Belladonna🌿 BelladonnaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. 118 In Belladonna, the symptoms pertaining to the nervous system are
much more pronounced than in Acon ite. Belladonna affects the mind
and may even cause severe frenzy . When an insane person gets too
excited and is ready to kill somebo dy or himself, if he is extremely
enraged and starts hitting even his carer, then Belladonna should be
administered at once. If the condition becomes chronic, then Belladonna will not work. Belladonna is certainly effective in sudden
cases of insanity such as in Meningitis🩺 MeningitisClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. and other delirious states, but
Sulphur🌿 SulphurMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. and Stramonium🌿 StramoniumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. are more e ffective in chronic insanity. A
severe state of frenzy requiring th e patient to be chained typifies
Belladonna. After Belladonna has reli eved the acute problem, one
should look for an appropriate, long-acting constitutional remedy to prevent recurrence of insanity. Aconite and Belladonna are not long-
acting remedies. Sometimes, the attack of madness is only short-lived. However, a chronic form of madness, despite having subsided
temporarily, can recur again and again. Stramonium works for a
much longer period than Belladonna.
In typhoid too, sometimes the symptoms may be similar to those of
Belladonna. High fever affects the mind causing delirium🩺 DeliriumClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. .
Belladonna may temporarily relieve the symptoms, but its effect will not be long lasting because typhoi d and Belladonna are not alike in
their characteristics. Stramonium is relatively more similar to typhoid
and it works for a rela tively longer duration. Thus, it may not only
control the deliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations. of typhoid, but it will also cure the typhoid.
Stramonium and Sulphur are very beneficial in mental patients,
whether the madness is due to typhoid or something else. Sometimes an insane person is not only aggres sive but may also talk obscenely.
This is due to inflammation of the internal reproductive organs, and will also need to be attended to. Some people may become insane due to an old calamity affecting their mind, while others become insane due to intense grief or a big financial loss. Proper diagnosis of insanity needs an in-depth study of the case. Unfortunately, physicians do not always have enough time to go into details and thus make use of the everyday prescriptio n of Stramonium and Sulphur to
some benefit at least. One peculiar feature of Belladonna is that its fever is a continuous
one. Once it is down, it does not recur. On the contrary, the typhoid fever🩺 Typhoid FeverClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. is high at night and relatively low in the morning. It returns the
following day higher than on the previous day. Sometimes it is so high

Belladonna 119 that it may even kill the patient. The Belladonna fever typically comes
down suddenly. A fever that is s uppressed by some strong medication
and then recurs suddenly may very well be controlled by Belladonna. However, Belladonna is not the remedy for fevers which come on slowly. In Belladonna patients, pimples and affected lymph glands show visible sign of inflammation. The throat gets swollen suddenly due
to severe inflammation causing di fficulty in swallowing. Belladonna
is very useful for this condition. A nother characteristic feature is that
red spots form over the surface of inflamed glands. The redness lasts a while, and then becomes discoloured. The joint pains are associated with redness and swelling. The red spots also appear on the joints, which later discolour, but do not lead to pus formation. Belladonna can also offer inst ant relief from a severe, acute pain of
the gall bladder, if the pain gets worse by application of heat.🌿 Heat.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. After
that, Sulphur, Natrum🌿 NatrumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Sulph, Lyco podium and Chelidonium🌿 ChelidoniumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. can be
used for permanent cure.
Belladonna is also very useful in the colicky pain of the kidneys in
addition to gall bladder colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants. (Bi liary colic). Be lladonna along with
Aconite will work better still. Both Belladonna and Aconite 1000
should be given together every ten to fifteen minutes for two to three
doses. If still ineffective and the pain seems to be getting better by heat, Colocynthis🌿 ColocynthisMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. CM or Mag Phos 6X mixed in water🌿 WaterMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. should be
administered repeatedly. The spasmodicity of the pain may apparently be the same, but the constitutional difference dictates the type of remedy required. Swelling is a manifestation of Belladonna. When Belladonna is
combined with Arnica for the treatment of injuries , it enhances its
effect. In the case of an injury, the blood is rushed to the affected part
for which doctors usually prescrib e cold packs. Belladonna is more
effective than cold packs and also fast acting. Belladonna given with
Arnica is the best initial treatment for any kind of injury . Belladonna
ailments get worse with heat but cold compresses, applied locally, offer relief. If liver and the gut are inflamed, the body becomes cold.
In this condition, even if the patient is of Belladonna nature, external
application of heat offers relief.

