White American Hellebore
- Paroxysms of auricular fibrillation.
- Induces fall of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
- Congestions, especially to lungs, base of brain, with nausea and vomiting.
- Twitchings and convulsions.
- Especially adapted to full-blooded, plethoric persons.
- Great prostration.
- Rheumatism of heart.
- Bloated, livid face.
- Furious delirium.
- Effects of sunstroke.
- Esophagitis (Farrington).
- Verat vir, will raise the opsonic index against the diploccus pneumonia, 70 to 109 per cent.
- Congestive stage and early manifestations of hepatization in pneumonia.
- Zigzag temperature.
- Clinically, it is known that such diseases as Tiegel's contracture, Thompson's Disease, athetosis and pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis present a symptomatology quite like that produced by Veratrum vir upon muscular tissue (A. E. Hinsdale, M. D).
Mind
- Quarrelsome and delirious.
Head
- Congestion intense, almost apoplectic.
- Hot head, bloodshot eyes.
- Bloated, livid face.
- Hippocratic face.
- Head retracted, pupils dilated, double vision.
- Meningitis.
- Pain from nape of neck; cannot hold head up.
- Sunstroke; head full, throbbing arteries (Bell; Glon; Usnea).
- Face flushed.
- Convulsive twitching of facial muscles (Agaricus).
- Vertigo with nausea.
Tongue
- White or yellow, with red streak down the middle.
- Feels scalded.
- Increased saliva.
Stomach
- Thirsty.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Smallest quantity of food or drink immediately rejected.
- Constrictive pain; increased by warm drinks.
- Hiccough; excessive and painful, with spasms of esophagus.
- Burning in stomach and esophagus.
Abdomen
- Pain above pelvis, with soreness.
Respiratory
- Congestion of lungs.
- Difficult breathing.
- Sensation of a heavy load on chest.
- Pneumonia, with faint feeling in stomach and violent congestion.
- Croup.
- Menstrual colic before the appearance of the discharge with strangury.
Urine
- Scanty with cloudy sediment.
Female
- Rigid os (Bell; Gels).
- Puerperal fever.
- Suppressed menstruation, with congestion to head (Bell).
- Menstrual colic before the appearance of the discharge with strangury.
Heart
- Pulse slow, soft, weak, irregular, intermittent.
- Rapid pulse, low tension (Tabac; Dig).
- Constant, dull, burning pain in region of heart.
- Valvular diseases.
- Beating of pulses throughout body, especially in right thigh.
Extremities
- Aching pain in back of neck and shoulders.
- Severe pain in joints and muscles.
- Violent electric-like shocks in limbs.
- Convulsive twitchings.
- Acute rheumatism.
- Fever.
Skin
- Erysipelas, with cerebral symptoms.
- Erythema.
- Itching in various parts.
- Hot sweating.
Fever
- Hyperthermy in the evening and hypothermy in the morning.
- Suppurative fevers with great variation of temperature.
Relationship
- Compare: Gels; Bapt; Bell; Acon; Ferr phos.
- Antidotes Strychnin-fluid extract, 20-40 drops.
Dose
- First to sixth potency.
