ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM

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Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Aconitum Lycoctonum. A. lycoctonum, Linn. A. telyphonum, Reich. Wolfsbane. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant when coming into bloom. (The only aconite which does not contain Aconitine.) Clinical Breasts, inflammation of. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Glands, enlargement of. Hodgkin's disease....

General Description

Aconitum Lycoctonum. A. lycoctonum, Linn. A. telyphonum, Reich. Wolfsbane. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant when coming into bloom. (The only aconite which does not contain Aconitine.) Clinical Breasts, inflammation of. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Glands, enlargement of. Hodgkin's disease. Liver, disorders of. Pork, effects of. Strangury. Characteristics The symptoms of A. lycoct., whilst resembling those of the other aconites in some respects, show a marked absence of the cutaneous-nerve affections so prominent in their provings. The most notable symptoms are swelling of the cervical, axillary, and mammary glands. I have used it with good effect in cases of scrofulous glands, and even where Hodgkin's disease has been suspected. Diarrhœa after eating pork. Itching is prominent in...

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Aconitum Lycoctonum.

A. lycoctonum, Linn. A. telyphonum, Reich. Wolfsbane. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant when coming into bloom. (The only aconite which does not contain Aconitine.)
Clinical

Breasts, inflammation of. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Glands, enlargement of. Hodgkin's disease. Liver, disorders of. Pork, effects of. Strangury.

Characteristics

The symptoms of A. lycoct., whilst resembling those of the other aconites in some respects, show a marked absence of the cutaneous-nerve affections so prominent in their provings. The most notable symptoms are swelling of the cervical, axillary, and mammary glands. I have used it with good effect in cases of scrofulous glands, and even where Hodgkin's disease has been suspected. Diarrhœa after eating pork. Itching is prominent in the proving: of eyes, nose, anus, vulva. The skin of the nose is cracked. There is a cough leaving a taste of blood in the mouth. The symptoms are < in afternoon (like Lycop.); < from mental exertion; < during digestion, especially of pork, onions, and after wine.

Relations

Compare: Cistus, Lap. alb., Con., Iod., Spo., Lyc., Carb. an.; Puls. (effects of pork).

1. Mind

Mania.Ferocity.Laughter.Distraction.Instability of ideas.Dread of work.

2. Head

Vertigo with nausea.Lancinating pain in head extending across eyes.Sensation as if a nail were driven into head when moving it.Hammering in temples.Pain like rheumatism in scalp < by touch.

3. Eyes

Lancinating pain in eyes from without inward.Painfulness of lids.Itching in lids.Pressure on lids and difficulty of raising them.Smarting in canthi; dryness at inner canthus.

4. Ears

Purulent discharge from ears; redness behind them.

5. Nose

Itching on nose; sensitiveness; lancinations.Compression at root of nose.Skin of nose cracked.Muco-purulent discharge from nose.

6. Face

Face pale; shining.Pain of excoriation round mouth.Pain in facial bones.Tension in facial muscles.Hard tuberculous pimples on face.Pimples on lips.Skin of face becomes light brown.Numbness of jaw, like incipient paralysis, > by compression and by drinking wine.

7. Teeth

Burning pain in upper teeth.Pressing in teeth.Tearing in lower teeth when opening mouth.Gums bluish; ulcerated.

8. Mouth

Taste, clayey; astringent.

10. Appetite

Strong relish for dainties, fruits, cabbage.Increased relish for tobacco in a smoker.Aversion to food in general esp. fatty things and milk; they cause uneasiness.Keen hunger very soon satisfied.Constant thirst even when drinking.Burning thirst.Thirst at night.

11. Stomach

Risings: rancid; like rotten eggs, acid with weight on stomach.Painful eructations.Hiccough.Inclination to vomit after eating; with shivering; with vertigo.Vomiting: of mucus on getting out of bed; yellowish after drinking; with copious urination.

12. Abdomen

R. hypochondrium: bruised pain; tearing pain; starting.When breathing both hypochondria feel bruised. Sensation of compression referred to diaphragm.Anxiety; beatings in abdomen.Lancinating pain after milk.

13. Stool

Constipation; anus feels as if strongly contracted.Diarrhœa, with violent cutting after eating pork.Whitish stools.After stool, pain in anus as if there was a crack there; shivering.Cramp at anus.Itching at anus.Tenesmus during night.

14. Urinary Organs

Desire to urinate with copious emissions.Urging with ineffectual efforts.Urine: hot; turbid, depositing a white sediment.

16. Female Sexual Organs

Itching at vulva.Menstrual blood fetid.Excoriation of bend of thigh after menses.Leucorrhœa: viscid.