Belladonna 120 In Belladonna, each affected part of the body pulsates. Sometimes the
whole body throbs. Belladonna will relieve any acute pain of a spasmodic nature with associated throbbi ng, which gets worse with
jolting and noise, and is associat ed with the sensation of warmth.
Belladonna acts on the small circular fi bres in the walls of the blood
vessels (veins and arteries). Whenev er these fibres contract violently
due to heat, Belladonna will relieve this spas m. Belladonna works
instantaneously in spasmodic tightness of the mouth of the uterus
at the time of labour, provided other symptoms of Belladonna are
also present. Otherwise, Colophylum has the capability of relieving this severe spasm. Calcaria Ca rb is the long-term remedy for the
diseases🌿 DiseasesMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. of children who have in itially responded well to Belladonna.
Any convulsions which get worse on the movement of the body or
jolting , will respond to Belladonna.
One strange feature of Belladonna is that during the illness, the patient feels better by taking food. Even if the patient is in a state of
madness, he will calm down if fed. This symptom is also found in
Phosphorus🌿 PhosphorusMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. and Psorinum🌿 PsorinumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.. An insa ne person feels hungry but he does
not ask for food. If he is provided with some food his desire to eat,
and the anguish will subside while the Phosphorus patie nt is usually
very hungry and feels hungry soon after having food. When the blood circulation towards the brain increases, the patient
will envision demons and ghosts. Nightmares where objects are on
fire disturb the patient during sleep. If such a patient is given
Belladonna, he will stop dreaming about fire. In Belladonna, there is
a tendency of deep unconsciousness . One pupil of the eye gets
dilated. This particular symptom makes it similar to Opium🌿 OpiumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., however Opium is different from Be lladonna in other symptoms.
Belladonna should be th e first medicine to be given when a child has
high fever affecting mostly his head, but his feet are ice cold. It is a
dangerous situation when, during a fever , the body becomes cold but
the head is very hot. The mother s may believe that the fever has
subsided but actually, it is the fever caused by the severity of the disease. If a proper homoeopathic remedy is administered, the body will start warming up. Otherwise, da ngerous illnesses like meningitis
and epilepsy🩺 EpilepsyClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. can develop. In such conditions, Belladonna is one of

Belladonna 121 those remedies which will work prom ptly. If the pr oper remedy is not
provided, the child may die. Belladonna will offer immediate re lief when the patient has severe
vertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. and is restless. This symptom is also present in Phosphorus.
When there is a headache , the scalp starts hurting. Combing the hair
or even touching it with the hand is very bothersome. The hypersensitivity of the scalp is also found in Hepar🌿 HeparMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Sulph, which is
so saliently present that some women may actually become unconscious. When there is lack of sleep due to preoccupation of
thoughts and restlessness, Belladonna, Coffea🌿 CoffeaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. and Phosphorus are all
useful. When the sleeplessness is due to the mental perturbance, any
slight noise or bump against the bed becomes unbearable and the ailment becomes aggravated at once. In Nux Vomica🌿 Nux VomicaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. also, noise makes the symptoms worse. Many symptoms of Nux Vomica resemble those of Belladonna because Belladonna is a natural element of Nux Vomica.
Some patients react to the treatment very slowly and will likewise
respond to slow acting remedies, but the patients whose symptoms progress rapidly will find the faster acting remedies work better. Some patients are very sensitive in reacting to the treatment. In such
patients, instead of improvi ng the patient’s condition, the
Homoeopathic remedies can actua lly produce the poisonous effects of
the substance from which they ar e derived. Whatever medicine is
given, it will produce corresponding symptoms. For this reason, one
should prescribe the medicine with great care and should give it in low
potency. At the same time, it is im portant that the hypersensitivity of
the patient should also be treated. There are three possible remedies to decrease hypersensitivity:
Belladonna, Nux Vomica and Zincum Metallicum🌿 Zincum MetallicumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.. Zincum🌿 ZincumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Metallicum is the most sensitive t ype of medication. It can be so
sensitive that the patient may not even tolerate a low potency. For this reason, such a patient should first be given Zinc🌿 ZincMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. which will then make the body react to other medicines in a proper way. Zinc should be
started in a low potency of 30. One symptom of Belladonna is similar to Gelsemium🌿 GelsemiumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.. The headache
becomes better when the head is tilted backwards but if the head is tilted forwards, it makes the headache worse, (there are certain

