Baptisia

1 . Low, septic fevers with great prostration and muttering delirium ; face dark red ; vacant, stupid, even besotted expression

2 . Great mental confusion ; sensation of divided personality expressed in various ways, e.g. body feels scattered, tries to collect the pieces. Concentration difficult (falls asleep while being spoken to or while answering question).

3 . Numbness and soreness ; aching, bruised, sore feeling all over ; bed feels too hard (Arn.).

4 . Putrescence of all discharges, secretions and exhalations.

5 . Absence of acute pain.

6 . Drowsiness and languor ; restless sleep.

7 . Mouth and tongue very dry in fevers ; tongue at first white with red papillae and red edges ; later, yellow brown centre, edges dark red and shining ; then brown, parched, cracked and ulcerated ; sordes.

8 . Frequent, loose, dark, acrid, offensive, debilitating stools ( Ars .).

9 . Ulceration of mucous membranes especially of fauces ; with dark-red appearance, absence of pain ; can swallow only liquids.

10 . No marked reaction to temperature though gen. some cold ; gen. < movement ; on waking.

Note : An acute and sub-acute remedy.