Helleborus Niger

COMMON NAMES:

      SNOW ROSE, CHRISTMAS ROSE.

Symptoms

      Dropsy after scarlatina (Apis., Arsenicum, Calcarea, Digitalis, Kali carb., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sulphur).

Desquamation of the skin (Arsenicum, Kali-Arsenicum, Sarsaparilla, Sulphur).

Vesicular eruption between the fingers and toes (rhus-T.)

A falling off of both nails and hair(Graphites).

In the open air, he feels better, but has the sensation of having been ill for a long time.

Boring, stinging pains in sick parts as cover the bones.

Stinging pain in the joints (Apis., Belladonna, Berberis, Kali carb., Acid nitricum, Silicea)

When inattentive, the muscles refuse their office; in a word, whilst inattentively walking, there is a staggering in evidence (con., Gelsemium).

CONVULSIVE TWITCHING OF THE MUSCLES, ESPECIALLY DURING SLEEP.

The pains, of a stinging, pressing or tearing character, often run across the affected parts.

Dullness of the internal senses (Gelsemium, Opium, Acid phosphoricum).

STUPOR (Arnica, Baptisia, Cuprum, Gelsemium, Kali-P., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Opium, Acid phosphoricum., Sulphur, zinc.)

HYDROCEPHALUS (Apis., Belladonna, Bryonia, Cantharis, Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Opium, Podophyllum, Sulphur, zInc.) (Bt.).

Slow comprehension (Gelsemium, Opium, Acid phosphoricum., Zincum met.) (Ra).

Coma: the patient cannot be roused (Opium) (BI.).

HEAD ROLLS FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE PILLOW, OR IS DRAWN BACKWARD ( Apis., Belladonna, Cicuta, Cuprum, Hyoscyamus, Lycopodium, Opium, Podophyllum, Stramonium, Tuberculinum, ZInc.) (BI.).

Beating the head with hands (A.)

Shocks pass through the brain like electricity (Ra.)

CHILD SUDDENLY SCREAMS AND BORES ITS HEAD INTO THE PILLOW (Apis) (D).

FOREHEAD DRAWN IN FOLDS, AND COVERED WITH COLD PERSPIRATION (G).

Brain symptoms during dentition (Apis., Belladonna, Pod). (A.).

Eye-balls are distorted (D).

Eyes are wide open and staring, but insensible to light (Opium) (BI.).

Squinting: pupils dilated (G.)_

BLUNTED SENSES AND SLUGGISH RESPONSES (Arnica, Baptisia, Hyoscyamus) (B.).

Eyes half-open (Lycopodium, Opium) (A.)

Nostrils dirty and dry (Ra.).,

Frequent rubbing of the nose ( Arum-T., Causticum, Cina., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nux vomica, Acid phosphoricum., Sulphur, Teucrium) (G.).

Face pale and puffed (Apis., Bryonia, Ferrum, Natrum muriaticum, Pus., Sepia) (G.).

Foetor oris ( Carb-Ac., Kali-P., Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Sulphur) (B.).

CHEWING MOTION OF THE MOUTH (Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Calcarea, Chamomilla, Gelsemium, Lachesis, Mercurius, Phosphorus, Sepia, Stramonium) (Ra.).

DRINKS GREEDILY (ars., Bryonia, Sulphur) (D.).

Bites spoon, but remains unconscious (A.).

Ptyalism (Kali bichromicum, Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron) (B.).

Rumbling and rolling in the bowels (Lycopodium, Podophyllum, Sulphur) (G.).

Diarrhoea (Apis., Baptisia, Kali-P.).

Diarrhoea of jelly-like mucus (Kali bichromicum) (Ra.).

Diarrhoea during acute hydrocephalus, dentition or pregnancy (A.).

Stools: watery, clear, tenacious, colourless, mucous;like frog spawn (Phosphorus); involuntary (A.).

Urine, after settling, looks like coffee-grounds (G.)_.

Dropsy; of brain, chest, abdomen, after scarlatina, intermittents; with fever, debility, suppressed urine; from suppressed exanthemata (Apis., Rhus toxicodendron, Zincum met.) (A.).

Suppressed sexual desire (Conium, Phosphorus).

Amenorrhoea from cold (Pulsatilla) (B.).

Dreams: confused, unremembered; and anxious (C.).

SOPOROUS SLEEP, WITH SCREAMING AND STARTING (Apis., Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium) (G.).

Lies on the back with knees drawn up (B.).

Roaring and ringing in the ears (China, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla) (C.).

Aphthae in the mouth (Borax, Hepar, Kali-M., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum) (C.).

Nausea and vomiting of food (Bryonia, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla) (C.).

Chilliness and coldness predominating when the remedy cures.

Rigidity of the muscles of the neck, and limbs, one or both (Ra.)

AUTOMATIC MOTION OF ONE ARM AND ONE LEG (Ra.).

Convulsions with extreme coldness of the body, except head or occiput, which may be hot (Arnica) (A.).

Slow, small pulse (Apis., Digitalis, Mur-Ac., Opium, Phosphorus, Verat-Alb.).

Difficult breathing (Ant-T., Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (R.).

Chest constricted (Arsenicum, Cact., Lachesis, Sulphur) (c.).

Gasps for breath (Ipecac., Phosphorus) (C.).

Want of reaction (Ambr., Camph., Laur., Opium, Sulphur, Zincum met.) (R.).

AGGRAVATION:

      In the cool air; during sleep; in the evening; from exertion; during dentition; and from suppressed eruptions.

AMELIORATION:

      In the open air; and from strong attention.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare Apis., Apocynum, Arsenicum, Belladonna, Bryonia, Cantharis, Digitalis, Ferrum, Gelsemium, Kali-P., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Sulphur, Tuberculinum and Zincum met. in brain or meningeal affections.

Complementary : Zincum met.,

ANTIDOTES : Camph., China.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)