Stramonium
Thorn-apple
Eyes
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Seem prominent, staring imde open; pupils dilated. Loss of vision ; complains that it is dark, and calls for light. Sjnall objects look large. Parts of the body seem enormously swollen. Strabismus.
Face
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Hot, red; circumscribed redness of cheeks. Blood rushes to
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distorted. Expression of terror. Pale
Female
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Metrorrhagia, with loquacity, singing, prayirig. Puerperal mania, with characteristic mental symp-
Guiding symptoms
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sation as if limbs were separated from body. Delirium tremens.
Head
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Raises head frequently from the pillow. Pain in forehead and over eyebrows, beginning at 9 A. M, ; worse until noon. Boring pain, preceded by obscure vision. Rush of blood to
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staggers, with tendency to fall forward and to the left.
Male
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Sexual erethism, with indecent speech and action. Hands constantly kept on genitals.
Mind
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Devout, earnest, beseeching and ceaseless talking. Loquacious, garrulous, laughing, singing, swearing, praying, rhyming. Sees ghosts, hears voices, talks with spirits. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Violent and lewd. Delusions about his identity ; thinks himself tall, double, a part missing. Religious mania. Cannot bear solitude or darkness; tnust have light and company. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on spasms. Delirium, with desire to escape. [Bell.; Bty.; Rhus.]
Mouth
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Dry; dribbling of viscid saliva. Aversion to Stammering. [Cannab. sat.] Risus sardonicus. Cannot swallow on account of spasm. Chewing motion.
Stomach
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Food tastes like straw. Violent thirst. Vomiting of mucus and green bile. Urine. — Suppressed, bladder empty.
Text
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The entire force of this drug seems to be expended on the brain, though the skin and throat show some disturbance. Suppressed secretions and excretions. Sen- 706
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.