Bryonia can be used for intense visceral pain. This can occur with an intensely overworked liver, or from abdominal surgery, etc. Build up of fluid in the viscera. Bryonia simulates re-absorption. Use small doses of the fresh root. Good for sharp, cutting pains in lungs or chest, usually with fever or flushed face. Post op or hepatitis with sharp pains. Sharp pain in right face, scalp and shoulders - specific lymph drainage. Fluid retention for partial mastectomy on right side that caused fluid retention.
BRYONIA (Bryony) ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, recent Dry Root, 1:5, 50% alcohol], 2-10 drops to 3X a day. USE WITH CARE; better in small, frequent doses. STATUS : W/LA
From SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:
BRYONIA Rheumatoid iritis; pain in eyes secondary to any acute disorder; "hurts to move". Tongue dry, cracked, purplish-grey; translucent coat with liver pain. Bronchitis with scanty, blood-streaked mucus. Dry cough, hectic, aggravated by changes in temperature and humidity. Influenza with harsh hacking irritated cough with scanty blood-streaked mucus. Acute pleurisy with rapid perspiration, pain on movement, flushed face, frontal headache. Acute bronchial pneumonia with harsh cough, pain. Neuralgia, aggravated by movement, with asthenia. Cholecystitis - "catarrhal". Hepatitis - with Jaundice, headache, orange-colored urine. Peritonitis, post-operative. Aseptic synovitis. Orchitis/epididymitis, with tenderness upon pressure. Acute mastitis, with swollen lymphatics, marked inflammation. Endogenous infections, with serous membrane involvement. Fever, delirium, asecretory with nervous depression. Apathy, tired, weary with confusion. Headache, cervical-occipital, with confusion, aggravated by movement. Pain in serous membranes, with excessive perspiration.
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