Veratrum viride

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

ACHING
BLUISH, PURPLE, LIVID, ETC.
BURNT, scalded as if
CHEST, internal
CONGESTION
HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE
HEAT, partial, local, etc.
HEAT of fire, sun, overheating, etc., Agg.
HUMID, warm, wet weather, Agg.
MOTTLED, patchy, etc. (Comp. Spots.)
PULSE, slow
RAISING up, Agg.
SEASON, Summer, hot weather
SPASMODIC OR CONVULSIVE EFFECTS, twitchings, etc. (Comp. Paroxysms.)

Veratrum viride across the other classic books

Veratrum viride appears in 9 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Green Hellebore. (Melanthaceae.) For full-blooded, plethoric persons. Congestion, especially to base of brain , chest, spine and stomach . Violent pains attending inflammation. Acute rheumatism, high fever, full, hard rapid pulse, sever pains in joints and muscles (Bry., Salic. ac.); scanty, red urine. Child trembles…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Veratrum viride, Ait. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , American white hellebore, Indian poke, etc. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“White American Hellebore Paroxysms of auricular fibrillation. Induces fall of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Congestions, especially to lungs, base of brain, with nausea and vomiting. Twitchings and convulsions. Especially adapted to full-blooded, plethoric persons. Great prostration. Rheumatism of heart…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Vaso-motors: MEDULLA. Occiput. CHEST. Stomach. Heart. Capillaries. RAISING UP. Motion. Cold. Lying on back. Puerperal states. Rubbing. Lying with head low. Eating. SUDDEN VIOLENT CONGESTION; cerebellar or thoracic; with nausea and vomiting, weakness, staggering, etc. Markedly uneasy. Trembling here and there during…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“American White Hellebore. Indian Poke. N. O. Melanthaceæ (of the Liliaceæ). Tincture of fresh root gathered in autumn. [Burt proved Squibb's liquid extract and says he found no other preparation satisfactory.] Amaurosis / Amenorrhœa / Apoplexy / Asthma / Bunions / Cæcum, inflammation of / Chilblains / Chorea /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“American or Green Hellebore. Melanthraceæ. This species of Veratrum is found from Canada to the Carolinas, growing in swamps, wet meadows and along mountain crecks. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root gathered in Autumn. Introduced by Burt, proved by him, Hale's New Rem., p. 1033 ; Am. Obs., vol. 7, p. 1870 …”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: green hellebore. Exerts a decided influence upon the brain, especially cerebrellum and cerebral portion of the cord, and also over the muscular system. It probably acts on the inhibitory nerves of the heart, controlling the heart's action in a remarkable degree. Congestive stage of inflammation, with…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“A narrow, well developed red streak right through the middle of the tongue. Intense fever, with twitching and tendency to spasms. Veratrum viride is another remedy which at one time had a great reputation in the first or congestive stage of inflammatory diseases, and especially in those organs coming under the control…”

Veratrum viride in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Veratrum viride in 474 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (86), STOMACH (46), GENERALITIES (41), HEAD (39), MIND (25).

BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Lumbar region - thrusts - like
BACK - PULSATING - Cervical region - menses - during
EXTREMITIES - SWELLING - Knee - hot
BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Lumbar region
MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - red - stripe down centre
BACK - PULSATING - Cervical region
STOMACH - VOMITING - drinking - cold water,after
FEVER - CEREBRO-SPINAL fever
GENERALITIES - PULSE - irregular - and slow
RESPIRATION - PANTING
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - sore,tenderness - .Uterus
MOUTH - PAIN - burnt,as if - Tongue
SKIN - DISCOLORATION - bluish
MIND - LAMENTING,bemoaning,wailing,etc. (Compare Weeping)
CHEST - INFLAMMATION - Lungs
GENERALITIES - PULSE - irregular
FACE - DISCOLORATION - bluish
FACE - DRYNESS - lips
PERSPIRATION - COLD
MOUTH - PAIN - burning,raw and smarting - Tongue

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Veratrum viride across the other classic books

Veratrum viride appears in 9 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.

“Green Hellebore. (Melanthaceae.) For full-blooded, plethoric persons. Congestion, especially to base of brain , chest, spine and stomach . Violent pains attending inflammation. Acute rheumatism, high fever, full, hard rapid pulse, sever pains in joints and muscles (Bry., Salic. ac.); scanty, red urine. Child trembles…”

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“Veratrum viride, Ait. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , American white hellebore, Indian poke, etc. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“White American Hellebore Paroxysms of auricular fibrillation. Induces fall of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Congestions, especially to lungs, base of brain, with nausea and vomiting. Twitchings and convulsions. Especially adapted to full-blooded, plethoric persons. Great prostration. Rheumatism of heart…”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“Vaso-motors: MEDULLA. Occiput. CHEST. Stomach. Heart. Capillaries. RAISING UP. Motion. Cold. Lying on back. Puerperal states. Rubbing. Lying with head low. Eating. SUDDEN VIOLENT CONGESTION; cerebellar or thoracic; with nausea and vomiting, weakness, staggering, etc. Markedly uneasy. Trembling here and there during…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“American White Hellebore. Indian Poke. N. O. Melanthaceæ (of the Liliaceæ). Tincture of fresh root gathered in autumn. [Burt proved Squibb's liquid extract and says he found no other preparation satisfactory.] Amaurosis / Amenorrhœa / Apoplexy / Asthma / Bunions / Cæcum, inflammation of / Chilblains / Chorea /…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“American or Green Hellebore. Melanthraceæ. This species of Veratrum is found from Canada to the Carolinas, growing in swamps, wet meadows and along mountain crecks. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root gathered in Autumn. Introduced by Burt, proved by him, Hale's New Rem., p. 1033 ; Am. Obs., vol. 7, p. 1870 …”

Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.

“Common name: green hellebore. Exerts a decided influence upon the brain, especially cerebrellum and cerebral portion of the cord, and also over the muscular system. It probably acts on the inhibitory nerves of the heart, controlling the heart's action in a remarkable degree. Congestive stage of inflammation, with…”

Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.

“A narrow, well developed red streak right through the middle of the tongue. Intense fever, with twitching and tendency to spasms. Veratrum viride is another remedy which at one time had a great reputation in the first or congestive stage of inflammatory diseases, and especially in those organs coming under the control…”