Origin Plant · Melanthaceae (Melanthiaceae) · Simple
Habitat of the Liliaceae
ClarkePreparation Tincture of the root-stocks collected (in the Alps and Pyrenees) early in June before flowering.
Sources 19 entries across 18 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Allen, Nash …
Dose Boericke
1X–30X
First to thirtieth potency. In diarrhoea, not below the sixth
Reason for useLippe
Sudden sinking of strength. [120] Continuous weakness and trembling. Numbness and tingling in the extremities. Paralytic pains in the limbs. Rheumatic pains, worse from the heat of the bed ; better after rising, and entirely disappearing on walking about. Attacks of fainting from the least exertion. [125] Inflammation of inner organs, especially those of digestion. Shocks in the limbs, as from electric sparks. Spasms, with convulsive motions of the limbs. Violent tonic spasms ; the palms of the hands and soles of the feet are spasmodically drawn inward. Tetanic stiffness of the body. [130] Sporadic and Asiatic cholera.
By regionLippe
Mind And Disposition Insanity, he wants to out up every thing. Melancholy, depressed, the head hangs down, he sits down thoughtlessly. …
Head Vertigo, with cold perspiration on the forehead. …
Eyes [20] Eyes fixed, watery, sunken, with loss of lustre. The eyeballs are turned upwards. Pressing in the eyes. Heat in the eyes. …
Stomach And Abdomen Violent, unquenchable thirst, especially for cold water. Voracious appetite ; appetite hunger between the paroxysms of vomiting. …
Extremities [110] Upper. Sensation of coldness and fulness, with heaviness in the arms. Tingling in the hands and fingers. …
Sleep Somnolency, with half consciousness (coma vigil). Long, uninterrupted, heavy sleep. Sleep with thirst and diuresis. Nightly anxiety and sleeplessness.
Fever [135] Pulse irregular, generally small, thread-like, weak, and slow ; often it cannot be felt at all. …
Skin [150] Color of the skin blue, purple color, and cold. …
Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 3, Camphora 3, Cinchona Officinalis 3 +7
Complementary —
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Ammonium Carbonicum, Arnica Montana +14
Compare Arsenicum Album, Camphora, Cholesterinum +26
* 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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