Stramonium

Where do we find the pathogenesis of this remedy ?

In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura .

What is Stramonium ?

It is called the Thorn apple , or Jamestown weed , and it grows about towns on deserted piles of rubbish and in waste places. Alkaloid Daturin .

What parts are used in making the tincture and how is it made ?

The entire fresh plant treated as described under Aconite .

What is its general action ?

Acts mainly on the sensorium, giving rise to delirium and hallucinations and picturing acute mania. In other respects its action is also similar to Belladonna and Hyoscyamus , from which it differs by its greater sensorial perversion. It has less congestion than Belladonna , never approaching a true inflammatory condition.

What are its mental symptoms ?

Wild delirium, with bright red face, eyes bright, wild and suffused ; horrible hallucinations, objects start from every corner, animals spring up to terrify ; there is great loquacity, the patient talks all the time, laughs, plays, sings, and prays ; he desires light and fears dark ; bright objects cause delirium, spasms and convulsions.

How does the loquacity of Lachesis compare ?

In Lachesis the patient continually jumps from one subject to another.

When is Stramonium indicated in erysipelas ?

When there are brain complications, such as violent delirium, screaming out terrified.

What are the indications for Stramonium in asthma ?

In nervous asthma, where the voice suddenly gives out and takes on a higher pitch.

Great sense of suffocation with tight feeling across chest ; face becomes blue.

What effect has Stramonium upon the urinary secretion ?

It causes suppression of the urine, and has been found of use in suppression of urine in typhoid fever.