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Cicuta Virosa

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General

Where is the pathogenesis of Cicuta found ?

In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura .

What is Cicuta virosa ?

It is the long leaved Water Hemlock , and the tincture is from the fresh root of the plant just coming into bloom, prepared like the preceding.

It should be imported.

What is its chief sphere of action ?

In spasms, with rigidity, fixed staring eyes, blue face and frothing at the mouth ; there is great difficulty in breathing, opisthotonos and loss of consciousness, and these spasms are followed by profound exhaustion.

What are the skin symptoms of the drug ?

Pustular eruption, with yellowish scabs about the mouth, matting the whiskers.