Helleborus Viridis
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Helleborus viridis, Linn.
Natural order , Ranunculaceæ.
Common names , Grione; Niesswurz.
Preparation , Tincture of the root.
Authority.
Von Schroff, effects of 2 to 4 grains of the alcoholic extract on healthy persons, Viertlj. f. pr. Heilk, 1859.
EAR
- Ringing in the ears (after six hours).
- Roaring in the ears.
- Roaring, with feeling of stoppage, in both ears (after half an hour).
NOSE
- Violent itching in the nose, with frequent violent sneezing (from the application of the extract to the mucous membrane of the nose).
MOUTH
- Prickling on the tongue, relieved by frequent rinsing of the mouth with water.
- Feeling of burning in the mouth.
- At first there was a profuse secretion of saliva and of mucus in the mouth, soon followed by a feeling of dryness.
- The taste was so intensely bitter and at first rancid that they suffered for a long time from nausea and great inclination to vomit.
THROAT
- Feeling of warmth in the pharynx and stomach, which gradually became a dull burning, which was not relieved by drinking much water.
STOMACH. [10.]
- Frequent eructations and gurgling in the abdomen.
- Digestion disturbed for several days.
ABDOMEN
- Abdomen somewhat sensitive and distended (second day).
STOOL
- Very profuse liquid stools.
- Three liquid evacuations from the bowels at short intervals, with intense colic, the last stool accompanied by tenesmus, great nausea, with inclination to vomit, violent headache, and thirst.
URINARY ORGANS
- Micturition frequent, painless, urine pale.
PULSE
- The pulse rose during the first hour several beats in frequency (apparently caused by the excessive nausea from the bad taste of the drug), and afterwards sunk below the normal in one case, while in those who took doses of 2 to 4 grains enveloped in a vehicle, the pulse immediately sank several beats.
SLEEP
- A condition bordering on sopor, lasting the whole night, and preventing refreshing sleep.
- Nigh restless, sleep frequently interrupted.
FEVER
- Sensation of heat at times over the whole body.