Materia Medica
Helleborus
Snow-rose
Produces a condition of sensorial depression. Sees, hears, tastes imperfectly, and general muscular zecak- ness, which may go on to complete paralysis, arcom- panied by dropsical effusions. Hence, a remedy in low states of vitality and serious disease. Chiaracteristic ag- gravation from 4 to 8 p. M. [Lycop.] State of ef- fusion'in hydrocephalus. Mania of a melancholy type.
Mind
Slow in answering. Thoughtless; staring. Involuntary sighing. Complete unconsciousness. Picks lips and clothes.
Head
Forehead wrinkled in folds. Cold sweat. Stupefying headache. Rolls head day and night ;; moan- ing, sudden screams. Bores head into pillow; beats it with hands. Dull pain inl occiput, with sensation of water swashing inside. Headache culminates in vomit- ing.
Eyes
Eyeballs turn upwards; squinting, vacant look. Pupils dilated. Eyes wide open, sunken. Night blind- ness.
Nose
Dirty, dry nostrils. Rubs nose. Smell diminished. Nose pointed.
Face
Pale, sunken. Cold sweat. Wrinkled. Neu- ralgia on left side; parts so tender he cannot chew.
Mouth
Horrible smell from mouth. Lips dry and cracked. Tongue red and dry. Falling of lower jaw. Meaningless picking of lips. Grinding of teeth. 'Chew. ing motion. Greedily swallows cold water, though uil- conscious. Child nurses greedily, with disgust for food. Ptyalism, with sore corners of mouth.
Abdomen
Gurgling, a3 if bowels were full of wa- ter. Swollen, painful to touch.
Stool
Jelly-like, white mucus ; involuntary Urine.— Suppressed; scanty, dark; coffee-grounds sediment. Frequent urging. Child cannot urinate. Bladder overdistended.
Respiratory
Frequent sighing. Respiration irregu- lar. Chest constricted ; gasps for breath. Hydrothorax. [Merc. sulph.]
Extremities
Automatic motion of one arm and leg. Linhs heavy and painful. Stretching of limbs. Thumb drawn into palm. [Cupr.] Vesicular eruption between fingers and toes.
Skin
Pale, dropsical, itching. Livid spots on skin. Sudden, watery, swelling of skin. Falling off of hair and nails.
Sleep
Sudden screams in sleep. Soporous sleep. Cri encephalique. Cannot be fully aroused.
Modalities
Worse, from evening until morning, from uncovering.
Relationships
Hellcbor. fetidus or, Polymnia (splenic affections, chronic ague cake; hypertrophied uterus; glandular enlargements; hair and nails falling off; skin peeling) ; Hcllcbor. orientalis (salivation). Antidote: Camphor; Cinch. Compare: Threatening effusion; Tuberc.; Apis; Zinc.; Opium; Cinch.: Cicuta; Iodoform.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency.