# Aconitum Ferox

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Aconitum ferox is the most poisonous species known, containing the greatest proportion of 
Aconitine from the Himalayan Mountains. Rather more violent in its actions than Aeon, napellus.  
Acon-f. was proved by Dworzack, who also proved Aconitine. The Ferox devel-. oped burning pains in greater 
intensity than the alkaloid, more intense mental activity followed by greater depression. It is more diuretic and 
less anti-pyretic (fever). 
In Aconitum ferox, there was marked suf fering. Anxiety and fear of suffocation from paralysis of respiratory 
muscles, obliged to breathe half -sitting up with head rest ing on palms of hands. Rapid respiration. Cheyne -
Stokes breathing. Cardia dyspnea, neuralgia and acute gout. Dyspnea. Pain in occiput and neck.
COMMENTS - The proving caused a for mication that spread over whole body, least noticea ble on parts that 
had been cold. Worse or excited by, change of temperature or mo tion. It caused a painful unrest so that he 
could not possibly lie quietly more than a few minutes. 
Getting up set up all the train of symptoms, which were better immediately on lying down. Benumbed sensation, 
as if he had on gloves, on pinching cheeks no pain felt, seemed to walk on woolen carpets.
Temperature - Icy coldness of body, objec tive and subje ctive, no amount of wraps and external warmth 
relieved. Desire to get warm drove him to get out of bed and sit near stove. Tottered to stove, warmth was 
pleasant, but vertigo, trembling, op pression and nausea ensued and compelled him to return to bed. Fie rce 
heat on forehead, cheek and hands with sensation as if numerous glowing hot wires were stuck into him, better 
by perspiration. Rumbling in bowels, constant gurgling.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better cold drinks. Better sitting up. Better warm food. Worse coffee.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Very active mind, sequence of ideas rapid, talked c onstantly, remembered easily.
- Incapable of any 
mental work, even the simplest addition, comprehension and understanding became confused.
- Very active mind, sequence of ideas rapid, talked c onstantly, remembered easily.
- Incapable of any 
mental work, even the simplest addition, comprehension and understanding became confused.

### Mouth
- Tongue almost insensible, feels like a piece of raw leather in month.
- Tongue covered with a thick 
yellowish-white fur.
- Violent burning in mouth (in two minutes), renewed by eating, better by drinking cold water.

### Throat
- Violent burning in pharynx.

### Chest
- Dyspnea increased to such a degree that he was obliged to breathe half -sitting up with head resting 
on palms of hands, constantly feared suffocation from respiratory paralysis.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Pressure in stomach with pain.
- Wa rmth in stomach.
- Violentdrawingpain in region of stomach and 
sacral region, soon spreading over the abdomen, worse by pressure on epigastrium.
- On pressing in stomach, 
an internal, dull pressing pain.

### Urinary & Genital
- Kidneys - Frequent and very copious evacuations of urine

### Extremities
- Gait tottering, remarkable weakness in lower limbs, especially right.

### Sleep
- Sleeplessness.
- On waking, violent burning in mouth and throat, warmth in stomach, dull sensation in 
head.