Homeopathic remedies for acute conditions. Stramonium (homeopathy, indications for use). Compatibility and contraindications

I. DOMINANT CHARACTERISTICS

The predominant characteristics of Stramonium are as follows:

- extreme and violent excitement, accompanied by anxiety and fear
- constant uncoordinated movements of the muscles of the face and limbs
- fever
- insensitivity to pain

1. WORRY (ANXIETY) AND FEAR

The Stramonium patient becomes frightened very easily, especially in the morning. However, he wakes up with a peculiar expression on his face: his eyes wander, his eyes are confused. Minor feature: the subject cannot be left alone, because he is afraid. If it is a child, he does not let go of his mother; an adult also clings to household, servants and nurses, jumps over trifles.

Can name a few various means(types) with the inability to be alone. An Ignatia subject cannot be left alone when he is depressed, disturbed by something that deeply affects him - it can be mourning or deep grief. The subject of the Kali carbonicum type behaves in a similar way. He always has an anemic, demineralized and, in addition, edematous face. His ankles and fingers swell easily; let us recall the pathognomonic objective sign of this remedy - swelling in the region of the inner corner of the upper eyelid. He, too, cannot remain alone because of fear - unreasonable fear death, ghosts; as soon as evening falls, night falls, fear seizes him. The Arsenicum subject exhibits this anguish to an even greater extent, he has a fear of imminent death. Then he becomes very agitated - especially between 1 and 3 o'clock in the morning. He does not want to be alone, he is sure that he will die suddenly and that no one will be able to help him; he is distrustful of all medicines, fearing that they want to poison him.

The Stramonium subject is not only afraid of being alone, he has real phobias. He is afraid of the dark, does not want to stay in a dark room and requires light. At his head there is always an electric lamp and a night light.

You can specify other types that do not want to stay in the dark. Such are Medorrhinum in the chronic condition, and Phosphorus and Pulsatilla in the acute condition.

The fear of the dark in the Stramonium patient is due to his night terrors. As soon as he remains in the dark, frightening things begin to appear to him; he gets up, screams in horror, howls, calls for help. Finally, he cannot walk in the dark due to dizziness and lack of balance.

Subjects of the Argentum nitricum and Lachesis types have dizziness as soon as they close their eyes, and the same uncertainty when walking in the dark. Vertigo of the Lachesis type we find again in those who have circulatory disorders, especially during menopause. The vertigo of the Argentum nitricum type deserves closer study. Subject in the dark bumps into all the furniture in the room; they find Romberg's symptom in him, and this makes you think about the old psychophysical heredity or syphilis nerve centers . If he is of the Argentum nitricum type, he has weakness and trembling at the same time. In a Stramonium patient, symptoms appear with great strength, and he also has fears and nocturnal anxiety.

Another phobia in the Stramonium type is the fear of water. Subject is unable to hear the sound of running water; as soon as he hears the sound of running water from a faucet or the sound of a bath being emptied, he becomes restless and dreary.

There are subjects who cannot cross bridges for fear of water flowing under the bridge; such is the type of Baryta carbonica. Others are afraid of water or when they hear the sound flowing water or when looking at flowing water. Here at first one can think of the Belladonna type: the patient is afraid of liquids, but he has reason for this - as soon as he tries to swallow any liquid, he experiences a sudden and very painful compression - a spasm of the pharynx. Belladonna is shown in such acute cases like angina. The same symptom develops with extreme intensity in the Cantharis type, and always from the same cause: due to the presence of inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa. It should not be thought that Cantharis is a remedy intended only for the treatment of cystitis or urinary disorders: indications for its use are also with sore throats with ulceration, with enteritis and dysentery. The Cantharis patient during the delirious period exhibits violent excitement: when offered a glass of water, he falls into a rage, lets out cries and convulsions. Another patient, without any lesions, exhibits the same rabies: he is a Hyoscyamus subject. He has spasmodic contractions of the pharynx, not only when he tries to swallow a liquid, like the Belladonna patient, but even when he hears the sound of flowing water. Such a patient develops a real hydrophobia, and this leads us to a description of the indications for Hydrophobinum, manufactured at the Pasteur Institute from spinal cord mad rabbit. Such a patient has nervous irritability, convulsions and urge to defecate and urinate as soon as he hears the sound of running water. He has spasms of the esophagus, with real aggravation, and excessive salivation.

