Helleborus Niger Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Helleborus Niger. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Helleborus Niger would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Helleborus Niger for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Helleborus Niger in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Helleborus Niger and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. Produces a condition of Sensorial depression. Sees, hears, tastes imperfectly, and general Muscular weakness, which may go on to complete paralysis, accompanied by dropsical effusions. Hence, a remedy in low states of vitality and serious disease. Characteristic worse from 4 to 8 P.M ( Lycop.) Sinking sensation. State of effusion in hydrocephalus. Mania of a melancholy type. WORSE, from evening until morning, from uncovering. Relationships (Hellebor. foetidus or, Polymnia - Bear’s foot - Acts especially on spleen (Ceanothus); also rectum and sciatic nerve. Splenic pains extend to scapula, neck and head, worse left side and evening; chronic ague cake; hypertrophied uterus; glandular enlargements; hair and nails falling off; skin peeling.) Hellebor. orientalis (salivation). Antidote: Camphor; Cinch. Compare: Threatening effusion; Tuberc.; Apis; Zinc.; Opium; Cinch.; Cicuta; Iodoform. mind; talking, conversation; speech; slow; mind; intellectual faculties; ideas; deficiency of ideas; mind; memory; weakness of memory; mind; memory; weakness of memory; for what has heard; mind; memory; weakness of memory; for what was read; mind; memory; weakness of memory; for what has been said; mind; memory; weakness of memory; for what was about to say; mind; perception; senses; dull; mind; preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating; while studying, reading, etc.; ; mind; dazed; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indecisive; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indifference, apathy, etc.; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indifference, apathy, etc.; to loved ones; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indifference, apathy, etc.; to relationships; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful); mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating; mind; slowness; mind; talking, conversation; answers not lucid; reflects long; mind; unconsciousness; Thoughtless; staring Involuntary sighing complete unconsciousness picks lips and clothes. mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indifference, apathy, etc.; to pleasure; Slow in answering mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; despair; Rolls head day and night; moaning, sudden screams head; congestion (see pulsation); Cold sweat Stupefying headache head; brain; inflammation of brain; meningitis; Bores head into pillow; beats it with hands Dull pain in occiput, with sensation of water swashing inside Headache culminates in vomiting. Forehead wrinkled in folds Night-blindness. Eyes wide open, sunken Eyeballs turn upwards; squinting, vacant look Pupils dilated Dirty, dry nostrils Smell diminished Nose pointed. Rubs nose Pale, sunken Cold sweat Neuralgia on left side; parts so tender he cannot chew. Wrinkled Chewing motion Grinding of teeth Greedily swallows cold water, though unconscious Child nurses greedily, with disgust for food Falling of lower jaw mouth; taste; tasteless, lacks taste; tastelessness of food; Lips dry and cracked Horrible smell from mouth Ptyalism, with sore corners of mouth. mouth; dryness; tongue; ; Tongue red and dry Meaningless picking of lips Gurgling, as if bowels were full of water abdomen; bladder; urination; feeble stream (slow); abdomen; stomach; sinking (see emptiness); abdomen; stomach; without thirst; abdomen; bladder; urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual; Swollen, painful to touch. stool; mucous, slimy; colourless (see transparent); stool; mucous, slimy; clinging; Jelly-like, white mucus; involuntary. stool; clinging; stool; mucous, slimy; transparent; stool; mucous, slimy; urine; scanty; urine; albuminous (white, thick); urine; sediment; like coffee beans; urine; colour; dark; Bladder over distended. Child cannot urinate Frequent urging Suppressed; scanty, dark; coffee-grounds sediment urine; scanty; while perspiring; ; genitals; female; fluid build up (see swelling); womb; ; Chest constricted; gasps for breath Sulph.) Respiration irregular Frequent sighing Hydrothorax ( Merc chest; lungs; fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema); back; stiffness; neck; ; extremities, limbs; awkwardness; hands; when required to speak; ; Automatic motion of one arm and leg Limbs heavy and painful Stretching of limbs Thumb drawn into palm ( Cupr.) Vesicular eruption between fingers and toes. extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; joints; ; extremities, limbs; heaviness; tired limbs; ; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; joints; during chill; ; extremities, limbs; awkwardness; Sudden screams in sleep Soporous sleep Cri encephalique Cannot be fully aroused. chill; internal; evening; lying down; chill; beginning in particular area; arms; ; fever; continued fever; in complete daze; fever; continued fever; dazed from fever; fever; with chill; fever; perspiration with heat; fever; with shivering; skin; goose bumps; skin; swelling; fluid in tissues; Sudden, watery, swelling of skin Pale, dropsical, itching Angioneurotic oedema. Falling off of hair and nails Livid spots on skin generalities; lack of irritability; generalities; pain; sudden, sharp; bones; ; generalities; lack of reaction; generalities; swelling; puffy; generalities; temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold air; generalities; inflammation; thin, watery membranes; generalities; fluid build up; internal; ; generalities; fluid build up; external; ; generalities; emaciated (extremely thin); generalities; convulsions; children; ; generalities; anaemia; generalities; evening; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); paralytic; Helleborus Niger is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Snow-rose, Helleborus, helleb