Aconitum napellus

Common name: monk's hood.

Is generally indicated in acute or recent cases occurring in young persons, especially girls of a full, plethoric habit, who lead a sedentary life; persons easily affected by atmospheric changes; dark hair and eyes, rigid muscular fibres (A.).

THE PAIN IS INSUPPORTABLE, DRIVING TO DESPAIR (Coff.).

THE PATIENT IS FULL OF FEARS, AND TOSSES ABOUT, AS IF IN AGONY (Ars.).

RESTLESSNESS AND INCONSOLABLE ANXIETY.

IS AFRAID TO GO OUT, TO GO INTO A CROWD, WHERE THERE IS ANY EXCITEMENT OR MANY PEOPLE; TO CROSS THE STREET (A.).

SUDDEN AND GREAT SINKING OF STRENGTH (Ars., Camph., Hydro-Ac.).

Sensation of soreness of the body, and of heaviness in inner parts.

Tearing in outer parts (Rhus.).

Tingling in the fingers, œsophagus and back (Sec.).

Painfulness of the whole body to contact (he does not wish to be touched) (Arn.).

Pulsating pain in the head and teeth (Bell.).

Inflammation of inner parts (mucous membranes).

Stitches in internal organs. (Apis., Bry., Kali-C., Sulph.).

Tightness of the muscles (acute rheumatism).

THE MOST VALUABLE FEBRIFUGE IN THE ENTIRE RANGE OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS.

PULSE FULL AND HARD, OR IMPERCEPTIBLE.

DRY, BURNING SKIN.

HEAT, WITH INCLINATION TO UNCOVER ONESELF (Sulph.).

MILIARIA LIKE THE ERUPTION OF MEASLES (Bry., Puls.).

WHEN RISING PALENESS OF THE FACE.

PRODUCES AND CURES DRENCHING SWEATS (Chin.).

Bad effects from catching cold, from anger, or from fright, especially with females during menstruation.

Most symptoms disappear while sitting quietly, but at night and in bed they are insupportable.

Cough, croup; dry, hoarse, suffocating; loud, rough, croaking; hard, ringing, whistling; on expiration (Caust.; on inhalation- Spong.); from dry, cold winds, or drafts of air (A.).

RETENTION OF URINE IN NEW BORN INFANTS (Apis, Ars., Camph., Caust., Lyc., Puls.) (K.).

DYSENTERY: WHEN THE DAYS ARE WARM AND THE NIGHTS ARE COOL; SCANTY, LOOSE, FREQUENT STOOLS WITH TORMINA AND TENESMUS; SMALL, BROWN, PAINFUL, AT LAST BLOODY, OR PURE BLOOD PASSES WITHOUT FÆCES (L.).

Desire for bitter drinks (Dig., Nat-M., Tereb.) (K.).

Pneumonia: first stage in robust persons; chill of more or less severity, followed by intense fever, hot, dry skin; laboured and incomplete respiration; and dry, hard cough (L.).

Everything tastes bitter except water (Stann.) (K.).

Convulsions: of teething children; heat, jerks and twitches of single muscles; child gnaws its fist, frets and screams; skin hot and dry; high fever (Bell., Stram.) (A.).

PALPITATION: FROM ANXIETY; DURING FEVER (Ars., Calc., Nit-Ac., Puls.); AFTER FRIGHT; FROM MOTION; AND ON WAKING (Lach., Naja, Phos.) (K.).

Uncomplicated cardiac disease, especially with numbness of left arm; tingling in fingers; faintings (N.).

Great aversion to light (Bell., Con., Merc., Sulph.). Sufferings from foreign bodies, as speck of dust or iron in the eyes (G.).

Beside himself, frantic from intensity of pain (B.).

Music is intolerable, makes her sad (Sab.; during menses- Nat-C.) (A.).

AGGRAVATION: In the evening and night; in a warm room; when rising from bed; and lying on the left or affected side (Bell., Hep., Nux-M.).

AMELIORATION: In the open air (Alum., Mag-C., Puls., Sab.).

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary to Coffea in fever, sleeplessness and intolerance of pain; to Arnica in traumatism; to Sulphur in all cases.

Aconite is the acute of Sulphur, and both precedes and follows it in acute inflammatory conditions.