Veratrum Album

Veratrum Album
The following are the indications of Veratrum Album, as it relates to this part. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface.

MIND

Melancholy, with stupor and mania

Sits in a stupid manner, notices nothing, Sullen indifference

Frenzy of excitement, shrieks, curses

Puerperal mania

Aimless wandering from home

Delusions of impending misfortunes

Mania, with desire to cut and tear things ( Tarent.) Attacks of pain, with delirium driving to madness

Cursing, howling all night.

mind, behaviour, runs about (see escape);

mind, behaviour, shrieking;

mind, dazed;

mind, delirium;

mind, delirium, nonsense, with eyes open;

mind, delirium, raging, raving;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, haughty;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium);

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, rudeness;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, rudeness, insolent;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear);

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear), praying;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, despair, religious (of salvation etc.);

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, despair, religious (of salvation etc.), during suppressed period;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, despair, of social position;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, inconsolable, over fancied misfortune;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, lamenting, regretting;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, lamenting, regretting, evening;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, sadness, mental depression;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting);

mind, hysteria;

mind, uncooperative, refuses to eat;

mind, intellectual faculties, impaired thinking, absent-minded (see forgetful);

mind, intellectual faculties, impaired thinking, imbecility;

mind, insanity;

mind, insanity, erotic;

mind, insanity, mania, madness;

mind, insecure, uncertain, scared, anxiety;

mind, insecure, uncertain, scared, anxiety, about salvation;

mind, memory, weakness of memory;

mind, preoccupied, brooding (see anxiety, sadness);

mind, preoccupied, brooding (see anxiety, sadness), evening;

mind, talking, conversation, dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn;

VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

vertigo, dizziness, with vomiting;

HEAD

Contracted features

Cold sweat on forehead

sensation of a lump of ice on vertex

Neck too weak to hold head up.

head, coldness, top of head (vertex);

Headache, with nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, pale face

head, pain, headache, top of head (vertex);

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead;

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead, cold;

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead, during fever;

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead, during stool;

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead, after stool;

EYES

Surrounded by dark rings

Staring: turned upwards, without lustre

Lachrymation with redness

Lids dry heavy.

eye, dryness;

FACE

Features sunken

Icy coldness of tip of nose and face

Nose grows more pointed

Tearing in cheeks, temples, and eyes

Face very pale, blue, collapsed, cold.

face, coldness;

face, coldness, with chill;

face, coldness, cholera;

face, expression, anxious;

face, appearance as if dead (see sunken);

face, perspiration;

face, perspiration, cold;

face, skin, discoloration, bluish;

face, skin, discoloration, bluish, in cholera;

face, skin, discoloration, pale;

face, skin, discoloration, pale, during chill;

face, skin, drawn, pulled;

face, sunken;

NOSE

nose, coldness;

nose, pointed;

MOUTH

mouth, cold breath;

Toothache, teeth feel heavy as if filled with lead.

Dry in center not relieved by water

Salty saliva

mouth, dryness;

mouth, salivation;

Tongue pale, cold, cool sensation, as from Peppermint

mouth, tongue, cold tongue;

mouth, dryness, palate (roof of mouth);

THROAT

throat, dryness;

throat, scraping;

throat, voice, hollow;

throat, voice, weak;

CHEST

Pulse irregular, feeble

Tobacco heart from chewing

Intermittent action of heart in feeble persons with some hepatic obstruction

One of the best heart stimulants in homeopathic doses ( J)

Mitchell.)

chest, constriction, tension;

chest, heart, palpitations;

chest, oppressed feeling;

Heart, Palpitation with anxiety and rapid audible respiration

Hoarse, weak voice

Rattling in chest

Much mucus in bronchial tubes, that cannot be coughed up

Coarse rales

Chronic bronchitis in the aged ( Hippozanin.) Loud, barking, stomach cough, followed by eructations of gas, worse, warm room

