Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Papaveraceae · Simple
Habitat Opium is the gummy exudation of the unripe capsule of the poppy
ClarkePreparation Tincture.
Sources 17 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
200X, Ø
Third to thirtieth and 200th potency. Non-Homeopathic Preparations and Uses.--Palliative only in great pain, sleeplessness, peritonitis, and to check excess secretion in diarrhoea, diabetes, etc. Opium (crude).--Official dose, 1 grain. Laudanum (tincture)-Dose, 5 to 20 drops. Extract of Opium 1/4 to 1 grain. Paregoric-Tinctura Camphora Composita. Contains in each dram 1/4 grain of Opium equal to 1
Reason for useGuernsey
Mental.-- Daring state of the mind; gaiety; affections of the intellect; very easy of comprehension; delirium.
By regionGuernsey
Chest Where there is continued and steady stertorous breathing (there may be occasional stertorous breathing as for instance, coming on and lasting a little while after a convulsion--but wait and see whether that does not presently die away; if there is continued stertorous breathing, give Opium ). …
Sleep Drowsiness; sleep not refreshing; deep and heavy, with stertorous respiration; with open eyes; concomitant complaints to morbid. …
Fever Absence of perspiration; heat without perspiration; very hot, sweltering perspiration; complaints concomitant to perspiration i.e. , those which may appear with perspiration. …
Books*
Antidoted by Ipecacuanha 3, Nux Vomica 3, Aceticum Acidum 2 +30
Complementary —
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Antimonium Tartaricum, Belladonna +3
Compare Belladonna, Apis Mellifica, Gelsemium Sempervirens +57
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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