Veratrum album

Common name: white hellebore.

Difficulty of walking; first the right and then the left hip-joint feels paralytic (Hr.).

SUDDEN SINKING OF STRENGTH (Ars., Camph., Kali-P., Phos., Sec.).

Continued great debility and trembling (Ars., Gels., Hyos., Lach.).

Numbness and tingling in the extremities (Acon., Caust., Merc., Rhus-T.).

Stiffness of the limbs, especially in the forenoon and after walking.

Violent tonic spasms-the soles of the feet and palms of the hands are contracted (Cupr., Sec.).

Whole body icy cold (Carb-V.) (N.).

Cramps of the limbs, with cold sweat (G.).

Cramps in the calves of legs (Cupr.) (N.).

Icy coldness of hands and feet (Camph., Carb-V.) (N.).

Attacks of pain, which produce delirium and mania for a short time.

Rheumatism aggravated by the heat of the bed and cold, damp weather-relieved from rising and walking (Mag-C., Rhus-T.).

The symptoms of debility are especially aggravated by motion.

Generalized weakness and sudden loss of power (Camph., Hydr-Ac., Phos.).

Dry itch (Mezr., Sulph.).

Chill at 6 A.M. (Arn., Bov., Eup-P., Nux-V.) (R.).

Intermittent fever with external coldness and much thirst (Camph., Carb-V.).

Fevers, with great coldness externally, and violent internal heat; pulse thread-like; great craving for cold drinks (Bt.).

Headache causing delirium (G.).

Feels dizzy, staggers about; vision becomes obscure; the pulse is depressed; and complete extinction of nervous power goes on at a fearful rate (Hm.).

SENSATION AS IF A LUMP OF ICE WAS ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD (Ra.).

Sensation as if brain were torn to pieces (A.).

Vertigo in drunkards, opium-eaters, or those who use tobacco, characterized by sudden faintings, collapse of pulse, loss of vision, and cold sweat on the forehead (Bt.).

Nervous headache at each menstrual molimen (Bt.).

Delirium and restlessness (Ars., Rhus-T.) (D.).

Anxiety, fear of death, and rage (Ars., Nux-V.)

MANIA, WITH DESIRE TO TEAR OR CUT EVERYTHING (Bell., Stram.).

Despair about his position in society; feels very unlucky (Hr.).

Wanders about the house, is very taciturn (Bt.).

Excessive mirthfulness (Coff.) (Bt.).

Expression of fright (Acon.) (Bt.).

Disposed to talk about fault of others, or silence; but if irritated, scolding and calling names (Hr.).

Lewd in talk (Hyos., Stram.) (D.).

Nymphomania, from unsatisfied passion or mental causes (Phos., Plat., Stram.) (Bt.).

LOQUACITY (Bell., Hyos., Lach., Stram.) (D.).

Strikes those about him (Bell., Stram.) (D.).

Springs out of the bed (Bell., Hyos., Stram.) (D.).

Religious melancholy (Aur., Puls. Stram.).

Praying and talking about religious things (Stram.) (N.).

DESPAIR OF SALVATION (Ars., Aur., Calc., Kali-P., Lach., Lil-T., Lyc., Nat-M., Puls., Stram., Sulph., Thuj.) (D.).

Sullen indifference (Staph.) (D.).

Cannot bear to be left alone (Ars.), yet persistently refuses to talk (A.).

Thinks she is pregnant, or will soon be delivered (Ign.; Sabad., Thuj.) (A.).

Memory weak, or entirely lost (Calc., Lyc. Sil.) (G.).

Inconsolable over fancied misfortune, howls and screams; wails and weeps; sits brooding in a corner (R.).

Bad effects of opium-eating, or tobacco-chewing (A.).

Catamenia too early and too profuse, or suppressed (Graph., Puls., Sep.).

Puerperal mania and convulsions, with violent cerebral congestion; bluish and bloated face; protruded eyes; wild shrieks, and disposition to tear and bite.

Dysmenorrhœa, with vomiting and purging, or exhausting diarrhœa with cold sweat (Hr.).

Sinking feeling during hæmorrhage (Chin., Ipec., Sec.; fainting- Trill.) (A.).

COLD FEELING IN THE ABDOMEN (Colch., Tab.) (A.).

Icy coldness of face, tip of nose, feet, legs, hands, arms, and many other parts (Carb-V.) (A.).

The nose grows more pointed, seems to be longer; face cold and sunken (N.).

Attacks of fainting from least exertion (Ars., Carb-V. Sulph.) (A.).

Palpitation, with anxiety and rapid, audible respiration (R.).

Cough with vomiting (Ipec., Phos., Puls.).

Cough with much expectoration, blueness of the face, and involuntary micturition (C.).

Stertorous breathing (Am-C., Arn., Op.) (Bt.).

Shortness of breath on slightest motion (Acon., Ars., Dig.) (C.).

Feeble voice (Ant-T., Canth., Hep., Stann.) (Bt.).

ASTHMA, WITH GREAT SUFFOCATION, ANGUISH, AND OPPRESSION ABOUT THE HEART (Ars., Cupr., Kali-P., Lach.) (Bt.).

Spasmodic cough with blue face, suffocation and retching (Cupr., Ipec.) (Bt.).

Neck too weak to hold the head up, particularly in children with whooping cough (Hr.).