Hollow cough, tickling low down, with blue face

Cough comes on from drinking, especially cold water, urine escapes when coughing

Cough on entering warm room from cold air ( Bryonia.)

respiration, difficult (dyspnea);

respiration, loud;

COUGH

cough, cough from deep down;

cough, cough from deep down, evening;

cough, hollow;

cough, comes on suddenly;

SKIN

Cold sweat

Wrinkling of skin of hands and feet.

skin, coldness;

skin, coldness, icy, in spots;

skin, coldness, spots;

skin, discoloration, bluish;

skin, discoloration, pale;

skin, goose bumps;

skin, out-breaks on skin, dry;

BACK AND NECK

back, coldness;

ABDOMEN

Stomach, Voracious appetite

Hiccough

Craves fruit, juicy and cold things, ice, salt

Anguish in pit of stomach

Sinking and empty feeling

Cold feeling in stomach and abdomen

Pain in abdomen preceding stool

Cramps, knotting abdomen and legs

Sensation as if hernia would protrude ( Nux.) Abdomen sensitive to pressure, swollen with terrible colic.

abdomen, coldness;

abdomen, coldness, external;

abdomen, pain, from catching cold;

abdomen, pain, lower part of abdomen;

abdomen, pain, liver, colic, gall-stones;

abdomen, pain, cutting, when coughing;

abdomen, pain, sore, bruised, tenderness, etc., lower part of abdomen;

abdomen, pain, twisting;

abdomen, sense of weakness, after stool;

abdomen, bladder, retention of urine (see urination delayed), in chill, in cholera;

abdomen, kidneys, pain, cutting, ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder);

abdomen, kidneys, suppression of urine;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, cold drinks;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, fruit;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, fruit, acid;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, ice;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, refreshing things;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, salt things;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, sour, acids, etc.;

abdomen, stomach, disordered;

abdomen, stomach, disordered, not relieved by eating;

abdomen, stomach, disordered, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, burping, belching, empty, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, inflammation;

abdomen, stomach, thirst, during chill;

abdomen, stomach, thirst, for large quantities;

abdomen, stomach, thirst, while perspiring;

Averse to warm food

Gastric irritability with CHRONIC vomiting of food.

abdomen, pain, after eating (including certain foods);

abdomen, pain, after eating (including certain foods), after eating fruit;

abdomen, flatulence, obstructed;

abdomen, stomach, nausea, after sleep;

Thirst for cold water, but is vomited as soon as swallowed

Copious vomiting and nausea, aggravated by drinking and least motion

Great weakness after vomiting

abdomen, pain, with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception);

abdomen, stomach, hiccup, after vomiting;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, during diarrhoea;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, after drinking;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, forcible;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, during vertigo, dizziness;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, violent;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, black;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, frothy;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, green;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, sour;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, water;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, yellow;

RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Constipation from inactivity of rectum, with heat and headache

Constipation of babies, and when produced by very cold weather

Stools large, with much straining until copious, and forcibly evacuated, followed by great prostration

Evacuations of cholera morbus and true cholera when vomiting accompanies the purging.

rectum, cholera;

rectum, cholera, with vomiting or diarrhoea;

rectum, diarrhoea, after certain foods or drinks, fruit;

rectum, diarrhoea, during chill;

rectum, diarrhoea, in women, during period;

rectum, diarrhoea, movement;

rectum, involuntary stool;

rectum, involuntary stool, on passing flatulence;

stool, strong and sharp (acrid), corrosive, wearing away skin;

stool, bilious;

stool, black;

stool, brown;

stool, copious;

stool, flaky;

stool, forcible, sudden, gushing;

stool, frequent;

stool, green;

stool, hard;

stool, large;

stool, mucous, slimy;

stool, odourless;

stool, thin, liquid;

stool, watery;

stool, watery, like rice water;

GENITALS ETC

urine, colour, brown, during fever;

urine, colour, dark;

Dysmenorrhoea, with coldness, purging, Cold sweat

faints from least exertion

genitals, female, sexual intercourse, desire increased;

Female, Menses too early, profuse and exhausting

Sexual mania precedes menses.