However, back to Stramonium. The Stramonium subject exhibits convulsions and spasms not only at the sight of flowing water, but also at the mere approach of a glass of liquid, whether cold or hot, to the lips. decoction. At the same time, he has convulsions with cold sweat without loss of consciousness. Such disorders are caused by the appearance of a reflection of light or a mirror. However, the patient is afraid of the dark and is subject to extremely strong night fears that prevent him from sleeping and are associated with hallucinations. Insomnia and hallucinations are worth studying.

Insomnia of the Stramonium type is peculiar. The patient is drowsy, but cannot sleep. It is the same with the Belladonna subject, but in this latter case, when he is just beginning to fall asleep, he has muscle contractions which jerk him awake. The Chamomilla is also drowsy. He would love to sleep, but he can't. And the Chamomilla child lies on his back with his eyes wide open. He doesn't talk (but he doesn't fall asleep either). And as soon as he finally falls asleep, he performs objective symptom, meaning medical indications to the choice of this remedy: he sweats his head. Hot sweat on the head on falling asleep is characteristic of Chamomilla, and sweat on waking is Sambucus. The Opium subject is always drowsy, unable to sleep because of his heightened hearing: he clearly hears the slightest noise, even a very distant one, and this is enough to keep him in a state of (forced) prolonged wakefulness.

Hallucinations in the Stramonium type are terrifying: the patient sees animals around him - dogs, cats, and also some ugly, terrible monsters with disgusting muzzles.

He also has bizarre ideas: for example, it may seem to him that he is bifurcated or folded into two parts, that these parts are separated and that his soul is outside the body. It also appears to the subject that their body is deformed, namely elongated.

We know tools (types) that have almost the same characteristics. The feeling of splitting is an indication for the administration of Baptisia.. But while in the Stramonium subject only the nervous disorders described above are noted, in the Baptisia patient there is also a high fever in connection with the typhoid condition. And from the fact that he imagines himself consisting of several separate parts, he begins to look in the bed for these separate parts of his, scattered (as he imagines) on the bed, and tries to connect them. But at the same time, this subject's entire alimentary canal is infected, the expression of which is a foul-smelling breath. However, disgusting smell possess all the secrets and excretions of the Baptisia subject: sweat, urine, stools - all of which have a terrible, disgusting smell. And this is one of those great characteristics that make it possible to recognize this means (type).

There is another remedy (type) approaching Stramonium in terms of nervous disorders associated with it: it is Cannabis indica. The Stramonium subject imagines that his body is deformed, elongated, and the Cannabis indica subject often has a similar hallucination: he imagines that some part of his body is enlarged in volume. Some patients come to the doctor with a complaint that, for example, it seems to them that their lower jaw on one side is significantly bigger size than with the other, or as if their nose had grown. However, a doctor who does not suffer from such deceptions of feelings can clearly see that the patient's nose is of normal size, the lower jaw is symmetrical and not enlarged at all. The patient simply had an obsessive idea about the deformity that arose in any one part of the body. When such a patient is questioned in more detail, one can be convinced that they also have other obsessions. This is a very typical indication for Cannabis indica, in which the symptoms never reach such violent intensity as is usual in a Stramonium subject. And in general, it is impossible to mix these two means (types).

Night terrors are not exclusive to Stramonium. Along the way sore throats or febrile attack the Belladonna patient (children are particularly prone to this) may have night terrors; he suddenly wakes up at night with fear and calls for help. He has an obsessive desire to get out of bed and run away from the hallucinations that haunt him. But such indications for the appointment of Belladonna arise only in a transitory manner, at the beginning acute illness while in the Stramonium type the night terrors recur every night with a regular constancy, forcing the doctor to give such patients either Bromium or something else to calm them down. And now, under the influence of Stramonium 30 or 200, the condition of such a patient improves immediately.

