Veratrum Album

Mind

(Veratrum album)

Mania ; persistent raging , with desire to cut and tear, especially clothes (Bell., Stram.) ; with inconsolable weeping, howling (Cic .), and screaming over some fancied misfortune .

Delirium ; talks about religious things (Ars., Aur.) ; praying, cursing, and howling all night ; loquacious.

Disposed to talk about the faults of others, or silent ; but if irritated, scolding, calling names.

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Despair about his position in society ; feels very unlucky.

Depression of spirits ; despondency and discouragement.

Anxiety and apprehension, as after committing a great crime. (Coccul., Ign.)

Head

(Veratrum album)

Vertigo, with cold perspiration on the forehead. ( Op ., Tabac.)

Congestion to the head when stooping.

Paroxysms of headache, as if the brain were bruised or torn, with pressure. (Coff. c., Mur. ac.)

Dull pressure on vertex.

Coldness on the vertex as if ice were lying there. (Agar., Calc. c.)

Painful sensitiveness of the hair. (Cinch., Ferr., Sulph.)

Eyes

(Veratrum album)

Eyes distorted, protruding ( Bell., Stram .) ; fixed, sunken (Ars.), lusterless ; surrounded by blue or black rings. (Cinch., Kali iod., Phos., Sec., Sulph.)

Excessive dryness of the lids.

Pupils contracted. (Merc. cor., Op., Phos., Phyt., Physos.)

Nose

(Veratrum album)

Grows more pointed ; seems to be longer ; face cold and sunken. (Ars., Camph.)

Epistaxis. (Acon., Bell., Bry., Ham., Ipec.)

Face

(Veratrum album)

Face pale, cold, sunken, hippocratic ; nose pointed (Ars., Camph .) ; face bluish.

Face is red while lying in bed, but becomes pale on rising. (Acon.)

Heat and burning of the cheeks.

Cold perspiration on face, especially of forehead . (Cina.)

Stiffness of the masseter muscles.

Lockjaw. (Ign., Cic., Hyos., Laur., Nux v .)

Risus sardonicus.

Mouth

(Veratrum album)

Tongue cold (Camph., Naja) ; dry, blackish (Op., Phos.), cracked ; red and swollen. ( Bell., Rhus tox .)

Dryness of the mouth and palate . (Apis, Ars., Nux m.)

Much flow of saliva from the mouth, like waterbrash.

Biting taste, as from peppermint in the mouth.

Throat

(Veratrum album)

Throat dry and burning.

Scraping in the throat . ( Arg. nit., Rumex)

Stomach

(Veratrum album)

Violent hunger ; craves fruit, juicy, acid things (Ant. tart., Cinch., Phos. ac., Ptel.), or cold or salt food.

Excessive thirst, especially for cold water . ( Acon., Ars., Bry ., Phos.)

Aversion to warm things.

Violent empty eructations. (Ipec., Phos., Merc.)

Hiccough. (Cic., Hyos., Ign., Sulph. ac.)

Violent vomiting , with continued nausea ; with great exhaustion, and desire to lie down.

Nausea, with profuse salivation and violent thirst. ( Merc .)

Vomiting violent, forcible, excessive ; of food (Ipec., Kreos., Phos .) ; of green mucus ; of slimy, acid liquid ; whenever he moves or drinks ; with cold sweat .

Painful distention of pit of stomach.

Violent pressure in pit of stomach, which extends into the sternum, the hypochondria, and the hypogastrium.

Acute pains in the stomach and epigastrium. (Aesc., Ars ., Canth., Iris, Phos.)

Abdomen

(Veratrum album)

Great sensitiveness of the abdomen to the touch. ( Acon., Bell., Coloc .)

Distention of the abdomen. (Aloe, Cinch., Cham., Colch.)

Colic : cutting , griping, and twisting, especially about navel ; better after stool (Aloe, Coloc .) ; as of intestines were twisted in a knot ; flatulent ; cold sweat .

Colic after a cold ; after abuse of Quinine ; from fruits and vegetables.

Peritonitis, with vomiting and diarrhoea ; skin cold ; features sunken ; pulse small, weak ; restless, anxious. Intussusception of bowels ; great anguish.

Stool And Anus

(Veratrum album)

Diarrhoea, violent, painful, copious, with profuse perspiration.

Stools watery, greenish, mixed with flakes ; rice water ; sudden, involuntary.

