A plant allied to A. Napellus, L., but more deadly in its effects. In India it is called Bisch or Bikh. It contains both Aconitine and pseudoaconitine, but more of the latter (differing thus from a. Napellus, which contains more of the former) and a third alkaloid.
General Action
Its action is quite similar in a general way to that of A. Napellus, more violent; it seems not to cause neuralgia of the trigeminus.
Weakness; on waking; muscular. Sensibility diminished. Touch blunted, feeling as if he had on gloves, and as he walked on wooden carpets, no pain on pinching cheek. Amelioration in afternoon; A. after coffee. Mental activity increased; then diminished so that he could do no mental work. Anxiety. Constant talking. Confusion of mind; of head. dullness of head on waking. Vertigo; on attempting to sit by the stove, with flickering, trembling of limbs, oppression and nausea. Pupils dilated, sluggish. lachrymation (from local application), (>) by cold applications, with burning, swelling and burning of upper lid, photophobia, next day lids and ball red. Cheeks felt fuzzy. Burning of lips; (<) by hot drinks. Boring in nose. Sneezing.
Tongue coated yellowish-white; formication on tongue involving whole mouth; T. insensible, like leather. Salivation. Taste flat, pasty. T. sharp, burning. Burning in mouth; and throat; (<) by food, (>) by cold water; in pharynx; in tongue. Constriction of throat. Little appetite. Eructations. Nausea; after breakfast. Vomiting. Pain in stomach; after eating; on pressure; drawing in region of S. and sacrum, spreading over abdomen, (<) by pressure. Heat in stomach. Rumbling in abdomen. Gurgling. Stools dark, semi-liquid. Diarrhoea, with pain. Micturition frequent and copious. Urine light, then dark.
Inclination to cough. Dyspnoea; must sit up with head leaning on hands. Respiration rapid. Anxiety, with suffocation from feeling of paralysis in respiratory muscles. Pulse slow; P. small and weak. Limbs weak and trembling. Walking uncertain, difficult and fatiguing. Formication (<) over face; over whole body, changing from one nerve to another, causing painful uneasiness, constant change of position, weakness on attempting to rise, vertigo, blackness before eyes, trembling and nausea, all (>) by lying. Sleepiness. Sleeplessness. Desire for warmth. Icy coldness of body, especially of limbs. Skin cold; and dry, rustling; must be covered. Temperature increased. Sensation as if glowing hot wires were stuck into him, (>) by sweat. Sweat, with calor mordax.
Clinical It has proved palliative in cardiac dyspnoea (Curare, Phosphorus) (with “Cheyne-Stokes: respiration).
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.