Bry, Bryonia Alba

Bry in brief

• Bry is a Hahnemannian Polycrest remedy.
• It is not often prescribed by Mind Sign / Symptoms (Angry and extremely irritable)
• It is one of Inflammation remedies
• Movement system (Nerves, Muscles, Joints)
  • Neuralgia: Very painful problems, stitching pains, like exploding
  • Arthritis
• You often see a clear picture with a slight change in most patients.
• Dryness (Mouth, Mucous membranes, Constipation)
• Scanty / Viscid discharges
• Extremely thirsty and drinks a lot (dry mouth and bitter taste). (Phos)
• Movement: He has fundamental problem with movement. Even intention of movement disturbs him.

Inflammation

• Congestion, inflammation, bruised feeling
• Exudative inflammation
• Good remedy for Non-catarrhal / Initial phase of inflammation (Heat, Redness, Swelling and Pain).
• Serous mucosal remedies (Head, Chest, Joints, Abdomen)

GI tract

• Acute abdomen (Acute appendicitis, Peritonitis, Intussusception)
• Gallstones (Pain + Tenderness of the liver spreading to the right hand)
• Pressure /Heaviness on the stomach, which is better with eructation (Nux-v, Puls)
• Constipation, Inactive rectum: Large, hard and dry stools as if burned (Plat)

Intussusception

• Local pain + Rebound tenderness + Motion agg such as Breathing, Coughing and Defecation.
• Ars, Bell, Bry and Plb are good remedies for Gastrointestinal disorders - iItussusception

• Rectal Cramps / Pain + Vomiting attacks
• Bloody or jelly-like stools with streaks of blood
• The pain gradually increased
• Pain aggravated by breast milk
• Feeling of mass in the abdomen

Mouth taste

• Loss of taste, bad taste, blood or sweet mouth

MOUTH - TASTE - insipid

MOUTH - TASTE - putrid

MOUTH - TASTE - sweetish

MOUTH - TASTE - wanting, loss of taste

MOUTH - TASTE - wanting, tastelessness of food

Typhoid fever

• Bry and Rhus-t fevers are typhoid in nature, unlike Acon and Bell (Kent)
• Typhoid fever is an infectious fever of intestinal origin. It is accompanied by symptoms such as headache, abdominal pain, constipation and vomiting.
• Rashes in the form of pink spots are common.
• In extreme cases, Confusion is also added to the tab board.
• Rarely, diarrhea also occurs.
• When skin problems do not start in fever and convulsions until the patient gets better, think of Zinc, Cupr, Bry.

Respiratory system

Bronchitis, Pneumonia

• Esp local involvement in the initial phases when the coughs are dry and annoying
• Painful Bronchitis: Coughing / Slightest movement / Breathing / Laughing agg
  • Pain stops him from breathing
  • Pain amel with local pressure (Lying on the affected side).
  • Dry, Painful cough that may lead to vomiting. (Bry ₳ Kali-c)
  • Hard coughs, when he coughs, he holds his head with his hands.
  • Shooting / Stabbing chest pain on the sides
  • First stages of Bronchitis (Acon, Bell, Rhus-t, Rumx) and pneumonia (Acon, Bell, Chin, Ferr, Ferr-p) (Radar)
• Suffocating / Hard Cough attacks, Accompanied by snoring/ Chest pain and Burning

• Tachypnea/ Dyspnea + Dry / Painful cough + Fever / Chills

CHEST - PAIN - stitching - inspiration

CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Sides - right

CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Sides - left

• Bry is also a good remedy in End phase pneumonia (Localized) along with Ars, Kali-c, Lyc, Phos and Sulph
• Summer common colds, throwing away blankets in summer or cold wind (Acon, Hep)

Pleurisy (Pleuropneumonia )

Pulmonary disorders - pleurisy : Apis ars. bry. kali-c. Merc. nat-m. phos. sulph.

• Severe Neuralgic/ Stinging/ Stabbing pain, agg by lying on the affected side. (Ran-b)
• Rheumatic pleurisy

CHEST - INFLAMMATION - Pleura

CHEST - INFLAMMATION - Pleura - rheumatic

• Fatal pleuritic pains, esp with cough

COUGH - PLEURITIS, in

CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Sides

Sciatic pain

• Drawing pain
• Cold Application / Weather agg

  EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Lower limbs - sciatica - cold - applications agg.

GENERALS - WEATHER - change of weather - agg.

GENERALS - WEATHER - windy and stormy weather

• Localized Numbness / Tingling

  EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Foot

• Agg by movement
• Amel by local pressure.

  EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Lower limbs - sciatica - motion - agg.

• Back pain radiating to the groin

  BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - extending to - Thighs

Sinusitis

• Radar suggest it in first stages
• Frontal headache agg by Bending head /Stooping
• Catarrhal headache : Nose catarrh which spreads to the frontal sinuses

NOSE - CATARRH - extending to - Frontal sinuses

• PND

NOSE - DISCHARGE - Posterior nares

• Facial pain, esp cheeks

FACE - PAIN - Cheek

• Purulent, thick, yellow or bloody discharge

NOSE - DISCHARGE - bloody

NOSE - DISCHARGE - purulent

NOSE - DISCHARGE - yellow

Headache

• Explosive /Severe/ Congestive headaches after arguments,
• Headaches esp in low-spirited people who are unable to defend themselves.
  • Here Staph is a good Differential diagnosis. Since Both are not always shy people but may be irritable, violent and nervous people who get headache in fighting / Arguing. (Bry ₳ Staph) (Kent)
• Motion agg (Cough / Eye movement)
• Headaches caused by constipation (Aloe, Coll, Op)

Cold Agg/ Amel

• Bry amel by drinking cold water,
• Drinking cold water in heatstroke causes a severe Headache /Cough
• His rheumatic problems agg with cold

Arthritis

• Polyarthritis
• Shoulder pain: Sharp, stabbing pain in the chest or in the right scapula.

Others

• Its typical rash is small red papules.
• Vicarious period (Phos)
• Problems caused by emotional irritability (Coloc, Staph)
• Mastitis: Heaviness / Hardening / Hotness / Pain that has to hold the breasts while moving (Phyt)

Remedy interactions

• Complementary: Alum, Lyc, Nat-m
  • Alum is a chronic condition of Bry
  • Bry is useful in Nat-m acute headache flare-ups
• Related: Phyt, Rhus-t

• Calc and Sep are its inimicals