Plant
Stramonium
Thorn-apple
Repertory abbreviation: Stram.
The entire force of this drug seems to be expended on the brain, though the skin and throat show some disturbance. Suppressed secretions and excretions. Sen- sation as if limbs were separated from body. Delirium tremens.
Mind
Devout, carnest, besccching and ceaselcss talking. Loquacious, garrulous, laughing, singing, swear- ing, praying, rhyming. Sees ghosts, hears voices, talks with spirits. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Violent and lewd. Delusions about his identity; thinks himself tall. double, a part missing. Religious mania. Cannot bear solitude or darkness; must have lighit and company. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on spasms. Delirium, with desire to escape. [Bell.; By.: Rhus.]
Head
Ruiscs head frequently from the pillow. Pain in forehead and over eyebrows, beginning at 9 A.M.; worse until noon.] Boring pain, preceded by obscure vision. Rush of blood to head; staggers, with tendency to fall forward and to the left.
Eyes
Seem prominent, staring wide open; pupils dilated. Loss of vision; complains that it is dark, and calls for liglit. Small objects look luryc. Parts of the body seem enormously swollen. Strabismus.
Face
Hot, red; circumscribed redness of cheeks. Blood rushes to face; distorted. Expression of terror. Pale face.
Mouth
Dry; dribbling Of viscid saliva. Aversion to water.+Stammering. [Cannab. sat.] Risus sardoni- cus. Cannot swallow on account of spasm. Chewing motion.
Stomach
Food tastes like straw. Violent thirst. Vomiting of mucus and green bile. Urine, —- Suppressed, bladder empty.
Male
Sexual erethism, with indecent speech and action. Hands constantly kept on genitals.
Female
Metrorrhagia, with loquacity, singing, ray- ing. Puerperal mania, with characteristic mental symp- toms and profuse sweatings. Convulsions after labor.
Extremities
Graccful, rhythmic motions. Convul- sions of upper extremities and of isolated groups of muscles. Chorea; spasms partial, constantly changing. Violent pain in left hip. Trembling, twitching of tendons, staggering gait.
Skin
Shining red Ash. Effects of suppressed erup- tion in scarlatina, with delirium, etc.
Sleep
Awakens terrifed; screams with fright. Deep snoring sleep. Sleepy, but cannot sleep. [Bell.]
Fever
Profuse sweat, which does not relieve. Violent fever.
Modalities
IVorsc, in dark room, when alone, look- ing at bright or shining objects, after sleep, on swal- owing. Better, from bright light, company, warmth.
Relationships
Compare especially : Hyoscy. and Bellad. It has less fever than Bellad., but more than Hyos. It causes more functional excitement of the s dition of Bellad. Antidotes: Bellad.: Tabac.; Nux.
Dose
Tincture, to thirtieth potency.