• Dolichos Pruriens is a right-sided remedy.

• Dolichos Pruriens has marked liver and skin affections.

• Dolichos Pruriens presents with intense itching without eruption.

• Exalted nervous sensibility.

• Dolichos Pruriens is indicated in senile pruritus.

• A hæmorrhoidal diathesis.

• Dolichos Pruriens is suited to older individuals.

• Aggravation from warmth and touch.

• Symptoms appear suddenly and intensely.

• Sensitivity to atmospheric changes.

• Right-sided complaints extend to the left.

• There are general burning sensations.

• Great debility accompanies skin symptoms.

• Symptoms are often one-sided.

• Irritability and restlessness at night due to itching.

• The patient experiences anxiety and apprehension regarding health.

• Difficulty concentrating due to intense itching.

• The patient experiences depression associated with chronic skin complaints.

• Great mental exhaustion from constant irritation.

• The patient displays impatience and a desire for immediate relief.

• Memory impairment, especially in the elderly.

• The patient shows aversion to mental labor.

• The patient is restless and fidgety.

• The patient experiences despair of recovery.

• The patient experiences heaviness and fullness in the head.

• The patient experiences vertigo on rising.

• The patient shows sensitivity to light (photophobia).

• The patient experiences dim vision.

• Lachrymation, with itching.

• The patient experiences tinnitus.

• Hearing is diminished.

• Dryness of the nasal passages.

• Sneezing, without relief.

• A sensation of a lump in the throat.

• A dry, hacking cough, worse at night.

• Difficult breathing due to itching sensations on the chest.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Shortness of breath on exertion.

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• There are palpitations and anxiety related to the intense itching.

• The patient has a rapid pulse.

• Weakness of the heart.

• Itching sensation on the skin of the chest.

• Loss of appetite.

• Nausea and vomiting.

• Pain in the stomach after eating.

• Belching, with bitter taste.

• The patient experiences heartburn.

• Pain in the right hypochondrium, indicating liver involvement.

• Distension of the abdomen.

• The patient experiences flatulence.

• Rumbling in the bowels.

• The patient experiences jaundice.

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• Intense itching of the anus, without eruption.

• There are hæmorrhoids with severe itching and burning.

• The patient experiences constipation, with hard, difficult stools.

• Ineffectual urging to stool.

• The patient experiences diarrhea, with burning in the anus.

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• Frequent urination.

• A burning sensation during urination.

• The patient has scanty urine.

• The patient has dark urine.

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• Increased sexual desire, followed by exhaustion.

• Itching of the genitals.

• The patient experiences leucorrhoea, with itching.

• The patient experiences prostatic enlargement.

• Stiffness in the neck.

• Weakness in the spine.

• Restlessness of the legs, particularly at night.

• Numbness and tingling in the fingers and toes.

• Pain in the joints, worse from motion.

• Swelling of the joints.

• The patient experiences cramps in the legs.

• Intense itching without eruption.

• A burning sensation of the skin.

• Dryness of the skin.

• General sensitivity to touch.

• The patient experiences formication (sensation of ants crawling on the skin).

• Excoriation from scratching.

• The patient experiences insomnia.

• The patient experiences frequent waking.

• The patient has unrefreshing sleep.

• The patient experiences anxious dreams.

• Lying down.

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• Open air.

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• Complementary remedies: Sulphur, Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Arsenicum Album.

• Antidotes: Camphor, Menthol.

• Comparisons:

• Urtica Urens (similar itching without eruption).

• Sulphur (skin affections, itching, worse warmth).

• Rhus Toxicodendron (intense itching, vesicles, but with eruption).

• Croton tiglium (intense itching, but with pustular eruption).

• Agaricus (itching, burning, redness, worse scratching).

• Psorinum (intense itching, general uncleanliness).

• Mezereum (intense itching, thickening of skin).