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Soreness and tenderness of joints

Sciatica, pains like electric flashes

Cramps in calves

Neuralgia in brachial plexus, arms feel swollen, cold, paralytic.

extremities, limbs, coldness;

extremities, limbs, coldness, with diarrhoea;

extremities, limbs, coldness, upper limbs, hands;

extremities, limbs, coldness, upper limbs, hands, during chill;

extremities, limbs, coldness, upper limbs, hands, icy;

extremities, limbs, coldness, lower limbs, leg;

extremities, limbs, coldness, lower limbs, foot, icy cold;

extremities, limbs, coldness, lower limbs, foot, during chill;

extremities, limbs, coldness, lower limbs, foot, during pregnancy;

extremities, limbs, cramps, fingers, with cholera;

extremities, limbs, cramps, calf, in cholera;

extremities, limbs, cramps, foot, in cholera;

extremities, limbs, pain;

extremities, limbs, pain, wet weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, warmth of bed;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, wet weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, knee;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower leg, damp weather;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower leg, walking;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower leg, warmth of bed;

extremities, limbs, perspiration, cold, during period;

extremities, limbs, perspiration, foot, cold;

extremities, limbs, shrivelled (shrunken), hand;

extremities, limbs, shrivelled (shrunken), fingers, while perspiring;

extremities, limbs, skin, discoloration, hand, blueness, during chill;

extremities, limbs, skin, discoloration, fingers, nails, blueness;

extremities, limbs, weakness;

extremities, limbs, weakness, paralytic;

FEVER AND CHILL

Chill, With extreme coldness and thirst.

chill;

chill, morning;

chill, morning, in bed;

chill, morning, after rising;

chill, chilliness (see also whole body, temperature), during stool;

chill, cold travels downwards (see coldness of back);

chill, drinking;

chill, external;

chill, external, as in cholera;

chill, internal, as if coldness in blood vessels;

chill, periodic, recurring, every fourth day;

chill, dangerously cold;

chill, with fever, but chill predominating;

chill, with fever, but chill predominating, morning;

chill, at certain time of day or night, from 6 a.m.;

chill, in warmth, in warm room, not relieved in warm room, nor by a warm heater;

fever;

fever, with chilliness;

fever, internal heat, with external chill;

fever, stages of chill, heat and sweat, heat alternating with chill, then with sweat;

INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

injuries and accidents, shock from injury;

GENERALITIES

sleep, comatose;

sleep, deep;

generalities, convulsions, children;

perspiration;

perspiration, morning;

perspiration, night, before period;

perspiration, getting out of bed;

perspiration, clammy;

perspiration, cold;

perspiration, cold, during period;

perspiration, during coldness;

perspiration, with diarrhoea;

perspiration, before period;

perspiration, during period;

perspiration, on movement;

perspiration, odour, sour;

perspiration, profuse;

perspiration, during stool;

perspiration, after stool;

perspiration, other symptoms worse while perspiring;

generalities, blackness of external parts;

generalities, blood vessels, blue discoloration (from lack of oxygen in blood);

generalities, collapse, after diarrhoea;

generalities, eating and food, fruit;

generalities, faintness, fainting;

generalities, flabby feeling;

generalities, pain, cutting, internally;

generalities, pain, pressing, internally;

generalities, pain, as if scraped;

generalities, pain, sore, bruised, externally;

generalities, pain, twisting;

generalities, in women, symptoms before period;

generalities, perspiration gives no relief;

generalities, pulse, abnormal;

generalities, pulse, frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid, and small;

generalities, pulse, imperceptible;

generalities, pulse, small;

generalities, pulse, soft;

generalities, electric-like shocks;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness);

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), from diarrhoea;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), paralytic;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), rapid;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), after stool;