It should be well noted that all manifestations of the Stramonium type are very stormy, unbridled. Night terrors are often accompanied by delirium that occurs simultaneously with unusual talkativeness. The patient talks all the time, and incoherently. He is unable to connect the two ideas. He laughs, speaks in verse, pleads, conjures, insults, scolds, and finally goes on a rampage. This violent delirium appears very quickly and manifests itself with extreme force. The patient lets out screams, howls, he has a desire to beat, beat, bite others. Finally, he strives to get out of bed and run away.

Here we may think of other remedies (types) in which the symptoms do not appear with such great intensity and such violence as here described: these are Belladonna (wants to get out of bed, but this lasts only a few minutes), Hyoscyamus (in a state of delirium tears clothes, tries to beat those who prevent him from getting out of bed and who, in addition, lifts his clothes and sheets, showing his genitals and uttering obscene speeches); Bryonia (delirious at most about 3 a.m. with an obsession to return to her home to mind her own business and work); Opium (also wants to return to his home) - this idea comes to his mind after an attack apoplexy, and now, as soon as feelings begin to return to him, he still thinks of only one thing - to return to his home, because, even if he is at home, it always seems to him that he is not at home, but in a hospital or on the street; Rhus toxicodendron (but in the course of a serious illness like typhoid; wants to get out of his bed and go back to his own house, because he is sure that he is not at home, and wants to go to his own house too). A subject like Rhus toxicodendron is literally a troublesome nuisance. Such, for example, is a woman who leaves the house for two hours in the morning, and then also runs around the shops in the afternoon. She cannot stay at home as an unstoppable force forces her to leave her apartment and walk the streets. She feels better when she walks, walks. The movement of her and the pain relieves, and allows you to restore the mobility of the members, which temporarily disappears in a state of rest.

It should be noted that the Stramonium delirium, with all its symptoms described above, ends in a fit of frenzy. And then the subject becomes violent, ready to kill, tears and destroys everything that comes under his hand. This nonsense is outwardly all the more terrible because it is accompanied by the second characteristic of Stramonium, to the description of which we turn.

2. RANDOM MOVEMENTS OF THE MUSCLE OF THE FACE AND LIMB

These movements are the result of strong contractions of certain muscle groups, namely the upper body. The patient develops continuous head movements, general convulsions and local convulsions.

A. Continuous head movements- Stramonium subject continuously burrows his head into the pillow. But this is not its exclusive property: other means (types) have the same characteristic - for example, Belladonna, Helleborus.

The Belladonna patient finds a stiff neck and burrows his head into the pillow precisely because the muscles of his neck contract convulsively (tonically). It must not be forgotten that when convulsions or contractures are found in a subject of the Belladonna type, they are immediately aggravated by exposure to light, noise, movement, and especially from the slightest shaking, if, for example, the patient is shaken during examination or even accidentally hit the back of the bed. In the Belladonna subject, the face is always red and congested.

The Helleborus subject not only burrows his head into the pillow, he rolls his head and moves it minute by minute while uttering cries. The Belladonna subject sometimes also moves his pillow, but without crying, and in the Helleborus patient both of these signs are combined - rolls his head on the pillow from side to side and at the same time lets out screams; in addition, he constantly raises his hand to his head.

Indications for the appointment of Belladonna exist only in initial stage meningitis. In general, Helleborus is only seldom not indicated for acute meningitis. Note also that the subject of the Helleborus type has a terrible, disgusting breath odor.

B. General convulsions. Convulsions of the Stramonium type are not accompanied by loss of consciousness: in a child or adult, consciousness is completely preserved. At the same time, copious cold sweats appear. Usually these convulsions are caused by the sight of water and a particularly brilliant reflection of light (in water, in a mirror, on the surface of any shiny object, such as a metal bump on a headboard). Meanwhile, a Stramonium-type subject also does not like to remain in the dark - he needs light, but not brilliant, but soft, diffused. From the bright light, he becomes worse: his eyes begin to wander, he is seized by horror, and he starts convulsions, convulsions. Likewise, when a chandelier on the ceiling is suddenly lit to light up a room, too strong a light causes in the patient such spasmodic phenomena as general convulsions. Such a patient needs only diffused light.

