Source / Family / History:
- Kingdom: Vegetable
- Family: Melanthiaceae
- Common name: White Hellebore
- Prover / Source: Dr. Hahnemann
- DOA: 20–30 days
- Miasm: Psoric background
- Temperament: Sanguine & Nervous
- Constitution: Mainly acts in acute states; extremes of age
Ailment From
Fright, shock, injury, dissapointed lose. suppressed exantuema, opiuds ,tobacco alcohol. fruits.
KEY SYMPTOMS
Mind / Mania:
- 3 types of mania:
- Violent mania – Belladonna type
- Religious mania – Stramonium type
- Lascivious mania – Hyoscyamus type
- Brooding / Melancholy: despair, hopelessness, thinks she is pregnant
- Nymphomania / Satyriasis – intense desire, maniacal kissing
- Triggers: Fright, shock, injury, disappointment, suppressed exanthema, opiates, alcohol
Mind / Mania
- 3 types of mania:
- Violent mania – of Belladonna
- Religious mania – of Stramonium
- Lascivious mania – of Hyoscyamus
- Each tries to supersede others
- Intense, unquenchable thirst for large quantities of cold water
- Brooding + despair + hopelessness; thinks she is pregnant or will soon deliver
- Doesn’t want to be alone but refuses to talk
- Manic behaviors: maniacal desire to kiss everybody, nymphomania & satyriasis, religious frenzy
- Causes / triggers: Fright, shock, injury, disappointment, suppressed exanthema, opiates, tobacco, alcohol, fruit
- Disposition: Sometimes becomes lascivious
Body / Physical Symptoms
- COLD perspiration all over body, especially forehead
- Violent vomiting & diarrhea
- Cramps in extremities
- Collapse / shock: violent, cold, bluish, weak
- Face: bloated, sunken eyes, malar bones prominent – Hippocratic face
- Extremities: cold as if dead
- Rapid sinking of vital force; complete prostration
- Other physical states: coprophagia, obscene thoughts, desires to lie down, profuse retching & vomiting
GIT
- Violent vomiting and diarrhea
- Cold feeling + cutting pain in stomach
- Discharges: profuse, exhausting
- Useful in surgical shock
Guiding Symptoms / Keynotes
- PROFUSENESS of vomiting, diarrhea, perspiration
- Rapid sinking of vital force
- Complete collapse & prostration
- Extreme weakness
- Cravings for cold, refreshing things
- Nakedness preference
- Manic behaviors: desire to kiss everybody, nymphomania, satyriasis
- Religious frenzy / brooding + melancholy / despair / hopelessness
Modalities / Aggravations / Ameliorations
Aggravation:
- Extreme: slightest motion
- After cold drinks
- During stool
- When perspiring
- After fright
Amelioration:
- Walking in warmth
- After camphor (especially in cholera)
Therapeutic Sphere / Uses
- Collapse / shock
- Surgical shock
- Profuse vomiting & diarrhea
- Violent acute states, acute collapse
- Extreme mania: violent, religious, lascivious
- Coprophagia
- Dynamic acute conditions affecting GIT, blood, nervous system
Particular / Unique Features
- Violent cold perspiration on forehead with all complaints
- Bloated face, disposition to bite & tear
- Profuse cold sweat – hallmark
- Rapid sinking of vital force, blueness, extreme weakness
- GIT & vomiting: violent, colicky, profuse
- Collapse: features sunken, pale, extremities cold as if dead
- Manic desire: kissing, sexual frenzy, religious frenzy, brooding
- Symptoms disappear in reverse order of appearance
Other Notes
- Source: Vegetable kingdom, Melanthaceae family
- Craving: Cold drinks, refreshing things
- Caution: Acts violently; potentized doses only
- Used in acute collapse, cholera, surgical shock, and extreme psychic states
- Dynamic action: Small doses potentized produce profound curative effects
- Modalities: Profuse, exhausting, aggravation from motion, cold, fright, amelioration by warmth