Materia Medica

The Soul of Remedies: Belladonna

Written by Rajan Sankaran

Dr. Rajan Sankaran shares his remedy picture of Belladonna. Ailments from fright, delusion of frightful animals and delusion he will be murdered, are among the symptoms found in Belladonna.

Belladonna is a plant remedy of the acute miasm. The main feeling of a Belladonna person is of a sudden threat from outside from which he has to escape in order to survive.

The suddenness is one of the main characteristics of Belladonna. Everything comes in paroxysms with suddenness, and goes with equal suddenness. But while it lasts, there seems to be a very intense and life-threatening situation; the person is beside himself and wants to escape. Also, there is a certain degree of violence in his sensations and actions.

Belladonna can be quite cheerful. In fact, he can be dancing, laughing, singing and can have a generally light-hearted feeling and exuberance. But when the attack comes, he becomes crazy with fear and anxiety, with excitement, with throbbing of the carotids, palpitation of the heart and a feeling of imminent threat or danger.

One of the Belladonna patients that I had, disappeared from treatment suddenly and after months suddenly called me up from some part of the world and then disappeared for months again.

For Belladonna Dr. M.L.Sehgal points to the rubric: “Unconsciousness interrupted by screaming”. His interpretation is that the Belladonna patient remains unconscious of his problems and they come up suddenly to his consciousness and make him very excited.

The delusions, dreams and fears of Belladonna have to do with sudden threat, for example:

  • Delusion, bulls, of.
  • Fear, imaginary things, of.
  • Fear, animals, of.
  • Fear, impending death, of.
  • Delusion, gallows with fear of, vision of.

And he reacts with violence, impulse to set things on fire, attempts to escape and run away. There is a need to escape, to run away. There is a feeling that he will be pursued, killed. Therefore, he runs, escapes, rages.

The difference between Belladonna and Stramonium is that in Belladonna, the specific situation is like that of one who is about to be taken to the gallows, while in Stramonium it is like that of a person lost in a jungle. Stramonium looks for somebody to cling on to, seeking light and company, whereas the main action in Belladonna is reacting violently to save himself, e.g. desire to escape; rage.

Physical symptoms:

Among the main physical symptoms of Belladonna are:

  • Sudden paroxysmal pains that come suddenly and go suddenly.
  • Extremely sensitive to light, noise and jarring.
  • Desire for lemonade, lemon juice.
  • Pains are throbbing.

Rubrics:

  • Ailments from fright
  • Beside oneself, being
  • Delusion, animals of, frightful.
  • Delusion, bulls, of
  • Delusion, dogs, sees
  • Delusion, murdered, he will be
  • Delusion, pursued by enemies
  • Escape, attempts to
  • Exuberance
  • Fear, gallows, of the
  • Fire, wants to set things on
  • Unconsciousness interrupted by shrieking
  • Deeds of violence, rage leading to
  • Fear alternating with rage

Kent:

  • Involuntary urination during sleep; difficult to awaken from

Phatak:

  • Admonition aggravates
  • Direction of symptoms: increase and decrease suddenly

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To read about the philosophical approach to developing these remedy pictures, see Dr. Sankaran’s introduction to Soul of Remedies:

https://hpathy.com/homeopathy-papers/soul-of-remedies/

About the author

Rajan Sankaran

Rajan Sankaran, MD (Hom), is reputed to be a clear and original thinker and is best known for his path breaking concepts in Homoeopathy. His understanding of ‘disease as a delusion’ followed by his discovery of newer miasms, classification of diseased states into kingdoms and the seven levels of experience, brought in much more clarity into understanding diseased states. The Sensation method has now evolved into a more comprehensive and synergistic approach, which strongly advocates to encompass and integrate the old, classical and traditional approaches with the latest advances.

Dr. Sankaran heads ‘the other song—International Academy of Advanced Homoeopathy’, in Mumbai. This academy primarily focuses on imparting advanced clinical training to students and practitioners, integrated with a homoeopathic healing centre. Also he has his own personal clinic at Juhu area of Mumbai, India. He is also the President of Synergy Homeopathic, which is dedicated to the development of reliable, comprehensive homeopathic software and teaching tools. www.theothersong.com www.sankaransclinic.com www.synergyhomeopathic.com

1 Comment

  • Dr. Mr. Sankaran,
    I am able to recognize the constitution remedy by seeing a picture of a person.
    I must confess that the investigation of your constitution remedy was one of my hardest “cases”.
    So its kind of funny to me you introducing the remedy picture of Belladonna I recognized it as your constitution remedy a few days ago before finding this article. Did you already know that its your constitution remedy or is it just a “coincidence” you just writing about this remedy?
    Regards
    M. Mayer

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