B. Local convulsions. They are associated with spasmodic contractions of the muscles of the pharynx and esophagus, making any attempt to swallow difficult. Such spasms occur as soon as they want to force the patient to swallow at least a little liquid. Just like the Belladonna type (but with more greater strength), the Stramonium subject cannot drink even a few sips without immediately having a spasm of the pharynx or esophagus, severe and very painful.

3. FEVER

In acute cases, the temperature rises very high and is accompanied by various minor symptoms, especially chills and heat (sensation of heat). During the stages of chill and heat, the patient is never thirsty; on the contrary, in the transition to the sweat stage, the patient begins to feel the need to drink, but he drinks with difficulty because of the convulsive contractions of the pharynx described above.

At the beginning of the fever, the patient feels cold all over the body, especially in the limbs and their distal parts. But when the stage of heat begins, the patient feels warm throughout the body, with the exception of the distal parts of the limbs, which remain constantly cold. Sweats have one characteristic: they extend over the whole body and are said to be greasy, oily, viscous.

4. INSUFFICIENCY TO PAIN

This is one of the predominant characteristics this tool and, moreover, very important, despite its essentially negative character. Whatever the intensity of the symptoms observed, the Stramonium subject never experiences pain. Pain is completely absent in all manifestations, whether the patient will have convulsions, delirium, fears, or any other disorders. High fever, violent manifestations, absence of pain all suggest the Stramonium type.

II. OBJECTIVE SIGNS

Are there objective signs of the Stramonium type? It is known that it is of great interest (especially in an acute patient) to quickly detect any small signs, which, although they will not give clear indications for the right remedy, but still contain calls for his appointment.

Let's look at a Stramonium patient. His face is red - this is not a characteristic, as it is inherent in a number of remedies (types), especially Belladonna. But in Stramonium the congested face bears an expression of horror. The eyes are wide open, bulging, shining, injected, the pupils are dilated and unresponsive. At the same time, the patient has convulsive contractions of the muscles of the face - real spasms. In such a patient, one often finds what is called a sardonic smile (smiling mouth, tragically wrinkled forehead).

Speech is difficult and indistinct, the subject mutters, grumbles, speaks through clenched teeth. His voice breaks, as if he laryngitis. In fact, he does not have laryngitis, but there are convulsive contractions of the muscles of the larynx. When approaching such a patient, they notice that he splashes with mucous saliva. Only one other remedy (type) has this symptom: Mercurius solubilis. In such a subject, saliva flows onto the pillow at night, and it contains a small admixture of blood (due to the inflamed state of the oral mucosa), he has stomatitis, especially gingivitis, tonsillitis. In the sick type Mercurius solubilis there is always a painful change in the mucous membranes of the pharynx or oral cavity, while in the Stramonium subject there is no painful change in the mucous membranes: he spittles simply because he has some semblance of muscle paresis.

3. CLINICAL STUDY

Clinical Stramonium is such a remedy as the physician seldom has to prescribe. It must be remembered that the patient has no pain, which he often has high fever, and that always all manifestations appear with extreme force and in complete disorder - whether it concerns incoherent speech, disorderly gestures, or convulsions (local or general). Thus, Stramonium is indicated in all convulsive nervous manifestations - in chorea, in convulsions, in typhoid or adynamic states, when fears are pronounced in the subject.

Stramonium can only play an episodic role in serious illness. It is additionally used for meningitis, sometimes for erysipelas and in febrile rashes. In this latter case, one small symptom is found which is not an objective symptom of Stramonium, but may appear in a Stramonium subject: a general redness of the skin, a scarlet-like redness, such as is commonly found in a person suffering from scarlet fever. This eruption, found in a subject with night terrors, high fever, and severe condition without any pain, should lead one to think of the Stramonium type.

