Helleborus Orientalis

Helleborus orientalis, Lam.

Natural order , Ranunculaceæ.

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authority.

V. Schroff's proving on Lederer, who took the alcoholic extract, 2 grains at a dose; Viertlj. f. pr. Heilk., 1859.

HEAD

• Heaviness of the head (second day).
• Feeling of fulness in the head (after half an hour).
• Headache.

MOUTH

• Accumulation of water in the mouth (second day).
• Accumulation of water in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day)
• Bad taste in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day).

THROAT

• Burning, extending from the stomach to the lower portion of the œsophagus.

STOMACH

• Loss of appetite (second day).
• Eructations. [10.]
• Hiccough.
• Great nausea (second morning).
• Slight burning in the epigastric region, which afterwards extended to the intestines, followed by sensation of pressure in the stomach (after three-quarters of an hour).
• Feeling of fulness in the epigastric region, with inclination to vomit.

ABDOMEN

• Frequent, rumbling along the bowels, in the morning on waking, soon following by four liquid evacuations in succession (second morning).
• Pain in the abdomen, especially in the region of the left transverse colon (after two hours).

URINE

• Urine more profuse and paler than usual (second day).

PULSE

• Pulse rose from 80 to 92 during the first half hour, where it remained for half an hour, and then fell to 76; as long as the pulse was increased in the frequency, the warmth of the body was increased.
• The pulse was always diminished in frequency, without previous increase, during the first two hours, as much as 13 beats below the normal (after 3 grains of the alcoholic extract).

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Disinclination to work (second day). [20.]
• Weakness and prostration (third and fourth days).
• General prostration (after a few hours).
• Exhaustion of the whole body (second day).
• A feeling of heaviness oppressing the whole body during the first night.
• Symptoms relieved by Coffee.