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
By regionHering
Mind ► Unconscious ; eyes glassy, half closed ; face pale ; deep coma. ► Drunkenness, with stupor, eyes burning and dry. ► Vivid imaginations, exaltation of mind. ► Imagines parts of body very large. ► Thinks she is not at home. ► Delirious talking, eyes wide open, face red, puffed up. ► Mania-a-potu ; with dulness of the senses, and at intervals sopor, with snoring ; in old, emaciated persons ; sees animals ; affrighted expression of face. ► Imbecility of will, as though annihilated. ► Nervous and irritable. ► Ailment from : excessive joy ; fright ; anger or shame. ► After fright, the fear of the fright still remaining.
Inner Head ► Headache aggravated on moving the eyes. ► Chronic hydrocephalus.
Eyes ► Obscuration of sight. ► Amblyopia. ► The pupils are dilated and insensible to light. ► Contracted pupils. θ Cholera infantum. ► Sensation as if the eyes were too large for the orbits. ► Eyes glassy, protruded, immovable. ► Staring look. ► Red, half-closed eyes, dilated, immovable pupils ; eye burning, hot and dry. ► Swelling of the lower lids. ► The lids hang down, as if paralyzed.
Stomach ► Heaviness and pressure in the stomach. ► Inactivity of the digestive organs.
Female Sexual Organs ► Menses profuse, violent colic, forcing her to bend over ; urging to stool. ► Amenorrhoea from fright ; irresistible drowsiness ; eclampsia. ► Prolapsus uteri from fright. ► Fetid discharge from uterus. θ After metritis. ► Softness of uterus.
Lungs ► Tension and constriction of the chest. ► Heat in the chest. ► Blood thick, frothy, mixed with mucus ; great oppression ; burning about heart, tremor, feeble voice ; anxious sleep, with starts ; legs cold, chest hot ; especially for drunkards.
Neck And Back ► Back bent backward, spasmodically.
Limbs In General ► Trembling of the limbs after fright. ► Spasmodic jerkings and numbness of limbs. ► Convulsive movements of the limbs. ► Coldness of a the extremities.
Sleep ► Heavy, stupid sleep, with red face. ► Drowsiness or sopor ; stertorous breathing ; hot sweat. ► Sleepy, but cannot go to sleep ; face bloated. ► Coma vigil. ► Stupefying sleep, with the eyes half open and snoring. ► During sleep, picking of bedclothes ; groaning ; voluptuous dreams. ► Stupid sleeplessness, with frightful visions, before midnight. ► Sleeplessness, with acuteness of hearing ; clocks striking and cocks crowing at a great distance, keep her awake.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Stiff and cold ; chill and diminished head, stupor ; weak, scarcely perceptible pulse. ► Coldness only of the limbs. ► Chill after part of night, thirst, pains in limbs, head hot, sleepy ; afterward heat, with sleep, headache, pale face, bilious vomit ; then sweat, mostly on legs, with burning hot feeling. ► Fever, whole body burning even when bathed in sweat, face red, stupor ; snoring, mouth open ; limbs twitch ; wants to uncover. ► During lucid intervals or intervals between paroxysms complains that head (or bed) is too hot. θ Typhus. ► Flushed face, cold legs, sleepy, but cannot sleep. ► Sweat over whole body, which is burning hot ; sleep and snoring. ► Hot, profuse, morning sweat, wants to be uncovered. ► Sweat on upper part of body ; lower part hot and dry. ► Cold sweat on the forehead. ► Typhoid type of fever, stupor, can scarcely be aroused ; speechless ; eyes half open ; mild delirium or loud talking, fury, singing, desire to escape ; the darker red the face the more it is indicated ; impending cerebral paralysis from profound congestion.
Skin ► Dryness of the skin, without fever. ► Very troublesome itching all over, fine pricking, rarely sensitive to touch. ► Redness and itching of the skin. ► Blue spots on the skin. ► Paleness of the skin.
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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