However, this remedy will also be indicated when, in the course of scarlet fever, the rash suddenly disappears, and at this time the patient shows delirium, fright, convulsions, spasms. On the contrary, if we are dealing with an individual who, under the same circumstances, develops a different picture - complete depression, muscle (tonic) cramps, and especially a kind of motor excitation of the feet, along with coloring of the face (sometimes bluish), then there are indications for prescribing Zincum.

Stramonium is best suited to those conditions which present themselves with extremely strong symptoms. It must be borne in mind that the characteristic of Stramonium is extreme excitement. Local or general convulsions, high fever, absence of pain, these are the indications for the use of this remedy, which allow it to be used with benefit or under acute conditions with fever, or, conversely, with such pure nervous states like convulsions or delirium tremens (Delirium tremens).

STRAMONIUM
Increasing violence in modern world did . We often find very advanced mental and manic states in cases of Stramonium, but there is also big number patients who are helped by this drug and who are mentally perfectly healthy. On the early stages we will see only hints of rage and fear, which become common manifestations in more late stages. However, through the entire pathology of the remedy there is a tremendous tension and energy. Stramonium also important tool at acute illnesses flowing with delirium and febrile convulsions.
Rage and in actions, and in thoughts, and in physical symptoms is the central theme of Stramonium - violence or fear of violence. Stramonium is used mainly for the treatment of pathology of the nervous system. It seems that the rage here is neurological in nature and comes almost like a seizure. epilepsy, strabismus, restless sleep; disorders caused by the inability to concentrate, and even schizophrenia - that's common manifestations Stramonium indicating fragility and imbalance of the nervous system, which helps to explain the rage of this remedy. These conditions arise as a result of excitement and shifts in the nervous system, which is within the scope of the drug.
Any neurological disease can cause the Stramonium condition: for example, fever, alcohol intake, trauma.
Adult patients Stramonium types often live without showing aggression in behavior, most often they are simply filled with fears. Fears are almost always associated with violence or death, or with things that symbolize death (darkness, graveyard) or violence (animals). Often in true cases of mania in Stramonium patients we find a frightening frenzy. The manic state of Stramonium can even be life threatening. This remedy is able to cure patients with extremely neglected mental states.

Children. The Stramonium child will often be calm at your appointment, he does not show the rage that his parents talk about. Sometimes the child becomes withdrawn or drowsy, as described by the parents. Often the disease begins after a strong fright, such as a car
accident, sexual assault, evidence of an act of violence, or after neurological disease like meningitis or encephalitis. After an attack, nightmares or night terrors often occur, and eventually the patient goes into a frenzy.
A violent Stramonium will be unrestrained and impulsive, but there is no malice in his actions. The attack happens like a flash, almost like a seizure or neurological disorder. It would be unusual in a Stramonium disease for rage to develop without equally strong fears. Remember that parents can various reasons not to finish something, explaining the full depth of the pathology in such a child.

