face with cracked lips.
• Dryness and acute pains in the gums and throat.
• Inflammation with tearing sensations in the palate and throat.

Stomach and Abdomen:

• Nausea from the smell of food, leading to faintness.
• Burning or cold sensations in the stomach with excessive gas.
• Colic and tearing abdominal pains.

Stool and Anus:

• Mucous or bloody discharges resembling scraped-off mucous membrane.
• Tingling, itching, burning, and tearing sensations in the anus.

Urinary Complaints:

• Urine rich in albumen and casts.
• Bright red urine with scanty, painful emissions.
• Pulling and tearing pains in the urethra.

Extremities:

• Pain in small joints, especially the great toes, common in gout.
• Tingling and tearing in fingers, hands, legs, and feet.
• Frozen-like sensations in extremities.

Generalities:

• Hoarseness in the morning with roughness in the throat.
• Weakness and lameness throughout the body.
• Swelling in joints that shifts, worsens in wet and cold weather, and pits under pressure.

Dosage Instructions

• General Dosage: Take 5 drops diluted in half a cup of water, three times daily.
• Alternatively, medicate globules and take three times daily or as prescribed by a physician.

Precautions

• Maintain a 15-minute gap before or after meals when taking this medicine.
• If pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a homeopathic practitioner.
• Avoid tobacco and alcohol during treatment.

Side Effects

• No significant side effects when taken as directed.
• Safe to use alongside allopathic and Ayurvedic treatments.

Terms and Conditions

This homeopathic remedy is recommended based on symptom similarity. Results may vary depending on individual conditions. It is advised to consult a physician before starting Colchicum Autumnale and avoid self-medication.