Homeopathy LibraryVeratrum Album
Reason for use
We may think of this remedy where there is a marked debility or exhaustion from functional or physical disturbance--as e.g. , in whooping cough, patient will cough until completely exhausted and then have a cold perspiration on the forehead , or there may be a great exhaustion obliging one to lie down after the passage of stool, even though it be soft, with cold sweat on the forehead .
Mental.-- Affections of the mind in general; tired of life, but fear to die; amativeness; haughtiness; delirium; madness; sensitiveness; memory weak, or entirely lost.
The full Guernsey text, by section
Chest
Respiration oppressed; voice hollow; weak.
Gastric.-- Extreme hunger; longing for acids; craving for refreshing things, as juicy fruits, etc., and very cold; water tastes bitter; extreme nausea, causing one to retch and strain with great violence, sometimes with vomiting, sometimes not; vomiting of bile; of bitter substances; greenish.
Stool And Anus
Diarrhoea watery, particularly with exhaustion after every stool, worse from motion, cold sweat on the forehead , desire for very cold drinks; stool involuntary; complaints before stool, during, and after.
Sexual.-- Female : Sexual desire too strong, particularly in childbed; worse at night; nymphomania; complaints during menstruation, as e.g. , vomiting and diarrhoea which may occur at those times.
Fever
External coldness of the skin even when covered up warmly; chilliness and coldness in general; coldness of single parts. Perspiration in general; complaints concomitant with; pulse very weak or imperceptible.
Generalities
Affections in general of the sexual organs, principally on right side; on crown of the head, especially for sensations felt there; appearing in the rear of the navel; small of the back.
Countenance is almost always changed, presenting an unnatural appearance. Dry mouth. Inguinal hernia. Flatus in general; flatulent colic. Urine very dark; blackness of outer parts; staggering when walking, from debility; drowsiness; dry exanthema.
Worse.-- After drinking; before and during menstruation; before and during stool (feel very weak and turn pale during stool); often after stool; during perspiration.
Remedies following:-- Acon., Bellad., Chamom., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia, Sulphur .
Antidotes
Camphor , best; Acon., China, Coffea .
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