CONSCIOUSNESS
Fury and violence. Capable of killing.
Fury in any manifestation - biting, fighting, strangling, etc.
Manic state with reddening of the face, dilated pupils, with the manifestation of superhuman strength.
Fear of death - especially violent death or murder.
Fear of the dark - sleeps with light, goes to parents' bedroom.
Fear of water - especially when water gets on the head, even in the shower, and running water.
Fear of being alone - especially at night or in the dark.
Fear: animals. Dogs. Mirrors, reflective surfaces. Diseases. Ghosts. Injuries. Madness.
Choking. Claustrophobia. Fear of open space.
Illnesses that start after fright, especially violence or threat of death, which was averted at the last moment.
Night terrors: the child screams in horror and jumps up without fully waking up, does not want any contact with the parents or may even think that the parents want to hurt him, cannot calm down, does not recognize anyone and does not remember what happened.
Jealousy.
Loquacity.
Swears.
Laughter - loud and terrible, or wild.
Extremely active kids.
behavioral disorders.
Stuttering; the patient may painfully try to say the word until he finally "pushes" it out of himself.
GENERAL
Convulsions, often very strong. Convulsions in children.
Febrile convulsions. Rough bullshit.
Sunstroke.
Neurological disorders after head trauma, vaccinations, fright, meningitis.
Chorea, athetosis, twitching of muscles or limbs, tics, grimaces. Unrefreshing sleep.
HEAD
Violent twitching of the head. Head injury.
Violent headaches, worse in the sun. Jerking of head during headache.
Grimaces. Teak. Jerking. Grinding of teeth in sleep.
Meningitis, encephalitis or their consequences.
Frightened expression of the eyes or face.
Strabismus. Diplopia. Dilated pupils.
Tongue dry and cracked.
Hirsutism.
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Passionate desire for sweets.
Fetid diarrhoea.
Violent hiccups.
Expressed thirst.
URINARY SYSTEM
Wild sexual desires, aggression, vulgar language, promiscuity.
Masturbation.
Patients with a history of incest or fear of sexual abuse.
Constantly touching the genitals.
Enuresis, especially after fright.
Uterine bleeding.
BREAST
Angina. Arrhythmia.
Chronic cough, bronchitis. Spasmodic asthma attacks.
LIMB
Pain in left thigh or abscess.
LEATHER
Abscess.
CLINICAL PICTURE
Abscess. Angina. Arrhythmia. Asthma. behavioral disorders. Acute violations cerebral circulation. Chorea. Rave. Diarrhea. Enuresis. Febrile convulsions. Head injury. Headache. Hirsutism. hyperactive children. Mania. Affective insanity. Meningitis. Uterine bleeding. Nightmares. Phobias. Strabismus. Schizophrenia. Convulsive disorders. Sexual disorders. Stuttering.
COMBINATION OF SYMPTOMS
Any pair of these fears: the dark. Of death. Loneliness. Animals. Water.
* A complex character combined with fears or nightmares.
* Convulsions combined with fears.
COMPARE

This remedy acts mainly on the brain, although the skin and throat are also affected to some extent. Suppression of secretion and excretion. Sensation as if the limbs were separated from the body. Delirium tremens. Absence of pain, lack of muscle mobility, especially for mimic and locomotor muscles. Circular or spiral movements; graceful movements. Parkinsonism.

Psyche. Piety, seriousness, pleading mood; continuous chatter. Chatty, laughs, sings, swears; prays; rhymes speech. Ghosts appear; voices are heard; talks to spirits and ghosts. Quick transitions from happy to sad. Tendency to violence and debauchery. Illusions concerning self: considers himself tall, forked, with the absence of any part of the body, etc. Religious mania. Does not tolerate loneliness or darkness: requires light and company. From the sight of flowing water or in general anything flickering, spasms arise. Delirium with desire to run away (Bell; Bry; Rhus).

Head. Raises head frequently from pillow. Pain in the frontal region and above the eyebrows, beginning at 9 o'clock in the morning; worse before noon. Boring pains preceded by blurred vision. Congestion of blood to the head; staggers with a tendency to fall forward and to the left. auditory hallucinations.

Eyes. They appear bulging, glazed eyes, pupils dilated. loss of vision; complains about the darkness and asks for more light. Small things seem big. Individual parts of the body appear abnormally swollen. Strabismus. All objects appear black.

Face. Hot, red; limited redness of the cheeks. Flushing of the face; it is distorted. An expression of horror. The face is pale.

Mouth. Dryness; viscous saliva flows drop by drop. Aversion to water. Stuttering. Sardonic smile. Unable to swallow due to spasm of the throat. Chewing movements.

Stomach. The food tastes like straw. intense thirst. Vomiting of mucus and green bile.

Urine. Urination is suppressed bladder empty

Male reproductive organs. Sexual erethism with obscene speech and deeds. Hands all the time touching the genitals.

Female reproductive organs. Metrorrhagia with loquacity, singing, prayers. postpartum psychosis with characteristic psychiatric symptoms and profuse sweating. Convulsions after childbirth.

Dream. Awakens from fright; cries out in fear. Deep dream with snoring. Drowsiness, but cannot sleep (Bell).

