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homeopathic remedy
Veratrum album
homeopathy

definition

source: from the roots of the plant white hellebore
organ affinities: nervous system, vasomotor nerves, capillaries, heart, respiratory system, digestive tract, vertex
associated conditions: hysteria, insanity, diarrhea, shock, dysmenorrhea, whooping cough, vertigo
miasms:
indications:
» children and old age; habitually COLD
» COLLAPSE, COMPLETE PROSTRATION, EXTREME COLDNESS, BLUENESS
» COLD PERSPIRATION ON FOREHEAD with nearly all complaints
» mania with desire to cut and tear everything, esp. clothes; lewd, lascivious talk, amorous or religious; alternates with silence or refusal to talk; delusions of impending misfortune
» sensation of a lump of ice on vertex
» unquenchable thirst for large quantities of very cold water; craves acids or refreshing things
» VIOLENT VOMITING WITH PROFUSE DIARRHEA; < drinking, least motion
» post-operative shock with cold sweat, pale face, rapid, feeble pulse
» dysmenorrhea with vomiting, purging or exhaustive diarrhea with cold sweat; so weak can scarcely stand during menses
pulse:
» small, rapid, at times diasppearing from the wrist (Jones, p. 10)
modalities:
» worse: least motion, after drinking, before and during menses, during stool, when
perspiring, after fright, change of weather, wet cold air
» better: walking, warmth, covering, lying
relationships:
» complementary: Arn.
» remedies that precede well: Arn., Ars., Am-c., Bov., Camph., Chin., Carb-v., Ip.
» remedies that follow well: Arg-n., Bell., Cham., Carb-v., Puls., Rhus-t.
» antidotes: Acon., Camph., Chin., Coff.
dosage: 6C-30C and higher; in mental cases 200C and higher


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