17. Respiratory Organs

Difficult respiration.Slight cough with watery expectoration.After a slight chill, cough leaving a taste of, blood in the mouth.

18. Chest

Swelling of the mammary glands.

20. Neck and Back

Swelling of the cervical glands.The neck seems to grow larger.Swelling of the neck on one side only.Pressing pain at the nape of the neck.Shivering in the back.Jerking in the region of the kidneys.

22. Upper Limbs

Swelling of axillary glands.Pressure; lancinating pains in shoulder joints.Tearing pain in elbow joints.Stiffness in elbows and wrists.Sensation of fulness in hands.Sweat on hands.

23. Lower Limbs

On stretching legs ham-muscles feel as if much shortened.Jerking in legs.Itching at ankles in evening.Lancinating pain at instep when standing.Eruption of hot, red, slightly painful spots on legs and toes.

26. Sleep

Drowsiness; he sleeps too long.Aberration of hearing during sleep.During sleep, numbness of the parts he lies on.

27. Fever

Horripilation.Chilliness of one side only as soon as he is uncovered.In morning external coldness with feeling of heat.Coldness alternating with heat, succeeded by sweat.During heat, pale face, strong appetite, thirst, pain in bowels, restlessness.Sweat continues after fever.

ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM

(Great Yellow Wolfsbane)

PHARMACY- Aeon-I. Aconitum lycoctonum. Great yellow wolfsbane. Aconitum Telyphonum. Badgers bane.

N. O. Ranunculacee. Tincture of fresh plant when coming into bloom. The only aconite which does not contain Aconitine.

Historical dose: All potencies.

CLINICAL- Allergies. Constipation. Coughs. Diarrhea. Glands, enlargement. Hodgkin's disease. Liver disorders. Mastitis. Pork, effects. Strangury.

HOMEOPATIDC - The symptoms of Aeon. lycoctonum, while resembling those of the other Aconites in some respects, show a marked absence of the cutaneous nerve disorders so prominent in their proving.

Swelling of the cervical, axillary glands and breasts. Clarke has used it with good effect in cases of scrofulous glands and even where Hodgkin's disease has been suspected.

Itching of eyes, nose, anus, and vulva. The skin of the nose is cracked. There is a cough leaving a taste of blood in the mouth. Diarrhea after eating pork.

MIND- Anxiety. Distraction. Dread of work. In-stability of ideas. Laughter. Mania. Ferocity. Abdomen - Right hypochondrium has bruised pain. tearing pain. starting. When breathing both hypochondria feels bruised. Sensation of compression in diaphragm.

Anxiety, with beatings in abdomen. Sharp pain after drinking milk.

Back - Swelling of the cervical glands. The neck seems to grow larger. Swelling of the neck on one side only. Pressing pain at the nape of the neck. Shivering in the back. Jerking in the region of the kidneys.

Breasts - Swelling of the breast glands.

Ears-Purulent discharge from ears, redness behind them.

Eyes - Sharp pain in eyes from without inward. Painfulness of lids. Itching in lids. Pressure on lids and difficulty of raising them. Smarting in canthi. dryness at inner canthus.

Face - Face pale, shining. Pain of excoriation around mouth. Pain in facial bones.

Tension in facial muscles. Hard pimples of face and lips. Skin of face becomes light brown. Numbness of jaw like incipient paralysis, better by compression and by drinking wine.

Female - Itching at vulva. Fetid menstrual blood. Excoriation of bend of thigh after menses. Leucorrhea. viscid.

Food- Strong relish for dainties, fruits, and cabbage. Increased relish for tobacco in a smoker. Aversion to food in general, especially fatty things and milk, they cause uneasiness. Keen hunger very soon satisfied. Constant thirst even when drinking. Burning thirst. Thirst at night.

Head – Sharp pain in head extending across eyes. Sensation as if a nail were driven into head when moving it. Hammering in temples. Pain like rheumatism in scalp worse by touch.

Kidneys - Desire to urinate with copious emissions. Urging with ineffectual efforts. Hot, turbid urine, depositing a white sediment.

Limbs - On stretching legs, hamstrings feel as if shortened. Jerking in legs. Itching al ankles in evening. Sharp pain at instep when standing. Eruption of hot. red, slightly painful spots on legs and toes. Swelling of axillary glands. Pressure, sharp pains in shoulder joints. Tearing pain in elbow joints. Stiffness in elbows and wrists. Sensation of fullness in hands. Sweat on hands.

Modalities - Worse in afternoon (Lye.),

Bener mental exertion. Better after wine. Better during digestion, especially of pork and onions.

