• Bryonia Alba acts on all serous membranes and the viscera they contain.

• Aching in every muscle.

• General character of the pain: stitching, tearing.

• Worse by motion, better by rest.

• Stitching pains are greatly aggravated by any motion, especially in the chest.

• Worse by pressure.

• Mucous membranes are all dry.

• Bryonia Alba affects especially the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability.

• It prefers the right side, the evening, and open air.

• Warm weather after cold days aggravates symptoms.

• Children dislike to be carried or raised.

• Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy.

• Complaints apt to develop slowly.

• Great dryness of all membranes.

• Stitching, bursting headaches.

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• Right-sided affections are common.

• Bryonia Alba is useful in acute or subacute disorders.

• Useful in dropsical effusions into synovial and serous membranes.

• General aggravation in the morning.

• The patient is irritable, easily angered.

• The patient desires to be left alone; aggravated by company.

• The patient is anxious about the future, especially financial matters.

• Fear of poverty.

• Delirium; the patient talks about business.

• Dullness of mind, difficulty concentrating.

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• The patient wants to go home; delirium with this desire.

• The patient experiences restlessness.

• Depression; despair of recovery.

• The patient is morose and easily offended.

• The patient is apprehensive and full of complaints.

• The patient is easily vexed.

• Worse from motion, stooping, coughing.

• Better from lying still.

• Vertigo on rising or moving the head.

• Stitches in eyes.

• Eyes feel sore and bruised.

• Photophobia.

• Tinnitus.

• Coryza with frequent sneezing.

• Dry, cracked lips.

• Neuralgia in face.

• Difficulty swallowing.

• Bitter taste in the mouth.

• Dry, hacking cough, worse at night and from motion.

• The patient must hold the chest when coughing.

• Useful in pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis.

• Cough is excited by coming into a warm room.

• Respiration short, quick, and difficult.

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• Palpitations.

• Stitching pains around the heart.

• Inflammation of the pleura.

• Dyspnea.

• Great thirst, especially for large quantities of cold water at long intervals.

• Nausea and vomiting.

• Feeling of a stone in the stomach after eating.

• Epigastric region sensitive to touch.

• Sensitive epigastrium.

• Feeling of a stone in the stomach.

• Loss of appetite.

• Bitter taste.

• Colic.

• Abdomen feels hard.

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• Stools look burnt.

• Stools are knotty.

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• Urine is hot.

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• Male: Swelling and inflammation of testicles.

• Female: Menses too early, too profuse.

• Pain in breasts before menses.

• Suppressed menses.

• Rheumatic pains in joints, worse from motion.

• Swelling of joints, red and hot.

• Stiffness of joints.

• Pains are stitching, tearing.

• Sciatica, worse from motion.

• Joints feel as if they would break.

• Cracking in joints on motion.

• Eruptions that are suppressed.

• Yellowish skin.

• Restless sleep.

• Anxious dreams.

• Dreams of business, work, and trouble.

• Pressure

• Warmth

• Touch

• Morning

• Eating

• Exertion

• Warm weather after cold days

• Suppressed eruptions

• Vexation

• Coughing

• Deep breathing

• Lying on painless side (Pleurisy)

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• Lying on the painful side (except in pleurisy where lying on painless side is better)

• Pressure (sometimes, for headache)

• Cold applications

• Lying perfectly still

• Open air

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• Antidotes: Acon; Cham; Nux.

• Compare: Asclep tub; Kali mur; Ptelia; Bell; Rhus-tox; Apis; Sulph.

• Complementary: Alumina (especially in constipation), Sulphur (in chronic conditions).

• Bryonia Alba often follows Aconite in acute inflammatory conditions.

• Bryonia Alba is useful in pleurisy, pneumonia, and rheumatism.

• Consider Bryonia Alba in mastitis and peritonitis.