Helleborus Niger is prepared from a flowering plant called Snow
Rose. It is prepared by grinding the roots of the plant.
The most important characteristic of a Helleborus Niger patient is that
a lack of coordination of the f unctions of the body. Moreover, the
inflammation of the membranes of th e brain and the spinal cord (the
meninges) leads to the dysfunction of the nervous system and then
insanity. Helleborus Niger is that medicine which, by the grace of
health once again. In the diseas es of Helleborus Niger there is no
because the basic nervous system has been affected. When something
is said to a patient he does not react to it at all. It becomes necessary
to jolt him in order to make him aware. His thoughts are scattered and
he will simply do nothing. The patient exhibits a strange type of
drowsiness and insensitivity, which may lead to unconsciousness.
Sometimes, the Helleborus Niger patient starts viewing Satan and
unforgiveable sin. Such scary ideas are also noticed in Aurum,
Lachesis and Stramonium.
pressure inside the skull (secondary to excessive accumulation of
cerbro-spinal fluid) . The most effective, of course, is Silicea.
may suddenly make dreadful screams. This symptom is distinctively
hydrocephalus, but Apis is rela tively slow acting medicine. In
contrast, Silicea is a fast-acting me dicine. Helleborus Niger is very
effective in the treatment of exce ssive production of cerebrospinal
fluid and thus decreases the buil d-up of pressure in the skull
(intracranial pressure). Even if it may not cure, it would certainly
benefit to some extent.
In the kind of epilepsy (petit ma l) where the patient does not lose
After the fit is over, the patient feels extremely weak and drowsy.
Despite being hungry, he cannot eat or drink anything. There is a
weakness is a prominent feature of He lleborus, which may result in
paralysis.
Helleborus is very effective in relieving the pressure inside the
urinary bladder, which results in th e inability of the child to pass
urine. The urine is dark coloure d. Helleborus is also famous for the
on one side of the body (chorea and athetosis). The thumb becomes
tightly contracted into the palm. Blisters form between the fingers of
the hand and toes of the feet. All these symptoms need to be treated
immediately with Helleborus.
The relationship of Helleborus to hydrocephalus has already been
described. The screaming of the ch ildren during sleep resembles that
of Apis. However, in the Apis patient, there are no involuntary
there is soft pitting oedema of the skin with the formation of blue
spots. Hair loss on the scalp and breaking of the nails is also amongst
the symptoms of Helleborus Niger.