HYOSCYAMUS


An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Hyoscyamus from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….


Adapted to persons of a sanguine temperament; who are irritable, nervous hysterical.

Diseases with increased cerebral activity but of a non- inflammatory type as in hysteria or delirium tremens.

Convulsions; of children from the irritation of intestinal worms of labor; or during the puerperal state.

Delirium: with restlessness, jumps out of bed, tries to escape; makes irrelevant answers thinks he is in the wrong place talks of imaginary wrongs, but has no wants makes no complaints.

In delirium Hyoscyamus occupies a place midway between Belladonna and Stramonium; lacks the constant cerebral congestion of the former and the fierce rage and maniacal delirium of the latter.

Fears: being left alone poisoned bitten sold; to eat to take what is offered.

Bad effects of unfortunate love; with jealousy, rage, incoherent speech or inclination to laugh at everything followed by epilepsy.

Lascivious mania.

Dry, spasmodic, nocturnal cough; wore when lying down, relieved by sitting up.

Spasmodic affection are apt to be epileptoid in character.

Intense sleeplessness of irritable, excitable persons, from business embarrassments, often imaginary.

Comical alienation of mind they perform ludicrous actions, like monkeys.

He strips himself naked in bed and prattles.

Violent and beats people.

Complete loss of consciousness.

Pupils dilated.

Small objects seem very large.

The throat feels constricted, impairing swallowing.

The stool passed involuntarily in bed.

Frequent cough at night which always wakes him, after which he again falls asleep.

Dry cough at night.

Long continued sleeplessness.Starts up in sleep from affright.

Urine scanty or retained or passed involuntarily in bed, leaving streaks of red sand on the sheets.

Picking at the bedclothes.

Whole body cold, with burning redness of face; chill alternating with heat.

Congestive chills with cold extremities. Burning heat all over skin hot and dry to touch with distended veins.

Melford Eugene Douglass
M.E.Douglass, MD, was a Lecturer of Dermatology in the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He was the author of - Skin Diseases: Their Description, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment; Repertory of Tongue Symptoms; Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica.