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Stramonium

Datura stramonium
STRAM · 19 entries across 19 books
HabitatGrows in vicinity of cultivation on rank soil where refuse is deposited in all parts of the world. PreparationTincture of fresh plant in flower and fruit. Clarke
30X
Thirtieth potency and lowerDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Occasionally in eruptive fevers where there is a markedly rheumatic headache with beginning of inflammation of the joints and the marked concomitants Stramonium will fill a void that no other remedy will cover.

The full Roberts text, by section

Head

(Stramonium)

Rheumatic headache, with dullness.

INFLAMMATORY AFFECTIONS OF BRAIN WITH CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN YEARS, OF RHEUMATIC ORIGIN, < DURING WINTER ; STARTING IN SLEEP, MOANING, WITH RESTLESS MOTION.

Rheumatic pain on to of head for several years.

NECK AND BACK . — (Stramonium)

Great rigidity of muscles of neck and back.

Neck stiff, cannot bend forward.

Drawing rheumatic pains from side of neck to limbs.

Pain in nape of neck.

PAIN IN CERVICAL AND UPPER DORSAL VERTEBRAE.

Tearing burning pains from neck to left axilla.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Stramonium)

Pain in shoulders and back.

Fine sharp stitches in forearm and constrictive rheumatic pain in deltoid muscle.

Aching drawing pain in right arm above elbow.

Jerking of elbows ; stitches in forearm.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Stramonium)

Drawing pains in thighs.

Sharp stitches in right shin bone.

Rheumatic drawing, pressing pain in left tarsus.

Drawing up of leg in sleep.

Jerking in thigh and knee joints.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL — (Stramonium)

Drawing, laming, somewhat spasmodic pains in muscles.

Fingers and heels numb, at times painful, accompanying the rheumatic headaches.

CONCOMITANTS . — (Stramonium)

DRYNESS OF MOUTH.

FEAR OF WATER AND AVERSION TO ALL FLUIDS.

WHITE CIRCLE ABOUT MOUTH.

FACE RED AND HOT.

PUPILS DILATED.

Complete text of the Stramonium entry in Roberts - The Rheumatic Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Stramonium

Simple remedy · Plant

19 entries across 19 books · abbreviations: STRAM · Family: Solanaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

STRAMONIUM · William Boericke · 2,937 chars

2 Kent

Stramonium · James Tyler Kent · 7,453 chars

3 Clarke

Stramonium · John Henry Clarke · 28,398 chars

4 Hering

Stramonium · Constantine Hering · 109,463 chars

5 Allen

Stramonium · Henry C. Allen · 2,424 chars

6 Nash

Stramonium · E. B. Nash · 3,704 chars

7 Hering

STRAMONIUM · Constantine Hering · 15,953 chars

9 Farrington

Stramonium · Ernest Albert Farrington · 13,069 chars

10 Lippe

Stramonium (Datura stramonium) · Adolph zur Lippe · 6,029 chars

12 Hahnemann

Stramonium · Samuel Hahnemann · 58,909 chars

14 T. F. Allen

STRAMONIUM · Timothy Field Allen · 640 chars

16 Guernsey

STRAMONIUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,753 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

STRAMONIUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 7,978 chars

18 Dewey

Stramonium · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,743 chars

19 Gross

Stramonium · Gustav Wilhelm Gross · 6,056 chars

20 Hempel

Stramonium · Charles Julius Hempel · 34,325 chars

22 Roberts · shown above

Stramonium · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,542 chars

23 T. F. Allen

STRAMONIUM · Timothy Field Allen · 3,348 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Stramonium · A. Gladstone Clarke · 912 chars

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Research (4)

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  1. A Case Report on the Role of Individualized, Constitutional Homeopathic Medicine in Global Developmental Delay with Autism Spectrum DisorderChauhan LK, Priya S · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2026 · Case Reports · doi
  2. Effectiveness of Homeopathic Medicines as Add-on to Institutional Management Protocol for Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Children: An Open-Label Randomized Placebo-Controlled TrialOberai P, Varanasi R, Padmanabhan M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2018 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  3. Ethnobotanical tattooing of the gingiva: literature review and report of a caseBrooks JK, Reynolds MA · Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2007 · Case Reports, Review · doi
  4. [Stramonium and its complements]VANNIER L · L' Homeopathie francaise · 1951

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Clinical (Clarke)

Indicated for (Boger)