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Veratrum Viride

Veratrum viride
VERAT V · 16 entries across 16 books
Habitatof the Liliaceae. PreparationTincture of fresh root gathered in autumn. Clarke
1X–6X
First to sixth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Paralysis of the heart and vaso-motor centres, with low temperature, cold sweat and collapse.

From large doses, convulsions, vomiting, but rarely purging.

The full T. F. Allen text, by section

Mind

Furious delirium, quarrelsome, striking and kicking and screaming ; or with incessant muttering.

Head

Fullness in the head, with heaviness.

Vertigo in the morning on rising, with photophobia, with vomiting.

Clinical

Intense congestive headache, with pulsating, double vision, numbness of the limbs, nausea and vomiting.

Eyes

Dim vision, with dilated pupils.

Loss of vision, with faintness on rising up suddenly.

Ears

Humming, with sensitiveness to noise.

Face

Flushed.

Lips and mouth dry.

Mouth

Tongue red in the centre ; feels scalded ; or coated at base.

Red, dry strip through the centre of the tongue, with bloated, livid face.

Throat

Burning and dryness in the throat, with inclination to swallow.

Stomach

Thirst, especially in the morning, with nausea.

Hiccough, with spasms of the upper part of the oesophagus.

Nausea somewhat > eating and empty eructations.

Vomiting, with cold sweat, in the morning on rising.

Twisting tearing pains in the stomach and abdomen.

Abdomen

Pain, particularly just above the pelvis, with soreness.

Clinical

Os uteri rigid during labor, with flushed face, full pulse, dry mouth.

Pelvic congestion or inflammation, with tenderness, fever, puerperal fever, even convulsions.

Suppressed menstruation, with congestion of the head.

Dysmenorrhoea.

Respiratory organs :

Difficult, convulsive breathing, amounting to suffocation.

A feeling of rush of blood to the lungs.

Clinical

Bronchitis.

Pulmonary congestion or inflammation, with livid face, dry tongue, full, hard or irregular pulse, cold sweat at times.

Inflammations about the heart, with the above symptoms.

Extremities

Flying pains in the joints (occasionally indicated in arthritic inflammations, with the peculiar symptoms of the drug).

Clinical

Erysipelas, particularly of the head and face, with delirium, dry tongue and mouth.

Fever

Coldness, with clammy sweat.

General feeling of congestion ; fever.

Cold sweat, with weakness.

Complete text of the Veratrum Viride entry in T. F. Allen - A Primer of Materia Medica; 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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16 entries across 16 books · abbreviations: VERAT V, VERAT-V · Family: Melanthaceae

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Entries

1 Boericke

VERATRUM VIRIDE · William Boericke · 2,853 chars

3 Clarke

Veratrum Viride · John Henry Clarke · 19,343 chars

4 Hering

Veratrum Viride · Constantine Hering · 35,119 chars

5 Allen

Veratrum Viride · Henry C. Allen · 1,363 chars

6 Nash

Veratrum Viride · E. B. Nash · 3,742 chars

7 Hering

VERATRUM VIRIDE · Constantine Hering · 7,213 chars

9 Farrington

Veratrum Viride · Ernest Albert Farrington · 1,810 chars

14 T. F. Allen

VERATRUM VIRIDE · Timothy Field Allen · 18,378 chars

15 Tyler

Veratrum Viride · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 9,505 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

VERATRUM VIRIDE · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 5,332 chars

18 Dewey

Veratrum Viride · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 896 chars

20 Hempel

Veratrum Viride · Charles Julius Hempel · 37,404 chars

21 Hale

Veratrum Viride · Edwin Moses Hale · 15,754 chars

22 Roberts

Veratrum viride · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,369 chars

23 T. F. Allen · shown above

VERATRUM VIRIDE · Timothy Field Allen · 2,213 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Veratrum Viride · A. Gladstone Clarke · 924 chars

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Research (5)

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  1. Towards an evidence-based repertory: clinical evaluation of Veratrum albumVan Wassenhoven M · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2004 · doi
  2. Antioxidative, antiproliferative and biochemical effects in HepG2 cells of a homeopathic remedy and its constituent plant tinctures tested separately or in combinationGebhardt R · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 2003 · doi
  3. HOMEOPATHIC GRAVE-ROBBINGBOYSON WA · Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy · 1964
  4. [Homeopathic drugs: Veratrum album, the white hellebore]MUNCH W · Hippokrates · 1957
  5. [Veratrum album and its complementaries]VANNIER L · L' Homeopathie francaise · 1951

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