Stramonium

Mind

Illusions of the most fanciful or frightful description ; seems to see frightful images chasing him, but especially sees small black animals, such as bugs, dogs and all sorts of crawling things.

Mental excitement usually associated with violent spasms of the pharynx, so that any attempt to swallow liquids causes choking and screaming.

Delirium, with sexual excitement and ridiculous gestures.

Errors in judging of the size and distance of objects.

With the frightful delirium, he froths at the mouth, eyes protrude as in terror, bites, strikes, and has a squeaking voice.

Apprehension ; starts up in fright, all motions are hasty and forcible.

Much incoherent talking.

Stupefaction, with frequent, wild, starting-up, dilated pupils, difficult swallowing, terror.

Head

Great rush of blood to head, which becomes flushed and hot ; with vanishing sight and hearing.

Eyes

Eyes staring and wild, protruded, pupils dilated, with injected conjunctiva.

Illusions of vision, especially of size and distance ; small objects look large, even parts of the body seem enormously swollen.

Eyes distended.

Face

Face red and swollen ; often an expression of terror.

Mouth

Tongue swollen, dry and stiff, bloody froth exudes from the mouth.

Speech becomes difficult, stammering ; unintelligible.

Throat

Swallowing difficult or impossible on account of spasm.

Dryness and redness, not > water ; attempt to drink renews the spasms.

Stomach

Thirst not > drinking, which he dreads to attempt.

Tastelessness of food.

Sour or green vomiting.

Abdomen

Distended, hard, painful to the touch.

Tearing in the region of the navel, as if it would be torn out.

Stool

Intestinal secretions suppressed.

Urinary Organs

Urine suppressed ; bladder empty.

Sexual Organs

Sexual erethism, with indecent speech and action ; hands constantly kept on the genitals.

Menstruation excessive, dark and clotted.

Respiratory organs :

Voice hoarse and croaking, high and squeaking.

Spasmodic, toneless cough.

Suffocation.

Expectoration difficult, with a tight chest ; desire for open air.

Heart and Pulse :

Palpitation.

Pulse rapid and soft.

Neck and Back :

Cervical spine sensitive ; slightest pressure causes screams.

Drawing in the middle of the spine.

Opisthotonos.

Extremities

Trembling, twitching of tendons, numbness.

Staggering gait.

Skin

Scarlet rash over the whole body, of a very bright color.

Clinical

Frequently valuable for the effects of suppressed eruption in scarlatina, with delirium, suppressed urine, threatening convulsions.

Fever

Shaking chill, with twitchings of muscles and coldness of the extremities, with heat of the head and face.

General fever, particularly in the face and head ; hot, dry skin, which is bright red, with anxiety, thirst, often with vomiting.