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abdomen is painful during the menstrual period. The uterus is sore, the hypogastrium is tender.Inflammation of the uterus.Burning pain mostly in the body or fundus of the uterus. The Bryonia patient is subject toamenorrhoea, or the flow is suppressed upon the slightest provocation. If she becomes overheated fromexertion, such as from ironing or washing a few days before the menstrual period, it will be suppressed,and the next time she will have a harder time than ever. In young plethoric women, after violentexertion, these complaints come on in that way. Violent exertion then scanty urine. Soreness of theabdomen, but the flow does not come, or is postponed a good many days after violent exertion; scantyurine and suppression of menses in plethoric girls.From overexertion and becoming overheated, threatened abortion. In inflammation of thebreasts and stopping of the milk flow in the lying in period, Bryonia must be consulted. In milk feverand pains and swelling of the breast Bryonia must be studied. During confinement a woman becomesoverheated and naturally perspires; just at the close of it as the delivery takes place, if the nurse and thedoctor do not observe and throw more clothing over her, or at least keep the room warm enough, therewill be sudden suppression of the sweat, and this will bring on milk fever and other febrile symptomswhich will need Bryonia. Threatened peritonitis, from such causes, gonorrheal troubles, old rheumatictroubles, pains or aches, if made worse from the slightest motion. If due to septicemia rather than tosuppression of the sweat, very commonly a deeper acting remedy is required. In inflammatoryconditions of the breast one of the most striking things is the stony hardness of the breasts, hardnessand heaviness. Bryonia is often suitable for inflammation of the breasts at other times; heaviness andhardness of the breast prior to menstruation.Then we come to the respiratory tract again, which we have only hinted at, and here we have atremendous study before us.Very commonly the Bryonia conditions commence with a cold - it may be at first loss of voice,with rawness in the trachea and great soreness in the chest, dry, hacking cough, as if the chest wouldburst from coughing. The Bryonia patient sits up and holds the head, or holds the chest; presses bothhands upon the chest when coughing, feels as if the chest would fly to pieces when coughing; pains inthe chest on both sides, but mostly the right side. Bryonia prefers the right side when the condition ispneumonia. We see a patient who had first a cold, and the cold has travelled down the air passages,with hoarseness and rawness in the chest and cough; the cough shakes the whole body, then comes ahard chill. He is now down in bed, and when the physician sees him he sees the state of inflammationand knows the meaning of it, and listening confirms the diagnosis of pneumonia. The patient cannotmove hand or foot; the pain is mostly in the right lung, and he is compelled to lie on the right side orback and dreads motion. Sometimes the pleura is involved and we have the sharp pains; everyrespiration causes intense pain, whether it be pleuro-pneumonia or a simple pneumonia. But we see theBryonia patient lying upon the side that is affected, upon the painful side, in order to diminish themotion that respiration causes; and very often he will have a hand under it to see if he cannot hold itstill. With Bryonia the expectoration is of a reddish tinge, is rusty, and if you have this symptom andthe right side affected it is all the more strongly Bryonia. There are a few medicines that looksomewhat like Bryonia; take, for instance, a case heat, great excitement, and consider the rapidity withwhich the trouble has come on, involving the left side and in the pan you see the sputum consists ofbright red blood, Aconite will be the remedy. If the liver is involved, there is fullness in the side,stitching pain over the liver, and the face is yellow, it is not impossible for Bryonia to be indicated, forit has such things, but with pain very severe, continually going from the front to the back through theright shoulder-blade, Chelidonium is more likely to cure than Bryonia. These comparisons may becarried out indefinitely, but the study of Bryonia as to the respiratory apparatus is a wonderful one.With these colds that end in loss of voice, it has burning and tickling in the larynx, constant cough.Hoarseness and loss of voice in fingers. Great soreness in the trachea; rawness and tightness in thetrachea, even suffocation, like Phosphorus. The Bryonia breathing is panting and very rapid, little shortrapid breaths, due to the fact that deep breathing increases the pain, the Bryonia patient desires tobreathe deep, wants deep breathing, needs deep breathing, but it hurts him so. "Constant disposition tosigh", but cannot because it hurts him so. Shortness of breath, suffocation, asthma. Asthmatic attacksfrom becoming overheated.Asthma worse in a warm room, wants cool air to breathe. "Dry, spasmodic cough, whoopingcough, shaking the whole body. Cough compels him to spring up in bed involuntarily, painful coughwith difficult breathing, cough that shakes the whole body. Tough, difficult expectoration. "Coughevening and night, dry cough".