Lungs - Difficult respiration. Slight cough with watery expectoration. After a slight chill, leaving a taste of blood in the mouth.

Mouth - Clayey, astringent taste.

Nose - Itching on nose, sensitiveness, lancinations. Compression at root of nose. Skin of nose cracked. Muco-purulent discharge from nose.

Rectum - Constipation, anus feels as if strongly contracted. Diarrhea with violent cutting after eating pork. Whitish stools. After stool, pain in anus as if there was a crack there, shivering. Cramp at anus. Itching at anus. Tenesmus during night.

Sleep - Drowsiness, he sleeps too long. Aberration of hearing during sleep. During sleep, numbness of the parts be lies on.

Stomach - Painful belching. Belching are rancid like rotten eggs, acid, with weight on stomach. Hiccough. Inclination to vomit after eating with shivering, vertigo. Vomiting of mucus on getting out of bed. yellowish after drinking with copious urination.

Teeth – Burning pain in upper teeth. Pressing in teeth. Tearing in lower teeth when opening mouth. Gums bluish, ulcerated.

Temperature- Goose bumps. Chilliness of one side only as soon as he is uncovered. In morning external coldness with feeling of heat. Coldness alternating with heat, succeeded by sweat. During fever, pale face, strong appetite, thirst, pain in bowels, restlessness. Sweat continues after fever.

Vertigo - Vertigo with nausea.

RELATIONS - Compare: (I) Cist, Lap-a., Con., Iod., Spong., Lye.,Carb-an. (2) Puls. in bad effects of pork.

REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke.

Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights

"In pneumonia with pleurisy, one dose of ACONITE followed by 1 dose of SULPHUR will frequently give relief."

By Dr. J.T. Kent, M.D. Pneumonia

"Remember ACONITE when the inflammation has started in the strangulated bowel, with burning pain in the affected part. There are also vomiting of bile, great anxiety and cold sweat."

By Dr. Farrington, M.D. Strangulated Bowel

"ACONITE must be given in all those cases where the patients are almost frantic with pain, which is indescribable and which COFFEA has failed to relieve."

By Dr. C.G.Raue, M.D. Unbearable Pain

"Do not give ACONITE where sickness is borne with calmness and patience."

By Dr. Hahnemann, M.D. Potency and Repetition

"We are advised by the neurologist that any badly shocked case should be put on 2 to 4 drams of paraldehyde right away in order to induce 4 to 8 hours sleep and that at the end of that time, the patient will be perfectly alright. But I am quite sure you will get much better results by giving ACONITE and the patients will get up feeling much better than they would after paraldehyde. I would give a 200 every 15 minutes."

By Dr. D.M.Borland, M.B.,Ch.B. Sleepless after Shock

"In cystitis, ACONITE often removes the whole trouble in a very short time."

By Dr. Jahr Cystitis

"In acute attacks of paralysis with numbness, formication, swollen feeling etc, ACONITE should not be forgotten."

By Dr. Hempel Paralysis

"I have cured many cases of zona around the neck, waist, arms, and thighs, with much burning distress in the vesicles chiefly with ACONITE and an occasional dose of ARSENICUM."

By Dr. Hempel Vesicles

"ACONITE cures most violent cases that comes on suddenly."

By Dr. J.T. Kent, M.D. Acute Cases

"ACONITE is the principal remedy for retention of urine in the newborn, hardly any other one will be needed."

By Dr. A.D.T.Pulford, M.D. Retention of Urine

"In impending tetanus, we certainly have efficient preventives of the full-fledged disease. ACONITE, with fever, anxiety, tension of muscles, tingling and numbness. VERATRUM VIRIDE, HYPERICUM: with excruciating pain in the wound; BELLADONNA, CICUTA, SILICEA and possibly ANGUSTURA: if the wound is suppurating or has suddenly ceased to discharge pus."

By Dr. Farrington, M.D. Tetanus

"In many cases of pleurisy, when ACONITE is timely administered, it alone is sufficient to cure the disease."

By Dr. Laurie, M.D. Pleurisy

"ACONITE is the first remedy to be employed in sudden and violent attacks."

By Dr. Small Acute ailments

"ACONITE is almost specific in facial neuralgias especially of congestive form. I am yet to see a case in which it fails to be of atleast some benefit; even if it does not cure."

By Dr. Gubler Facial Neuralgias

"If dysentery sets in with violent fever, ACONITE in many cases cures the whole disease in 2 or 3 days."

By Dr. Jahr Dysentery

Remedy Profile

  • Type Plant
  • Common Name N/A
  • Origin Source Natural

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