HYOSCYAMUS NIGER


HYOSCYAMUS NIGER signs and symptoms from the Characteristic Materia Medica by William Burt of the homeopathic medicine HYOSCYAMUS NIGER…


SPHERE OF ACTION

Hyoscyamus acts especially upon the cerebro-spinal system.

It affects the cerebrum centrically, like Belladonna and Stramonium, with this difference: The cerebral condition is equally one of excited and perverted function, i.e., delirium with hallucinations; but there is little or no determination of blood. Hyoscyamus hence takes no place in the treatment of those cerebral hyperaemiae for which we rank Belladonna so high. Nor does it reach that height of maniacal disturbance to which Stramonium is applicable. But in delirium of a less violent and inflammatory type, as in many cases of delirium tremens; in the milder forms of mental disorders, especially when occurring in children; and where sleep is restless or too dreamful, from simple cerebral excitement, Hyoscyamus is a most valuable remedy.-.

It has a special action over the sphincter muscles, paralyzing their action. Hardly ever produces constipation, almost always diarrhoea.

Through the spinal nerves, it has a powerful action on the sexual organs.

From its great value in typhoid fever, it must have some haematic action.

The motor nerves are greatly excited and thrown into spasms by the poison.

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS.

Too active condition of the sensorial functions, with great nervous excitability.

Involuntary loud laughter, with silly actions; convulsive trembling.

Delirium; with jerking of the limbs; with diarrhoea; red face; wild staring look and throbbing of the carotids.

Lascivious furor, without modesty; she wishes to uncover and express herself.

Twitching and jerking of every muscle of the body; eyes, eyelids, face and all.

Wishes to run away for fear of being hurt.

Entire loss of consciousness; sees persons who are not, and have not been present.

Muttering, with picking at the bed-clothes.

Giddiness with stupefaction.–HEMPEL.

All objects appear red, or larger than they really are, or double.–HEMPEL.

Loss of sight and hearing.–HEMPEL.

Excessive dilatation of the pupils with complete loss of sensibility to touch.–HEMPEL.

Digestive Organs.–Tongue partially paralyzed; red, brown, dry and cracked.–HEMPEL.

Dryness of the throat with inability to swallow liquids.– DR. HILLS.

Violent pain in the stomach, with vomiting and hiccough.– RAUE.

Paralysis of the sphincter ani, and vesicae, with involuntary stool and urine.

Watery, painless diarrhoea.-.

Much distension of the abdomen.

Involuntary micturition, from paralysis.

Sexual Organs.–Excited sexual desire, without excitement of the fancy.

Loud laughter at the approach of the menses, with convulsive trembling.

Hysterical spasms before the menses, with convulsive trembling during the menses.

Spasms during parturition, with much nervous excitability.

Violent trembling of the feet and hands during menstruation.

Hysterical females and young girls, whose bowels are apt to bloat and who are subject to attacks of diarrhoea, with colicky pains, and frequent urging to stool, or where the sphincters are weak, causing great difficulty in retaining the faeces, and where the least excitement or mental trouble produces the attack.– HEMPEL.

Air Passages.–Spasmodic, dry cough, always worse when lying down; relieved by sitting up.

Nocturnal spasmodic cough, excited by a recumbent posture, and abating immediately after the vertical posture is resumed; specific.–BAEHR.

This is a most valuable remedy in dry, spasmodic cough, with tickling in the throat, and worse nights, when at rest: in the cold air, and from eating or drinking.

This remedy should be closely studied.

William Burt
William H. Burt, MD
(1836-1897)
Characteristic materia medica Published 1873
Physiological materia medica, containing all that is known of the physiological action of our remedies; together with their characteristic indications and pharmacology. Published 1881