Opium 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 Opium. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Opium would be a good bet. The following are the indications of Opium, as it relates to sleep. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. 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 Opium 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 Opium and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. BETTER, cold things, constant walking. WORSE, heat, during and after sleep ( Apis; Lach.) Relationships Compare: Apis; Bell.; Gels.; Nux Mosch; Morphinum (extreme susceptibility to pain; twitching; tympanites; much itching); CODEIN (dry, teasing, incessant cough; twitching of muscles, especially those of eyelids); Eschscholtzia - California Poppy - (a harmless soporific). Antidote: Acute Opium poisoning. Atropine and Black Coffee. Chronic Opium poisoning. Ipecac; Nux; Passiflora. Berberis is useful to counteract opium habit. sleep; dreams; unsuccessful; efforts to do various things; sleep; position; limbs pulled up; sleep; prolonged sleep; sleep; restless; sleep; restless; night; feeling comes on before midnight; ; sleep; semi-conscious; hears everything; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; morning; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; late morning; 8 p.m.; ; sleep; position; on back; sleep; while perspiring (see perspiration during sleep); sleep; dreams; vexatious, stressful; sleep; dreams; visionary; sleep; dreams; vivid; sleep; dreams; wild; sleep; falling asleep; during heat; ; sleep; sleep between heat of fever; sleep; heavy; sleep; interrupted; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; noon; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; during chill; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; with cough; ; sleep; sleep-walking; sleep; not refreshing; sleep; not refreshing; morning; ; sleep; waking; 5 a.m.; with urging to stool; sleep; waking; from cough; ; sleep; waking; impossible; sleep; yawning; sleep; yawning; after coughing; ; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; with sleepiness; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; 3 a.m.; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; difficult to wake up; impossible; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; after eating; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; during headache; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; during the heat; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; overpowering; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; while riding; ; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; until 3 a.m.; 4 a.m.; ; sleep; yawning; after stool; ; sleep; dreams; stabbed; Great drowsiness ( Gels.; Nux Mosch.) Falls into a heavy stupid sleep sleep; symptoms during chill; ; sleep; comatose; sleep; comatose; between convulsions; ; sleep; deep; sleep; deep; morning; ; sleep; deep; during chill; ; sleep; deep; after convulsions; ; sleep; deep; between convulsions; ; Thirst only during heat. Shaking chill; then heat, with sleep and sweat Profound coma Loss of breath on falling asleep ( Grind.) Coma vigil Picking at bedclothes Very sleepy, but cannot go to sleep Distant noises, cocks crowing, etc., keep him awake Child dreams of cats, dogs, black forms Bed feels so hot cannot lie on it Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams sleep; deep; during heat; ; sleep; deep; retaining poisons normally excreted (uremic, kidney malfunction); sleep; disturbed; sleep; dreams; frightful; sleep; dreams; ghosts, spectres; sleep; dreams; journey; sleep; dreams; of misfortune; sleep; dreams; nightmare; sleep; dreams; pleasant; sleep; dreams; quarrels; sleep; dreams; sad; sleep; dreams; fantastic; sleep; dreams; of falling; from high places; sleep; disturbed; by dreams; sleep; dozing; sleep; dreams; amorous; sleep; dreams; animals, insects, beasts; dragons; sleep; dreams; anxious; sleep; dreams; while awake (daydreams); ; sleep; dreams; cutting; sleep; dreams; of falling; sleep; dreams; skeletons; Opium is available to buy through our online shop from Weleda in UK (not for export), by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Papaver Somniferum, Papaver Somniferum, Dried Latex Of The Poppy, Opium (papaver Somniferum)