Intestinal catarrh coming on suddenly at night, in summer ; vomiting and purging.

Cholera morbus ; worse at night, cold sweat on forehead ; vomiting and purging at same time ; after fruits.

Constipation, stools hard and too large size. (Bry.)

Urinary Organs

(Veratrum album)

Urine suppressed (Acon., Bell., Stram .) ; involuntary (Ars., Bell., Hyos., Cic.) ; greenish.

Female Organs.- (Veratrum album)

Menses too early and too profuse. (Calc. c., Nux v.)

Suppressed menses, with despair of salvation.

Dysmenorrhoea, with vomiting and purging, or exhausting diarrhoea and cold sweat.

Nymphomania of lying-in women. (Cinch., Plat .)

Respiratory Organs.- (Veratrum album)

Paroxysms of constriction of larynx ; suffocative fits, with protruded eyes.

Difficult respiration, with tightness and constriction of the chest. (Phos.)

Pressure in chest in region of sternum.

Shortness of breath on slightest motion. (Acon., Ars.)

Deep, hollow cough, occurring in shocks.

Cough, with much expectoration, blueness of the face, and involuntary micturition. (Alum., Caust ., Colch .)

Cough on entering warm room from cold air. ( Bry .)

Heart and Pulse.- (Veratrum album)

Palpitation, with anxiety (Acon., Ars., Spig., Sulph.) and rapid, audible respiration.

Pulse rapid ; slow ; feeble ; irregular ; intermittent. (Coni., Digit., Natr. mur .)

Neck and Back.- (Veratrum album)

Neck so weak child can scarcely keep it erect ( Coni .), especially in whooping cough.

Pains in loins and back, as if beaten. (Arn., Ars., Bry.)

Limbs

(Veratrum album)

Painful paralytic weakness in all the limbs.

Falling asleep of the limbs. (Sep., Sil., Sulph.)

Nails blue, from coldness.

Pains in limbs resembling a bruise ; worse during wet, cold weather ; worse in warmth of bed ; better on walking up and down.

Icy coldness of hands and feet. (Sil.)

Lower Limbs.- (Veratrum album)

Difficult walking ; first right, then left hip joint feels paralytic.

Cramps in the calves. (Calc. c., Camph., Cham., Nitr. ac., Nux v., Sil., Sulph.)

Generalities

(Veratrum album)

Trembling of the whole body. (Colch.)

Paralysis after cholera ; from debilitating losses.

Sudden sinking of strength . ( Ars ., Camph., Sec.)

Extreme weakness and prostration . ( Ars ., Ferr., Phos .)

Excessive chronic weakness.

Rheumatic pains during wet weather (Rhus tox.) ; getting worse in warmth of bed (Merc.) ; better in walking up and down.

Spasms, with convulsive motion of the limbs.

Attacks of pain, with delirium, or driving to madness.

Pressure and bruised sensation in muscular parts of body.

Skin

(Veratrum album)

Wrinkled skin ; remains in folds after pressure.

Skin blue, purple, cold.

Dry eruption, resembling itch.

Sleep

(Veratrum album)

Unusual sleepiness. ( Ant. tart., Apis, Nux m .)

Fever

(Veratrum album)

Coldness and chilliness over the whole body . (Bry.)

External coldness, with internal heat.

Cold perspiration (Euphorb.) over the whole body, especially on forehead . ( Camph .)

Typhoid forms of fever, especially in cholera seasons ; also when vital forces suddenly sink.

Amelioration

Therapeutic Range.- (Veratrum album)

Chronic affections from abuse of Cinchona ; bad effects of fright, fear, or vexation ; colic from copper, fruits, and vegetables ; mania ; neuralgia ; rheumatism ; trismus ; tetanus ; convulsions ; paralysis ; sporadic or Asiatic cholera , cholera morbus ; diarrhoea ; summer complaint ; constipation ; whooping cough ; anaemia.

Conditions

(Veratrum album)

Especially useful in children.

Compare

(Veratrum album)

Acon ., Ant. tart., Arn., Ars., Cinch., Colch ., Coff. c., Cupr., Digit ., Dros., Ferr., Ipec., Op., Phos. ac.

Antidotes

(Veratrum album)

Acon., Camph., Cinch., Coff. c.

Veratrum Antidotes.-

Ars., Cinch., Ferr., Op., Tabac.

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