Helleborus Niger
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Helleborus Niger in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
▲ GENERAL
General
Helleborus Niger 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 ( Lycopodium Lycop.) Sinking sensation. State of effusion in hydrocephalus. Mania of a melancholy type.
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Compare
Compare: Threatening effusion; Tuberculinum Tuberc.; Apis Mel Apis; Zincum Metallicum Zinc.; Opium; China Cinch.; Cicuta Virosa Cicuta; Iodoform.
Antidotes
Antidote: Camphora Camphor; China Cinch.
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Mind
Slow in answering
Thoughtless; staring
Involuntary sighing
complete unconsciousness
picks lips and clothes.
Dazed
Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition
indecisive
indifference, apathy, etc.
to loved ones
to pleasure
to relationships
unhappy; despair
unhappy; sadness, mental depression
Intellectual faculties
impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)
impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating
while studying, reading, etc.
impaired thinking; dull, sluggish
ideas; deficiency of ideas
Memory
weakness of memory
weakness of memory; for what has heard
weakness of memory; for what was read
weakness of memory; for what has been said
weakness of memory; for what was about to say
Perception; senses; dull
Preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought
Slowness
Talking, conversation
answers not lucid; reflects long
speech; slow
Unconsciousness
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Head
Forehead wrinkled in folds
Cold sweat
Rolls head day and night; moaning, sudden screams
Bores head into pillow; beats it with hands
Congestion (see pulsation)
Headache
Stupefying headache
Dull pain in occiput, with sensation of water swashing inside
Headache culminates in vomiting.
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Eyes
Eyeballs turn upwards; squinting, vacant look
Pupils dilated
Eyes wide open, sunken
Night-blindness.
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Face
Pale, sunken
Cold sweat
Wrinkled
Neuralgia on left side; parts so tender he cannot chew.
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Mouth
Falling of lower jaw
Chewing motion
Child nurses greedily, with disgust for food
Ptyalism, with sore corners of mouth.
Lips
Lips dry and cracked
Meaningless picking of lips
Gums and teeth
Grinding of teeth
Saliva
Greedily swallows cold water, though unconscious
Tongue
Tongue red and dry
Dryness; tongue
Taste
Horrible smell from mouth
Taste; tasteless, lacks taste; tastelessness of food
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Chest
Lungs; fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema)
Respiration
Frequent sighing
Respiration irregular
Chest constricted; gasps for breath
Hydrothorax ( Merc Viv Merc)
Sulphur Sulph.)
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Skin
Pale, dropsical, itching
Livid spots on skin
Sudden, watery, swelling of skin
Falling off of hair and nails
Angioneurotic oedema.
Goose bumps
Swelling; fluid in tissues
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Abdomen
Gurgling, as if bowels were full of water
Swollen, painful to touch.
Bladder
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual
urination; feeble stream (slow)
Stomach
sinking (see emptiness)
without thirst
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Stool
Jelly-like, white mucus; involuntary.
Mucous, slimy
colourless (see transparent)
clinging
transparent
Clinging
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Urine
Suppressed; scanty, dark; coffee-grounds sediment
Frequent urging
Child cannot urinate
Bladder over distended.
Albuminous (white, thick)
Colour; dark
Scanty
while perspiring
Sediment; like coffee beans
Womb
Female; fluid build up (see swelling); womb
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Extremities, limbs
Automatic motion of one arm and leg
Limbs heavy and painful
Stretching of limbs
Thumb drawn into palm ( Cuprum Metallicum Cupr.) Vesicular eruption between fingers and toes.
Awkwardness
hands; when required to speak
Heaviness; tired limbs
Pain
stitching, sudden, sharp; joints
stitching, sudden, sharp; joints; during chill
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Fever and chill
Beginning in particular area; arms
Internal; evening; lying down
With chill
Continued fever
dazed from fever
in complete daze
Perspiration with heat
With shivering
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Sleep and dreams
Sudden screams in sleep
Soporous sleep
Cri encephalique
Cannot be fully aroused.
Convulsions
Convulsions; children
Generalities
Evening
Anaemia
Emaciated (extremely thin)
Fluid build up
external
internal
Inflammation; thin, watery membranes
Lack of irritability
Pain; sudden, sharp; bones
Lack of reaction
Swelling; puffy
Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold air
Weakness (see lethargic, weariness); paralytic
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