{"id":16405,"remedy_name":"Stramonium","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the whole plant of Datura stramonium, commonly known as jimsonweed or. thorn apple, a member of the Solanaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration. and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance. with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for psychological, neurological, and. respiratory  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  intense  fear,  delirium,  convulsions,  and. spasmodic  cough.  It  is  noted  for  symptoms  such  as  violent  agitation,  hallucinations,  and. aggravation  from  darkness,  often  worsened  by  darkness,  solitude,  or  being  looked  at,  and. ameliorated by light, company, or warmth. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  psychological  conditions (e.g.,  acute  stress  disorder,. schizophrenia),  neurological conditions  (e.g., epilepsy, delirium),  respiratory conditions  (e.g.,. asthma, whooping cough), and  pediatric conditions  (e.g., night terrors, behavioral disorders). It. suits  patients  with  acute  or  chronic  symptoms  characterized  by  intense  fear,  delirium,. convulsions,  spasmodic  cough,  or  darkness  sensitivity,  typically  exacerbated  by  darkness,. solitude, being looked at, or stress, and often seen in individuals with highly reactive, excitable. constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with psychological or neurological. conditions, often presenting with symptoms like violent agitation or seizures, commonly observed. in patients with acute stress disorder, epilepsy, or asthma triggered by fear, darkness, or emotional. stress.","modalities":"Worse from: Darkness, solitude, being looked at, night, emotional stress, sudden stimuli. (noise, light), cold (air, drinks), fever, touch, swallowing, confinement, sleep deprivation.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Hallucinations, fixed notions, terrifying delirium etc. Active variable delirium, delirium tremens. Delirium \nwith desire to escape (Bell., Bry., Rhus-t.). Raving mania with cold sweat. Maniac, curses, tears ones clothes \nwith teeth. Devout, earnest, beseeching and ceaseless talking. Violent and lewd speech. \nParanoid. Schizophrenia. Manic-depression. Religious insanity. Wants to kill people or himself. Exposes \nhimself. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Wife thinks husband neglecting her. Man thinks his wife faithless. \nStupid, imbecile. \nFearful hallucinations that terrify  the pa tient, sees ghosts, vividly brilliant or hideous phantoms, animals, \njumping sideways out of ground or running to him. Wildly excited, as in night terrors. Hears voices, talks with \nspirits. Delusions about his identity, thinks himself tall, double, a part missing. \nTerrors, cannot bear solitude or darkness, must have light and company. Dread of darkness  and has a \nhorror of shining objects. Fear and anxiety on hearing water run. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on \nspasms. Anxiety when going Hallucinations, fixed notions, terrifying delirium etc. Active variable delirium, delirium tremens. Delirium \nwith desire to escape (Bell., Bry., Rhus-t.). Raving mania with cold sweat. Maniac, curses, tears ones clothes \nwith teeth. Devout, earnest, beseeching and ceaseless talking. Violent and lewd speech. \nParanoid. Schizophrenia. Manic-depression. Religious insanity. Wants to kill people or himself. Exposes \nhimself. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Wife thinks husband neglecting her. Man thinks his wife faithless. \nStupid, imbecile. \nFearful hallucinations that terrify  the pa tient, sees ghosts, vividly brilliant or hideous phantoms, animals, \njumping sideways out of ground or running to him. Wildly excited, as in night terrors. Hears voices, talks with \nspirits. Delusions about his identity, thinks himself tall, double, a part missing. \nTerrors, cannot bear solitude or darkness, must have light and company. Dread of darkness  and has a \nhorror of shining objects. Fear and anxiety on hearing water run. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on \nspasms. Anxiety when going","Vertigo":"Vertigo, worse walking in dark or with eyes closed. Head bent backwards in vertigo, supports head \nwith hands while bending or rising after sunstroke. \nCOMMENTS - J. Emmons Briggs recorded a case of poisoning. Briggs had an urgent call to see James M., 4, \nin \u201cconvulsions.\u201d He found him lying on the bed in a state of wild delirium, requiring the constant combined \nefforts of two people to keep him in bed. \nFace was exceedingly flu shed, expression rapidly alternated between pleasant and anxious. Pupils widely \ndilated, iris scarcely visible, giving the eye a very brilliant appearance. \nMarked convergent strabismus, skin hot and dry, resembling scarlatina erup tion. Abdomen tense. The  most \nalarming symptom was rapidly recurring convulsions with twitching of the arms and lower limbs. Clonic spasms \nand contractions. \nGrasped at imaginary objects before the eyes, when expression frequently became anxious, as if the patient \nwas trying to wa rd off imaginary foes. At times the mind was very active and the patient talked rapidly and \nincoherently. Between the spasms, laughter and crying frequently occurred.  \nThe boy, it transpired, had been chewing a thorn apple. When he came home he seemed rathe r dazed, and \nvomited. He then threw himself on the sofa and slept very soundly until he awoke in the convulsions. The boy \nrecovered under Kali-br. in five-grain doses, though it was with great difficulty that he was made to swallow.  \nSchizophrenia (Lach., A nae.). Paranoid schizophrenia. Religious mania. Insanity, mania, and dementia. \nViolent mania (Lach., Hyos. has a passive mania), rages, and wild violence. Loquacious (Lach.). \nCharacteristic wild, animal-like look in the eyes. Clinical possession, they talk in other languages, other voices, \nviolent speech, rag es and ravings. Primitive instincts and fears. Vithoulkas described it as an \u201cuncontrolled \neruption of the unconsciousness.\u201d \nMay have a history of frights, strokes, head injuries or meningitis leading to mania. Fear of dogs and wolves, \noften hallucinate that they see dogs attacking them. Visions of animals. Claustrophobia. Fear of the dark, of \ntunnels. Fears of mirrors and crosses. Afraid of shiny objects, fire. Hydrophobia, rabies (Bell., Lyss.). Cries as \nif from sight of hideous objects. \nTerrifying delirium. Delirium tremens. Delirium with high fever, hallucinations. High fevers with sudden onset, \nflushed face, dilated pupils, rashes, hallucinations (Bell.). Scarlet like scarlatina, petechiae, v\u00e9sications, and \nspots on the arms like flea bites. Burns and scalds. Mania after exposure to the sun (Bell.).  \nAbsence of pain. Epilepsy and convulsions. Extreme muscular mobility. Movements are generally gyratory and \ngraceful when they occur in the arms. Continually jerks head up from pillow, head bent back, boring head into \npillow. Twitchings of single muscles, squint. Chorea. Moving fingers as if searching for something. Coxalgia \nand morbus coax, with severe pain. \nCharacteristic difficulty swallowing, with in tense thirst, delirium and hallucinations. Suppressed secretions, \nmenses, lochia, sweat, or eruptions. Discharges are foul, even cadaverous.  \nCongestions without actual inflammation, but with high mental exaltation and furious delirium and little or no \nfever without pain but with some coma. Constriction of the chest, asthmatic symptoms and cough of the \nwhooping cough type. The common practice of smoking stramonium leaves for asthma is roughly \nhomeopathic. \nClarke had a case of severe pleuropneumonia of right side, supervening on scarlatina, in which the patient, a \nyoung man, said he saw a large black dog about the room. This led Clarke to give Stram.,  \nwhich rapidly altered the whole case for the better including the pneumonia, and resolved the situation.  \nNash reported a case or a woman, 30, with acute mania after being overheated in the sun. She called Nash \nfor 6 days straight to come watch her die. She imagined herself eternally lost and begged everyone to pray for \nher. Talked day and night. Thought her head was as big as a bushel, her legs as large as a church. Nash \ncured with Stram. 6c after Glon., Lach., and Nat -c. failed. All symptoms and any traces of mania were gone \nafter 24 hours. \nS. A. Jones related the case of a little girl with brain symptoms for who m he had prescribed aremedy. The \nreport was brought late at night that the patient was much worse. \u201cShe vomits,\u201d said the father, \u201cif she even \nraises her head from the pillow.\u201d \nThe vomit was green. Jones found this under Stram., which he gave, and the next  morning the case was \nentirely changed for the better. Acting on this analog, Jones also cured a \u201cvomiting of green stuff always \ninduced by bright light.\u201d","Head":"Headache with tendency to speak incoherently. Pain in forehead and over eyebrows, beginning at 9 \na.m., worse until noon. Boring pain, preceded by obscure vision. Headache from sun. Rush of blood to head, \nstaggers with tendency to fall forward and to the left. Meningitis irom suppressed ear discharge. Raises head \nfrequently from the pillow and drops it again during unconsciousness, delirium, puerperal fever. Headache with tendency to speak incoherently. Pain in forehead and over eyebrows, beginning at 9 \na.m., worse until noon. Boring pain, preceded by obscure vision. Headache from sun. Rush of blood to head, \nstaggers with tendency to fall forward and to the left. Meningitis irom suppressed ear discharge. Raises head \nfrequently from the pillow and drops it again during unconsciousness, delirium, puerperal fever.","Eyes":"Fixed, sparkling, staring wide open. Half open in sleep. Pupils dilated. Lach rymation with headache, \nfever, otalgia. Diplopia. Nigh t-blindness. Green vision. Hallucinations in which everything looks jumbled. An \n \n \nobjects look black, crooked, small, large. Parts of the body seem enormously swollen. Small objects look \nlarge. Loss of vision, complains that it is dark and calls for more light. All objects look black. Squint in brain \ndisorders during convulsions, worse terror, fear. Strabismus.","Ears":"Sensation as if air rushing out of ear. Deafness. Hallucinations of hearing.","Face":"Pale face. Red, bloated, hot, circum scribed redness of cheeks. Blood rushes to face, distorted. \nExpression of terror. Expression rapidly changing, now flushed, now pale, a sardonic grin, then expression \nof terror. Thinks face elongated. Forehead wrinkled, frowning in brain diseases. Lips, dry, glued together. \nChewing motion. Lockjaw.","Mouth":"Dry, dribbling of viscid saliva. Constantly spits saliva. Cannot swallow on account of spasm. Chewing \nmotion. Grinding of the teeth. Fine red dots on tongue. Tongue, dry, parched, swollen, hangs out of the mouth. \nStammering. Aphasia. Risus sardonicus. \nNose - Alae nasi white with a red face. Obstruction of the nose. Nasal discharge yellow, bad -smelling. Nose \nfeels obstructed and dry, though she is able to breathe through it.","Throat":"Dry with great thirst, yet dreads water, it chokes him. Spasms, twitching of larynx. Up and down \n \n \nmovement of larynx as in swallowing. Swallowing, difficult, hasty. As if boiling water risi ng in throat. Voice \nhoarse and croaking, suddenly fails in higher tones.","Chest":"Spasmodic cough, with a sensation of tightness or suffocation, resembling whooping. cough, worse with darkness, cold air, emotional stress, or night, often with wheezing. or stridor. Asthma  or  dyspnea,  with  a  tendency  to  oppression  or  constriction,  resembling. asthma, aggravated by darkness, emotional stress, or lying down, often with rattling. or cyanosis. Throat spasms or choking, with a sensation of constriction or dryness, resembling. laryngospasm,  worse  with  darkness,  swallowing,  or  emotional  stress,  often  with. hoarseness or voice loss. Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in dark or emotionally. stressed states. Pediatric:. Night terrors or nightmares, with a sensation of fear or panic, resembling night. terrors, worse with darkness, solitude, or night, often with screaming, thrashing, or. sleepwalking. Stramonium (Datura stramonium) 1875. Hyperactivity or aggression, with a tendency to impulsivity or tantrums, resembling. attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, aggravated by darkness, emotional stress, or. confinement, often with restlessness or defiance. Convulsions or behavioral issues, with a sensation of agitation or rigidity, resembling. pediatric epilepsy, worse with darkness, fever, or fear, often with staring or frothing. Tendency to pediatric hypersensitivity, with aggravation in dark or stressed states.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Hiccough obstinate. Nausea. Vomiting of m ucus andgreen bile. Watery vomiting with colic and \ndiarrhea. \nTemperature - Profuse sweat which does not relieve. Cold sweat during spasms. Violent fever. Heat over \nwhole body \nwith red face and perspiration. Heat with anxiety and redness of cheeks or else with thirst and vomiting. \nRetention of urine in any fever. Abdomen inflated, hard, distended. Contusive pain in abdomen during movement. Violent pains \nin abdomen, as if navel were being torn out. Hysterical spasms in abdomen. Borborygmi with fer mentation in \nabdomen. Expulsion of much flatus. Swelling of inguinal glands. Food tastes bitter, like straw. Aversion to all fluids.  Violent thirst. Great desire for acids, citric acid \nbetter. Lemon juice ameliorates.","Urinary & Genital":"Sexualpassion exalted with indecent speech and action. Hands constantly kept on genitals. Excessive menstrual flow, preceded by sexual excitement. Menses have strong smell as of semen. \nLoquacity and singing during menses. Sobs and moans after menses. Uterine bleeding with \nloquacity. Hands constantly kept on geni tals. Nymphomania, lewd talking, sings obscene songs. Puerperal, \nconvulsions, mania with mental symptoms and profuse sweating. Convulsions after childbirth.","Extremities":"Chorea, spasms partial, constantly changing. Convulsions of upper limbs and of isolated groups of \nmuscles. Graceful and rhythmic motions.  Clasps hands over head. Hands open and shut. Wringing of \nhands. Staggering gait. Misses step of stairs while descending. Heels numb, sometimes painful. Violent pain \nin left hip. Abscess of left hip joint with violent pain. Trembling of limbs. Inside of right thigh red and swollen. \nHemiplegia with convulsions in unparalyzed parts.","Neck & Back":"Neck stiff, cannot bend it backwards. Drawing pain in the back. Spine sensitive, slightest pressure \ncauses outcries and ravings. Opisthotonos. \nCausations - Ill effects of shock, fright, sun, childbirth. Dog bites. High fever. Head injury. Hydrophobia.","Skin":"Fiery red patches on skin. Shining red flush. Burns and scalds. Crawling as of many bugs . Chronic \nabscesses, fistulae. Abscesses and tumors with severe pain. Non -appearance of exanthemata. Effects of \nsuppressed eruption in scarlatina with delirium.","Sleep":"Sleepy, but cannot sleep (Bell.). Sleepless in darkness. Deep snoring sleep. Lies on ba ck with thighs \nand knees flexed. Frightful dreams.  Weeping in dreams. Laughs, screams, starts during sleep. Awakes \nterrified, knows no one, screams with fright, clings to those near him (child). Comatose.","Generalities":"As if spinning or weaving. As if objects were smaller than they really are. As if dizzy. As if drunk. \nAs if he was seeking something. As if he had no limbs. As if bones were sawed throu gh. Head as if drawn \nbackward. As if pins and needles were in forehead. As if nose were shifted. As if front teeth would fall out. \nTeeth as if pressed together."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}