Helleborus Orientalis

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Helleborus Orientalis homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….

Introduction

Helleborus orientalis, Lam.

Natural order: Ranunculaceae.

Preparation: Tincture of the root.

Head

Heaviness of the head (second day). Feeling of fullness in the head (after half an hour). Headache.

Mouth

Accumulation of water in the mouth (second day). Accumulation of water in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day). Bad taste in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day).

Throat

Burning, extending from the stomach to the lower portion of the oesophagus.

Stomach

Loss of appetite (second day). Eructations. Hiccough. Great nausea (second morning). Slight burning in the epigastric region, which afterwards extended to the intestines, followed by sensation of pressure in the stomach (after three-quarters of an hour). Feeling of fullness in the epigastric region, with inclination to vomit.

Abdomen

Frequent rumbling along the bowels, in the morning on waking, soon followed by four liquid evacuations in succession (second morning). Pain in the abdomen, especially in the region of the left transverse colon (after two hours).

Urine

Urine more profuse and paler than usual (second day).

Pulse

Pulse rose from 80 to 92 during the first half hour, where it remained for half an hour, and then fell to 76; as long as the pulse was increased in frequency, the warmth of the body was increased. The pulse was always diminished in frequency, without previous increase, during the first two hours, as much as 13 beats below the normal (after 3 grains of the alcoholic extract).

General Symptoms

Disinclination to work (second day). Weakness and prostration (third and fourth days). General prostration (after a few hours). Exhaustion of the whole body (second day). A feeling of heaviness oppressing the whole body during the first night. Symptoms relieved by Coffee.

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TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.