Chelidonium majus
The great liver and gallbladder remedy. Constant pain under the inferior angle of the right scapula. Jaundice. Bilious conditions. Right-sided remedy throughout.
Source
Tincture of the whole fresh plant at time of flowering, or of the root, of Chelidonium majus (Papaveraceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Fixed pain under the inferior angle of the right scapula — this is the keynote. Jaundice with clay-colored stool and dark urine. Right-sided remedy. Liver enlarged, tender. Craves hot drinks, hot food, hot milk. Bilious complaints. Yellow complexion. Right foot icy cold.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxiety and despondency. Feels he has committed an unpardonable sin. Lethargy, disinclination to exert. Weeping without knowing why. Dullness.
General Symptoms
Predominantly right-sided. Liver remedy par excellence. Jaundice with clay-colored stools. Desires hot drinks — hot milk relieves. Right scapular pain is pathognomonic. Yellow color of skin, eyes, palms. Neuralgia over right eye. Periodicity every 14 days.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Right-sided neuralgia over eye. Heaviness in occiput. Headache with bilious vomiting.
Eyes
Jaundiced. Dirty yellow sclerae. Right eye tears. Neuralgia above right eye.
Face
Yellow complexion. Red nose.
Stomach
Nausea with bilious vomiting. Desires hot drinks and hot milk which ameliorate. Gastric complaints relieved by eating.
Abdomen
Liver enlarged, tender, painful. Gallstone colic. Jaundice. Pain in region of gallbladder, extending to back.
Rectum
Constipation alternating with diarrhea. Clay-colored, gray, or bright yellow stools. Ball-shaped stool.
Back
Fixed, constant pain under the inferior angle of the right scapula.
Extremities
Right foot icy cold, left normal. Right-sided sciatica.
Respiratory
Right-sided pneumonia. Difficult breathing.
Skin
Jaundiced yellow skin. Old, dirty-looking skin. Itching.
Modalities
Better From
Hot drinks. Hot food. Hot milk. Eating. Pressure. Bending backward.
Worse From
Right side. Motion. Touch. Change of weather. Early morning (4 AM). Coughing.
Constitutional Type
Thin, fair, irritable persons with hepatic tendencies. Yellow-complexioned. Dominated by liver and biliary disorders. Right-sided complaints predominate. Desires hot drinks.
Clinical Indications
Hepatitis. Gallstones. Jaundice. Biliary colic. Right scapular pain. Right-sided pneumonia. Gallbladder disease. Liver enlargement. Bilious headache.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Lycopodium (right-sided liver remedy but with bloating at 4 PM), Nux vomica (liver congestion from overindulgence), Berberis (biliary colic with radiating pains). Chelidonium is unique in its fixed right scapular pain and desire for hot drinks.
Safety Information
Acids. Coffee. Chamomilla. Aconitum.
Chelidonium contains isoquinoline alkaloids (chelidonine, sanguinarine). In material doses causes hepatotoxicity, gastric irritation, and contact dermatitis. The yellow-orange latex is caustic. Mother tincture should be used cautiously in liver disease.
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