Belladonna [Bell]
Throbbing headaches from within outward, stabbings in brain; pains over scalp, as after violently pulling the hair; distorted features; pale face, with thirst; sweat only on face; sensitiveness of hearing; spasmodic distortion of mouth; head drawn backward and buried in pillow; dysphagia for water; violent, small, frequent, anxious respiration; convulsive movements of limbs, with lassitude and anxiousness; extreme sensibility to cold air; delirious prattle about dogs which surround him; desirous of dying when free from rage, wants to bite those around him, bites, spits.
Cantharis [Canth]
ALTERNATE PAROXYSM OF RAGE AND CONVULSIONS, excited by touching larynx, by making pressure upon abdomen, by the sight of water; burning and dryness of mouth; excessive sexual nisus with constant painful erections and continual itching and burning of internal sexual organs; inflammatory symptoms prevail over convulsive ones.
Hyoscyamus [Hyos]
Posterior part of throat affected; frequent hawking up of mucus; thirst and dryness in throat; constriction of throat and inability to swallow; unquenchable thirst; violent sweat after thirst; mental derangement with occasional muttering; horrid anguish, fits of anxiety; moves about from one place to another; concussive startings, alternating with trembling and convulsions; strange fear that he will be bitten by animals.
Lachesis [Lach]
Deep stinging throughout the whole head; tearing lancinations in forehead, above eyebrows; distortion of face; hurried talking with headache; red face, mental derangement and constrictive sensation in throat; difficulty of swallowing food or drink or saliva; dryness of pharynx and oesophagus, preventing deglutition; convulsions and spasms, with violent shrieks; sopor after cessation of pains.
Lyssin [Lyss]
Slight dizziness and nausea; severe headache with stiffness of jaws and numb hands; twitching of face and hands; face pale, yellow, nearly brown; mouth full of saliva and total disinclination to drink; saliva viscid with constant spitting; sensation of inability to swallow, but can do so when trying; violent spasm of throat with sense of suffocation; constrictive sensation in throat, much worse when swallowing liquids.
Stramonium [Stram]
Afraid to be alone; great desire to bite and to tear himself with his teeth; wants to bite those around him, with screams and rage; fancies full of fright and terror, staring eyes, pupils dilated, turgid swollen face; bloody froth at mouth, excessive restlessness; aversion to water and liquids; frequent spitting, saliva hanging out of mouth; horrible convulsions; stiffness of the whole body.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.