Cicuta Virosa

Mind

(Cicuta virosa)

Weeping, moaning, and howling. (Verat. alb.)

Aberration of mind, singing, performing the most grotesque dancing steps, shouting. ( Hyos., Stram .)

Quiet disposition, contented, happy.

Dull and stupid, mental torpor. (Hyos., Op .)

Anxiety, excessively affected by sad stories.

Head

(Cicuta virosa)

Vertigo

Jerking and twitching of the head.

Severe occipital headache.

Affections of the brain from concussion-spasms. (Cupr.)

Eyes

(Cicuta virosa)

Staring at objects.

Pupils dilated and insensible. (Bell., Hyos., Op., Oenan.)

Pupils at first contracted, afterward dilated.

Objects appear double. (Aur., Bell., Phyt., Stram.)

Objects appear to alternately approach and recede.

Ears

(Cicuta virosa)

Hardness of hearing.

Face

(Cicuta virosa)

Face red ; pallid ; cadaverous. ( Ars., Verat. alb .)

Distortions, either horrible or ridiculous. (Cupr.)

Convulsion of the facial muscles. ( Agar ., Ign., Nux v.)

Mouth

(Cicuta virosa)

Teeth clenched, lockjaw. (Absinth., Ign., Hyos., Laur., Nux v .)

Grinding of the teeth, (Arn., Hell., Ign., Cina, Podo.)

Swelling of the tongue ; white, painful, burning ulcers on edges of tongue ; painful to touch.

Speech difficult ; when talking he feels a jerk in the head from before backward, as if he had to swallow the word, as in hiccough.

Foam in and at the mouth. (Coccul., Cupr., Laur., Naja.)

Throat

(Cicuta virosa)

Inability to swallow ; throat appears to be grown together.

Dryness of the throat.

Stomach

(Cicuta virosa)

Great thirst. (Acon., Bry., Cham.)

Violent hiccough. (Nux v., Hyos., Stram., Sec. cor .)

Burning in the stomach. (Ars., Camph., Canth.)

Swelling and throbbing in pit of stomach.

Vomiting ; with convulsions.

Sudden shock deep in the stomach causes opisthotonos.

Abdomen

(Cicuta virosa)

Rumbling and roaring in the abdomen.

Distension and painfulness of abdomen.

Stool

(Cicuta virosa)

Frequent liquid stools.

Urine

(Cicuta virosa)

Involuntary micturition. ( Ars ., Bell., Hyos ., Op.)

Passes large quantities of urine or else none at all.

Male Organs.- (Cicuta virosa)

Testicles drawn up.

Stitches in fossae navicularis, with nightly emissions.

Female Organs.- (Cicuta virosa)

Menses delayed ; spasmodic state if the menses do not appear.

Tearing and drawing in the os coccygis, during menses.

Eclampsia during childbirth.

Respiratory Organs.- (Cicuta virosa)

Oppression, want of breath ; may arise from tonic spasm of pectoral muscles. (Cupr.)

Tightness of chest ; scarcely able to breathe.

Cold sensation in chest.

Back

(Cicuta virosa)

Back bent backward like an arch . ( Nux v., Op .)

Tearing and jerking in coccyx.

Limbs

(Cicuta virosa)

Trembling in all the limbs.

Weakness of arms and legs.

Spasmodic distortion of the limbs . (Cina.)

Complete powerlessness of limbs after sudden jerks.

Upper Limbs.- (Cicuta virosa)

Frequent involuntary jerking and twitching in arms and fingers. (Cupr.)

Lower Limbs.- (Cicuta virosa)

His legs refused to carry him, and he staggered.

Trembling of one leg.

Generalities

(Cicuta virosa)

Spasms of all muscles. ( Agar ., Zinc.)

Convulsions, with loss of consciousness (Absinth.) ; frightful distortion of the limbs and whole body . (Agar.)

Convulsions, with opisthotonos . (Absinth., Nux v., Op.)

Epileptic attacks, with swelling of the stomach, as from violent spasms of the diaphragm ; hiccough, screaming, redness of the face, trismus, loss of consciousness, and distortions of limbs. (Absinth., Bell ., Oenan.)

Tonic spasm renewed from slightest touch ( Stram .) ; from opening the door and from loud talking. ( Stram .)

Sudden rigidity with jerks, afterward relaxation and weakness, during worm affections.

Sensation in many parts, as from a bruise.

Somnambulism, fixed gaze ; partial loss of consciousness.

Sweat, most at night ; on abdomen.

Chills ; chilliness, with desire for warmth and warm stone.

Sleep

(Cicuta virosa)

Frequent waking, with sweat all over ; feels refreshed.

Vivid dreams about events of previous day.

Skin

(Cicuta virosa)

Elevated eruptions as large as peas, on face and hands, with burning pain when touched ; later becomes confluent. (Ant. tart., Crot. tig.)

Burning, suppurating eruptions.

Therapeutic Range.- (Cicuta virosa)

Convulsions in general ; epilepsy ; chorea ; hysteria ; mania ; amaurosis ; cerebro-spinal meningitis ; affections from concussion of brain ; from repercussed eruptions ; spasmodic affections in general ; somnambulism.

Compare

(Cicuta virosa)

Acon ., Bell., Coni., Lach., Hydroc. ac ., Hyos., Nux v., Puls., Stram., Verat. alb.

Antidotes

(Cicuta virosa)

Arn., Op., for large doses : Tobacco.

Cicuta Antidote.-

Opium.

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