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Tabacum

Nicotiana tabacum
TAB · 12 entries across 12 books
PreparationTincture of the fresh leaves collected before the flowers are developed. Clarke
30X, ↑
Third to thirtieth and higher potenciesDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Diseases originating in cerebral irritation followed by marked irritation of functions of vagi. Emaciation of cheeks and back. Complete prostration of entire muscular system. Sensation of excessive wretchedness. Icy coldness of surface; covered with cold sweat. Symptoms occur in paroxysyms - asthma, sick headache, vertigo, sneezing. Great despondency with indigestion, palpitation, intermittent pulse. Vertigo: death-like pallor, increases to loss of consciousness; relieved in open air and by vomiting; on rising or looking upward; on opening the eyes. Sick headache coming on in early morning, intolerable by noon, deathly nausea, violent vomiting; < by noise and light; periodical, lasting one or two days. Sudden pain on right side, of head as if struck by a hammer or a club. Dim-sighted: see as though a veil; strabismus, depending upon brain troubles. Amaurosis, from atrophy of retina or optic nerve. Face pale, blue, pinched, sunken, collapsed, covered with cold sweat (cold sweat on forehad, Ver.). Nausea: incessant, as if seasick; vomiting, on least motion; with faintness; > in open air. Vomiting: violent, with cold sweat; soon as he begins to move; during pregnancy, when Lactic acid fails (Psor.). Seasickness; deathly nausea, pallor, coldness; < by least motion and > on deck in fresh, cold air. Terrible, faint, sinking feeling at pit of stomach. Sense of relaxation of stomach with nausea (Ipec., Staph.). Child wants abdomen uncovered; relieves nausea and vomiting; coldness in abdomen (Colch., Elaps, Lach.). Constipation: inactive bowel or paralysis of rectum; spasms of sphincter; prolapsus ani; of years' standing; herpes of anus. Diarrhoea: sudden, yellowish, greenish, slimy; urgent, watery; with nausea, vomiting, prostration and cold sweat (Ver.); with extreme faintness; from excessive smoking. enal colic: violent spasmodic pains along ureter left side (Berb.); deathly nausea and cold perspiration. Palpitation: violent when lying on left side; goes off when turning to the right. Pulse: quick, full, large; small intermittent, exceedingly slow; feeble, irregular, almost imperceptible. Hands icy cold, body warm. Legs icy cold, from knees down; trembling of limbs.

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Open, fresh, cold air; uncovering

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Relations

Antidotes, for abuse of tobacco, are: Ipec., for excessive nausea and vomiting. Ars., for bad effects of tobacco chewing. Nux, for the gastric symptoms next morning after smoking. Phos., palpitation, tobacco heart, sexual weakness. Ign., for annoying hiccough from tobacco chewing. Clem., or Plant., for tobacco toothache. Sep., neuralgic affections of right side of face; dyspepsia; chronic nervousness, especially in sedentary occupations. Lyc., for impotence, spasms, cold sweat from excessive smoking. Gels., occipital headache and vertigo from excessive use, specially smoking. Tabaccum, potentized (200 or 1000) to relieve terrible craving when discontinuing use.

Complete text of the Tabacum entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading 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 Tabacum

Simple remedy · Plant

12 entries across 12 books · abbreviations: TAB · Family: Solanaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

TABACUM · William Boericke · 3,767 chars

3 Clarke

Tabacum · John Henry Clarke · 26,808 chars

4 Hering

Tabacum · Constantine Hering · 22,205 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Tabacum · Henry C. Allen · 2,966 chars

7 Hering

TABACUM · Constantine Hering · 7,680 chars

9 Farrington

Tabacum · Ernest Albert Farrington · 5,154 chars

10 Lippe

Tabacum (Nicotiana tabacum) · Adolph zur Lippe · 1,294 chars

14 T. F. Allen

TABACUM · Timothy Field Allen · 455 chars

16 Guernsey

TABACUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 615 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

TABACUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 3,443 chars

18 Dewey

Tabacum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,361 chars

23 T. F. Allen

TABACUM · Timothy Field Allen · 2,853 chars

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Research (4)

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  1. Characterization of the GGP gene family in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and its expression analysis under hormonal and abiotic stressesDing Z, Yao K, Yao Y et al. · Scientific reports · 2024 · doi
  2. Assays of homeopathic remedies in rodent behavioural and psychopathological modelsBellavite P, Magnani P, Marzotto M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2009 · Review · doi
  3. Effects of homeopathic arsenic on tobacco plant resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. Theoretical suggestions about system variability, based on a large experimental data setBetti L, Lazzarato L, Trebbi G et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2003 · doi
  4. Homeopathy in Cuban epidemic neuropathy: an open clinical trialCairo J, Elliot BE, Barnouin J et al. · The British homoeopathic journal · 2001 · Clinical Trial · doi

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