Cold, collapsed face; pinched up, bluish nose; dry and cracked lips; lock-jaw; grating of the teeth (Ars., Cupr.) (Bt.).

While in bed, face is red; after getting up it becomes pale (Acon.) (Hr.).

Leaden colour of the face, with frequent nausea and vomiting, with great exhaustion (G.).

Sporadic and Asiatic cholera (Ars., Camph., Cupr., Kali-P., Phos., Podo., Sec.).

(In the first stages of the disease Camphor is undoubtedly the remedy of choice, and the same is to be used as Hahnemann first suggested (in material doses and frequently repeated).

Cholera after fright (Acon.) (A.).

Cold, bluish skin (Camph., Carb-V., Cupr., Lach.).

Rapid, slow, irregular, and at times intermittent pulse (Nat-M., Phos.) (R.).

THREAD-LIKE AND SCARCELY PERCEPTIBLE PULSE (Camph., Carb-V.).

COLD SWEAT, PRINCIPALLY ON THE FOREHEAD.

Dangerous diarrhœa (Ars., Kali-P., Sec., Sulph.).

Chronic diarrhœa (Aloe, Nat-S., Petr., Podo., Sulph.).

Some symptoms are accompanied by hunger, thirst, flow of urine, delirium, salivation and oppression of the chest.

Constipation (Chel., Plb., Sil.).

Large, hard, black stools with faintness; patient strains until covered with cold sweat and then gives it up, and fæces accumulate in large masses in the rectum (D.).

Rectum seems inactive (Bry., Ign., Op.) (N.).

Taste in the mouth is like peppermint.

Cold tongue (Camph., Carb-V., Hydr-Ac.) (K.).

VERY EXHAUSTING DIARRHOEA; ESPECIALLY WEAK AFTER EVERY STOOL (Ars., Camph., Phos.); WITH COLD SWEAT ON THE FOREHEAD (G.).

TERRIBLE COLIC (Bell., Cupr., Mag-P.), WITH VIOLENT NAUSEA AND VOMITING (Coloc., Cupr., Nux-V.) (Bt.).

TERRIBLE COLIC; THE SUFFERING CAUSES A COLD SWEAT TO STAND UPON THE SURFACE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FOREHEAD (G.).

Craves fruits (Ant-T., Ars., Nat-M.) (A.).

Aversion to warm things (Puls.) (A.).

THIRST, WITH CRAVING FOR THE COLDEST DRINKS (Acon., Ars., Bry., Cham., Chin., Cina, Eup-P., Merc., Merc-C., Nat-S., Phos., Sec., Sulph.) (G.).

WANTS ICE (Elaps, Med., Merc-C., Nat-S.) (N.)

Unquenchable desire for cold drinks (Ars., Phos.) (Bt.).

Craving for acids (Ars., Puls.) or refreshing things (Phos-Ac.).

Pain in the abdomen preceding stool (Acon., Coloc., Ipec., Nux-V., Sulph.,) (D.).

Flatulent colic (Coloc., Lyc., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (G.).

Hunger and appetite between paroxysms of vomiting (A.).

Frequent nausea and vomiting, with laden colour of the face, and cold perspiration especially on the forehead (G.).

VIOLENT RETCHING; WANTS EVERYTHING COLD (Ars., Cupr., Phos., Sec.) (Bt.).

Least quantity of liquid excites vomiting (Ars., Bism., Phos.) (Bt.).

Motion excites the nausea (Bry., Cocc., Ipec., Kali-C., Lact-Ac., Op., Sep., Tab.) (Bt.).

Diseases caused by ice-cream and cold drinks (Ars., Ipec.) (Bt.).

Burning and oppression in the epigastrium (Ars., Carb-V., Phos.) (Bt.).

Copious, watery diarrhœa, with violent nausea and vomiting (Crot-T., Podo.) (Bt.).

WATERY DIARRHOEA, EXPELLED IN A FORCIBLE GUSH, WITH LITTLE OR NO GRIPING (Ra.).

Involuntary, watery stools, without the patient's knowledge (Aloe) (Bt.).

Involuntary stools, on coughing and sneezing, or passing flatus (Bell., Phos-Ac., Sulph.) (K.).

RETENTION OF URINE, IN CHOLERA (Camph., Canth., Lach., Op.) (K.).

Profuse, watery, greenish-like spinach, or bloody stools (Ipec., Merc.), with cramps and cutting pains in the abdomen (Coloc., Cupr.), with great weakness and fainting (Ars.) (D.).

RICE-WATER STOOLS (Ars., Camph., Carb-Ac., Cupr., Ferr., Iris, Kali-P., Merc-Sulph., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Phos., Sec.), ATTENDED WITH PROSTRATION AND COLLAPSE (Ars., Camph.) (D.).

Sensation in the abdominal rings as if a hernia would protrude (Nux-V.) (D.).

Very dark urine (Apis, Benz-Ac., Colch.) (G.).

AGGRAVATION: From least motion; after drinking; before and during menses; during and after stool; when perspiring; after fright; from exertion; and during pain.

AMELIORATION: By pressure on the vertex (headache); from stimulants; and from walking about.

RELATIONSHIP: Often useful after Arn., Ars., Chin., Cupr., Ipec. and Podo.

May be given after Camph., in cholera and cholera morbus, and after Am-C., Bov. and Carb-V. in dysmenorrhœa with vomiting and purging.

Complementary: Carb-V.