Limbs. Graceful rhythmic movements. Cramps of the upper limbs and isolated muscle groups. Chorea; partial spasms - constantly changing. severe pain in the left hip area. Trembling, twitching of tendons; wobbly gait.

Leather. Brilliant, flushed red. Effects of suppression of scarlet fever with delirium, etc.

Fever. Profuse sweat without relief. Severe fever.

MODALITIES. Worse in dark room; lonely; when looking at brightly lit or shiny objects; After sleep; when swallowing. Better from bright light; from society; from heat.

RELATIONSHIPS. Antidotes: Bellad.; Tabas,; ffux.

Compare: especially similar in action to Hyoscy. and Bellad. The feverish state is less than in Bellad., but more so than in Hyoscy. Causes more functional excitation of the brain, but the picture never approaches the characteristic of Bellad, a true inflammatory picture,

As Kent describes, the first thing that impresses about Stramonium is the exuberance of the mental state. This is a very active, excited, energetic state. A person does not control his behavior, is destructive, even spiteful. This destructiveness of all kinds is directed against others or against himself: he strikes, bites, tears, screams, curses, but especially smashes objects to smithereens. Such a state can erupt quite suddenly, then pass after a while, but a person is not free from it. It is usually a chronic mania or a mania that often recurs over a period of time, rather than a simple paroxysm of rage.

The main process in a Stramonium state is an uncontrolled eruption of the unconscious, leading to a violent, aggressive behavior. In a normal, mentally healthy person, the content of the unconscious - the level of animal instincts preserved in the process of evolution - is under the tight control of higher cerebral functions, consciousness, social and cultural influences, and moral and religious values. When a person goes insane, these controls almost by definition cease to function or their operation is distorted so that behavior deviates from the norm. In the Stramonium state, the unconscious instincts erupt with absolute suddenness and violence, and there seems to be no chance for the normal mechanisms to exert any control.

Psychosis of this type is observed in the most extreme cases. This remedy may be indicated for a mass murderer who suddenly starts killing many people indiscriminately; of course, it is never prescribed ONLY on the basis of this indication (another possible drug maybe, for example, Nux vomica), Stramonium should at least be THOUGHT in such a case. Stramonium is thought of in connection with the mentally ill who has no choice but forced confinement in a cell with walls lined with pillows.

One limitation of the repertory is that it does not indicate the STAGES of symptom development. Thus, although there are many remedies listed under the heading "Violent", there is no way to determine at what stage the riot occurs. Although the onset of the violent Stramonium stage may be quite sudden, there are distinct stages preceding it. When choosing a destination, it is very useful to recognize them.

The original cause of Stramonium psychosis is a sudden shock. There is severe fright, emotional shock, a head injury, or a fever that affects the brain (in the latter case, spasms or convulsions are quite likely even with a relatively low level of fever). The unconscious skinny begins to show through symptoms such as an extreme fear of the dark - they need the lights on all night. There are unusual fears, such as fear of cemeteries (Stramonium usually grows in cemeteries), fear of tunnels or enclosed spaces, fear of even looking at large bodies of water, fear of dogs. At night in the dark (because of the obvious aggravation from darkness) or at the sight of the surface of the body of water, special symptoms may occur. It is said in the books that Stramonium is aggravated by shiny objects, such as gleaming metal, mirrors, fires; however, experience has shown deterioration more often in connection with the surface of the water. Symbolically, such symptoms represent the first signs of an eruption of the unconscious, barely controlled. Spasms may then follow. different parts body - eyes, neck, limbs.

The climactic stage is a full-blown eruption of the unconscious into violent psychosis. A relative may call you and tell you that the patient suddenly began to break windows and furniture and threaten family members. In the orthodox approach, this type of patient needs immediate hospitalization, means of mechanical restraint of the mentally ill and sedatives. When you see a patient, he is aggressive and out of control, or he sits in a chair in a rigid position with a wild expression in his eyes, wrinkling his forehead in alarm, ready to jump up and run out of the house at any moment.

