ACONITE


ACONITE homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine ACONITE …


      DECACHORDS Arranged by A. Gladstone Clarke.

Symptoms of Aconite

      1. Strong, healthy, full-blooded person of quick, lively, sanguine temperament.

2. Emotional, mental and physical tension; hyperaesthesia, of the special senses.

3. Onset of sthenic fevers, characterized by (a) intense anxiety with prediction and fear of death, causing restlessness and tossing about; (b) strong, full, rapid pulse; (c) dry, hot skin and great thirst; (d) intolerance of warmth, bedclothes thrown off.

4. Complains from exposure to dry, cold winds and draughts, also from suppressed perspiration, mental emotions (esp. fright.). injury, shock, surgical operation, intense heat.

5. Pains intense and insupportable; tearing, stabbing, cutting; often associated with:

6. Local numbness or tingling.

7. Sudden disturbances of the special senses. esp. vision.

8. Sudden spasmodic affections in children, esp. croup.

9. Haemorrhages of bright-red blood when the characteristic mental anxiety is present.

10. Modalities; ((<)) evening and night; warm room, lying on left side: (>) fresh air; joint pain ((<)) motion (>) rest.

Notes. Chronic-Sulphur, Keynote-Tension.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.