Stramonium


Stramonium symptoms of the homeopathy remedy from Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms by Adolph von Lippe. What are the symptoms of Stramonium? Keynote indications and uses of Stramonium…


COMMON NAME:

      THORN APPLE.

Symptoms

      St. Vitus’s dance (Agaricus, Kali-Br., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Sulphur Zincum met.)

Of use in certain forms of epilepsy (Calc, Cuprum, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis).

Tingling in the limbs (Aconite).

Trembling of the limbs (in drunkards) (Hyoscyamus).

Increased and easy movability of the muscle subservient to the will (voluntary musculature), and slowness of the muscles not subject to the will (involuntary musculature).

Subsultus tendinum (Hyoscyamus). (C.).

Twitching in the limbs (Belladonna, Cuprum, Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis).

Twitching of single muscles, or groups of muscles, especially of upper part of the body (A.).

Carphology (Hyoscyamus). (C.).

SPASM FROM FRIGHT (Aconite, Bufo., Calcarea, Cuprum, Hyoscyamus, Ignatia, Indg., Opium, Platina, Secale, Sulphur, Veratrum, Zincum met.).

Chorea (Agaricus, Cuprum, Gelsemium, Mercurius). (A.).

VIOLENT CONGESTIONS OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (Aconite, Belladonna, Gloninum, Lachesis, Meli., Opium, Sanguinaria, Sulphur, Verat-V.).

Spasmodic jerking of the head when up from the pillow (Belladonna). (N.).

Abscesses, with violent pains driving one to madness (especially in the left hip) (N.).

Eyes bright, wild and suffused, with red face and wild delirium (Belladonna). (D.).

Eyes wide open, prominent; pupils exceedingly dilated (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus), insensible (Opium), with injected conjunctiva or total blindness (N.).

DIPLOPIA (Aurum, Belladonna, Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Nux vomica, Opium, Plb.). (K.).

Cannot walk in a dark room (A.).

Contortion of eyes and eyelids (A.).

Pupils dilate when the child is reprimanded (A.).

Suppression of all secretions and excretions (Apis., Belladonna, Hyoscyamus).

EFFECTS FROM SUPPRESSED ERUPTIONS (Ant-T., Apis, Bryonia, Cuprum, Hyoscyamus, lachesis, Opium, Sulphur).

Pain in loins (Aesculus, Belladonna, Calcarea, Kali carb., Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Rhus- T., Sepia, Sulphur).

COLDNESS OF THE EXTREMITIES DURING FEVER (Carb-An., Kali-Arsenicum, Sepia) (K.).

VIOLENT PERSPIRATION (Belladonna, Camph., Mercurius, Silicea, Veratrum).

Secretion of milk increased (Asafoetida, Belladonna, Bryonia, Calcarea, Conium, Iodium, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron).

Dysmenorrhoea with excessive loquacity (N.).

Catamenia too profuse, the blood is clotted (Croc., Sabina, Ustilago).

Excessive loquacity during menses; face bloated with blood, with tears and prayers and earnest supplications (N.).

Urine turbid, brown and thick, which is very scanty (Aconite, Apis., Arsenicum, Belladonna, Benz-Ac., Camph., Digitalis, Hepar, Ipecac., Merc- C., Phosphorus, Plb., Sepia, Sulphur).

No force to the flow of the stream (of urine) (Clem., Conium, Hepar, Sepia).

The urine dribble away very slowly and feebly (G.).

KIDNEYS SECRETE LESS OR NONE IN ACUTE DISEASES, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN (N.).

Grinding of teeth (Apis., Belladonna, Hyoscyamus) (K.).

Circumscribed redness of cheeks (Chamomilla) (A.).

Stammering or entirely speechless (N.).

Dribbling of gluey saliva from the mouth (Belladonna, Cinnab.). (N.).

Voice suddenly gives out and takes a higher pitch (D.).

Risus sardonicus (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Oena., Plb.). (N.).

Oppression, with desire for open air (Carb-V). (C.).

Nervous asthma (Arsenicum, Cuprum, Phosphorus) (D.).

Difficult, hurried respiration (Arsenicum, Kali carb.). (C.).

FOREHEAD WRINKLED, IN BRAIN SYMPTOMS (Helleborus), OR IN HEADACHE (Causticum, Hyoscyamus, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sulphur). (K.).

Calls things by wrong names (C.).

Bright objects cause delirium, spasms and convulsions (D.).

SCREAMING OUT, TERRIFIED (Belladonna) (D.).

Young men or women who pray, sing or talk so devoutly or constantly as to excite the sympathy of all in the home (N.).

Cannot bear to be alone (Bism.).; wants hand to be held (N.).

Awakens with a shrinking look, as if frightened at the first object seen (N.).

DESIRE TO ESCAPE IN DELIRIUM (Belladonna, Bryonia, Hyoscyamus, Opium, Rhus toxicodendron). (A.).

Struggles to get out of bed (Belladonna). (C.).

Imagines all sorts of things; that she is double, lying crosswise, etc. (Petroleum). (A.).

Head feels as if scattered about (Baptisia). (A.).

Proud, haughty (Lachesis, Platina) (C.).

Rapid changes from joy to sadness (Ignatia) (Br.).

Child is delirious, does not know where it is; calls for papa and mamma, although they may be present trying to console it (G.).

FURIOUS DELIRIUM (Belladonna, lachesis) (Bt.).

Sensation as if the limbs were separated from the body (Baptisia).

Visions in delirium (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus).

Mania with continuous phantastical illusions (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis).

Mania, especially of drunkards (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis).

PAINLESSNESS WITH MOST OF THE AILMENTS (Opium).

GREAT LOQUACITY, THE PATIENT TALKS ALL THE TIME (Hyoscyamus, Lachesis) LAUGHS, PLAYS, SINGS AND PRAYS (Veratrum).

Fear of darkness (Arsenicum, Belladonna). (D.).

DESIRE FOR LIGHT AND COMPANY (Belladonna, Calcarea, Gelsemium, Lac-C.).

Horrible hallucinations (Belladonna); objects start from every corner (Hyoscyamus) animals spring up and terrify (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus) (D.).

Religious mania (Aurum, Sulphur, Veratrum) (Br.).

VIOLENT RAGE (Agaricus, Belladonna, Hyoscyamus).

Violent and lewd (Phosphorus). (Br.).

CONVULSIONS WITH CONSCIOUSNESS (Nux vomica). (A.).

Pangs of conscience; thinks he is not honest; does not know his friends; raves about his business (G.).

Mock laughter when looking at the picture of his father; face red; eyes wild; alternating with melancholy (G.).

One side paralysed, the other convulsed (Helleborus) (N.).

THE CONVULSIONS ARE INDUCED BY CONTACT, AFTER EACH MOTION, FROM LIGHT AND FROM GLISTENING OBJECTS (Lyss.).

Stiff immovability of the body with consciousness (Ignatia).

FACE HOT AND RED WITH COLD HANDS AND FEET (A.).

Hydrophobia; fear of water, with excessive aversion to liquids (Belladonna, Lyss.). (A.).

Screaming, biting, scratching (Belladonna) (C.).

Spasmodic constriction of the throat (Belladonna, Lachesis, Merc-C.,) (A.).

Convulsive hiccough (Arsenicum, Belladonna, Gelsemium) (K.).

VIOLENT HICCOUGH (Am-M., Calcarea fluorica. Cicuta, Cyclamen, Lobelia, Lycopodium, Magnesia phos., Natrum muriaticum,. Nicc., Nux vomica, Stront., Teucrium, Veratrum) (K.).

Hiccough after hot drinks (Veratrum). (F.).

Faintings with snoring (Opium).

Vertigo when walking in the dark, day or night; he staggers and falls down every time he attempts to walk (G.). No desire for water, although the mouth is dry (Pulsatilla). (Nd.).

Troublesome thirst even with much saliva (G.).

Saliva tastes salty (Ant-C., Carb-An., Cycl-An., Cyclamen, Hyoscyamus, Kali-I., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Merc-C., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur).

Sexual erethism. with indecent speech and action (Hyoscyamus).: hands constantly kept on the genital (Br.).

Violent thirst, especially for acid drinks (Ant-T., China, Phosphorus, Veratrum) (C.).

Nausea, with flow of very saltish tasting saliva (G.).

Diarrhoea of a cadaverous odour (Arsenicum, Baptisia, Kali-P., Lachesis, Psorinum, Sulphur) (G.).

Puerperal fever (Bryonia, Hyoscyamus, Pyrog.). and nymphomania (Hyoscyamus, Veratrum). (Bt.).

Scarlet rash, with furious delirium (Belladonna). (Bt.).

Spasm of larynx (Bromium, Lachesis, Phosphorus) (B.).

Spasmodic cough (Belladonna, Cuprum, Drosera,) (B.).

Vertigo, as if he would fall forward and to the left (R.).

Throbbing in vertex and occiput (Lachesis, Sulphur) (R.).

Bores the head into the pillow (Apis., Arnica, Belladonna, Bryonia, Helleborus, Sulphur, Tuberculinum) (R.).

Cerebro-spinal meningitis accompanied by a severe congestive headache, the pains being so severe that the patients are besides themselves (R.).

Delirium tremens (Hyoscyamus, Lachesis) (Br.).

Gyratory and graceful motions (Br.)

Sees ghosts, hears voices, talks with spirits (Hyoscyamus). (Br.).

Small objects look large (reverse of Plat). (Br.).

Parts of the body seem enormously swollen (Br.).

All objects look black (all objects look red-Phosphorus). (Br.).

Juicy fruit tastes dry: food tastes like straw (A.).

Clean or whitish tongue, with red papillae (A.).

Vomiting, as soon as he raises his head from pillow (Arsenicum, Bryonia, Colchicum); or from a bright light (A.).

Nausea and vomiting in the evening followed by violent, anxious heat (A.).

Dry glowing heat over whole body, with redness of head and face, and coldness and paleness of the rest of the body (Belladonna, Opium). (A.).

Skin hot and burning with sweat at the same time (Belladonna, Sepia) (A.).

During sweat, cannot bear to be uncovered (A.).

OILY SWEAT (Phosphorus, as if mixed with oil-China). (A.).

Is beneficial in erysipelas, when the brain symptoms are pronounced (Bl.).

Children cry out in sleep (Apis., Belladonna) (A.).

Restless sleep, with tossing about (Arsenicum). (C.).

Sleepy, but cannot sleep (Belladonna, Chamomilla, Opium) (A.).

AGGRAVATION:

      When alone; in the dark; from being touched; on looking at bright light or shining objects; on attempting to swallow, especially liquids; after sleep; from fright; from suppression of discharge; and from intemperance.

Adolph Lippe
Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)