Upon questioning, you discover that he stubbornly insists that the lights be left on at night and is always eager for company. Perhaps he does not sleep and cries at night, and then laughs uncontrollably during the day.

If such a patient is not treated, he will inevitably be placed in a specialized institution and mechanically restrained. With time mental condition may lead to convulsions or common syndromes organic syndrome of the brain or extinction.

There is a connection with rabies, or hydrophobia: Stramonium sometimes cures such patients. The hydrophobic state also arises from water - either at the sight or at the sound of water. There is also a strong aversion to drinking water.

Stramonium has a flamboyant delirium of attacking dogs, FEAR OF DOGS that may attack.

The acute stage of Stramonium may be compared with Belladonna. There is a high fever with a sudden onset, especially a fever caused by meningoencephalitis. In Stramonium these fevers may be equal or less severe than in Belladonna, but in contrast to the intermittent fever of Belladonna, Stramonium fever is recurrent or continuous. In the first episode Belladonna may be reasonably given: however, if the fever recurs, Belladonna will no longer help. Other remedies must be turned to: if there is violent aggressive delirium with the usual picture of the Belladonna type with flushing of the face, dilated pupils, dry mouth, spasms, etc., Stramonium should at least be considered. The delirium of the Stramonium type is as described above: the patient smashes things, bites, tears clothes, screams, swears. He does not realize where he is, does not know about the presence of other people and even about his own suffering. In doing so, he can manifest superhuman strength (Tarentula). The child sits tensely and motionless in the office, holding on to the chair in fear, staring wildly into his eyes, ready to rush or run away. When the acute mania passes, the patient falls into an alternate state of anxiety and despair.

When studying remedies, one must know where the center of action lies. In Stramonium the center is associated with the unconscious, perhaps even specifically with the rage center in the hypothalamus. There is clinical syndrome, known to neurologists dealing with head injuries causing skull fracture and damage to the hypothalamus, and expressing exactly the type of rage and disorientation described in Stramonium. A similar picture can occur with extreme alcohol intoxication, when a person loses all control and falls into an irrational rage.

Stramonium also acts powerfully on the peripheral nervous system. In particular, it causes a spastic state of the neuromuscular system. It significantly helps spastic children with birth trauma or neonatal jaundice. He can take off spastic paralysis seen in impact victims, and other neurological injuries.

In addition, he has graceful, rhythmic, spontaneous chorea movements, especially affecting upper limbs. And again, the emphasis falls on spontaneous, uncontrolled states of the nervous system.

Stramonium has some effect on the physical level, though relatively less intense. Some indications: Headaches, aggravated by sun, heat, lying down and motion, localized in the occiput and sometimes in the forehead. Basilar meningitis from suppressed otitis. Eye strain from prolonged exercise. Strabismus caused by inflammation or injury to the brain or its membranes. Chronic abscesses, boils and septic conditions, especially when accompanied by spasms and convulsions. Experiencing severe pain in left thigh (in bold type in repertory). Characteristic cough coming on when looking at a bright light or fire. Sensation of suffocation when water is poured over the head. Old people have urinary retention due to spasm of the bladder.

Thus, in comparison with other remedies, a vicious, violent, aggressive, uncontrolled eruption of the unconscious should be emphasized, especially in chronic and prolonged manias. Stramonium is the most violent, followed by Belladonna and finally Hyoscyamus. Belladonna is wild for the most part, in acute conditions. During the delirium of Belladonna we see the patient wanting to climb the walls of the room. He gets out of bed with a very high fever, and you see him in a wild state trying his best to climb the walls. Belladonna's delusions should also be emphasized, especially after she closes her eyes. Hitting people is also a strong symptom of Belladonna. Hyoscyamus is more passive in his mania, and becomes violent when he is driven by extreme jealousy or when he has gone to extremes. Desire to strike is a strong symptom of Hyoscyamus. The fury of Tarentula comes on more often in the form of paroxysms. The Veratrum condition is just as active and energetic as the Stramonium condition, but usually not as violent except in extreme circumstances.

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