Belladonna 122 exceptions however). Such a patient should be treated with
Belladonna or Gelsemium. Many a tim e when discharges accumulate
in the nose or in the sinuses, the headache becomes worse when the head is tilted forwards. Generally, Belladonna is a treatment of sudden short-lived illnesses. An ailment which comes on suddenly will also disappear suddenly. But sometimes, when the headache disappears, it may leave a
heaviness of the head for many days along with the sensation of being tired. In Belladonna, having the hair cut or getting the beard
shaved can provoke headache.
In Belladonna ailments, rest brings about relief, but movement exaggerates the symptoms. Most of the ailments of Belladonna start
in the upper part of the body and migrate downwards. When the
headache becomes better, the joints and the muscles start hurting
starting from the upper part of the body to the lower part.🌿 Part.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Ledum🌿 LedumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. is
famous for the treatment of diseases that start in the lower part of the
body and migrate upwards.
Belladonna is also very useful in the diseases of the eye🌿 Diseases of the EyeMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. . The eyes are
unusually red, and the eyelids are swollen . The patient experiences
flashes of light before their eyes. One peculiar sign is that the eyes remain completely dry while in Euphrasia🌿 EuphrasiaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., the eyes water in addition to the redness. In Belladonna and Euphrasia, the symptoms of redness
and the intensity are similar. In Euphrasia, the redness is not that
pronounced, but the eyes water a lot. Belladonna is very useful in glaucoma🩺 GlaucomaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. (the rise of pressure inside the
eye). There was a patient who had severe glaucoma who the doctors
had labelled as incurable. The patient was told that due to the high pressure in the eye, the interior of the eye could burst open which
might result in permanent blindness. The prescription that I gave to
the patient mainly contained Bellad onna. Surprisingly, within a week,
the pressure inside the eye started returning to normal and the patient
completely recovered. Gelsemium is also useful in decreasing the intra-ocular pressure in glaucoma . It is better to give Calcaria Phos
6X also. Nux Vomica and Belladonna both have the element of Cuprum🌿 CuprumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. and
Cuprum is one of the best remedies for convulsive states.

When the body becomes tremulous or blood pressure rises due to mental irritability , Belladonna will lower the pressure very
effectively and quickly. The thirst associated with Belladonna
ailment resembles that of Bryonia. The thirst is intense but is not
relieved by drinking wa ter.🌿 Ter.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Sometimes the patient’s mouth is dry as
in Arsenic and the patien t frequently sips water to quench his thirst.
Arsenic and Bryonia have different symptoms of their own, but
regarding the dryness of the mouth, all three, i.e. Bryonia, Arsenic and
Belladonna are similar. The women of the Bella donna type love to eat sour things . Diarrhoea
of Belladonna is characterized by frequent, scanty stools.
In Belladonna, the patient also develops pilesHemorrhoids or swollen rectal veinsSwollen, inflamed blood vessels around the anus or lower rectum, causing pain, itching, or bleeding. . Belladonna is very
useful in frequent urination if it is due to the infection of kidneys or
the bladder. Otherwise, frequent ur ination is not a typical symptom of
Belladonna.

If the urethra is injured by the pa ssage of broken stones due to some
medication, Belladonna will relieve th e inflammation of the urinary
passage. Belladonna will also offer immediate relief of the spasms of
the uterus , especially if the c ondition worsens by heat.
At the time of delivery, Belladonna is a very good treatment if the
bleeding becomes severe. The trouble is mostly on the right side, and
gets worse by heat. Belladonna can be very useful in preventing an
abortion or miscarriage in thos e pregnant wome n who are very
sensitive in nature, to the extent that they cannot tolera te noise or even
the sound of footsteps. The sound of cough of the Belladonna patient
is usually very forceful. Belladonna is a temporary initial treatment
but if administered at the outse t of making a proper diagnosis, it
prevents further complications. One of the symptoms of Belladonna is cramping of the calf muscles .
During a convulsion, the head is push ed backwards. In Apis🌿 ApisMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., like
Belladonna, there is an element of excessive heat and swelling. The
difference between Belladonna and Apis is that in Belladonna, the body is cold except for the affected pa rt. Therefore, the patient wants
to be kept warm and likes to wrap himself in warm clothing. In Apis,
the entire body feels burning hot, and no external heat can be

Belladonna 124 tolerated. In fact, if such a patient is made to sit close to fire, he may
go into a state of convulsion. In Belladonna and Apis both, the pa tient develops urticaria🩺 UrticariaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. due to
exposure to heat. This also happens in Pulsatilla🌿 PulsatillaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.. In such a condition,
Pulsatilla and Belladonna given togeth er are useful. Sometimes, the
urticariaHives or itchy raised skin weltsA skin outbreak of red, itchy, swollen bumps triggered by allergic reactions, friction, or stress. can be due to gastric ups et. For this, Pulsatilla and Nux
Vomica are more useful. In Belladonna, red spots and pustules develop on the skin. There is
also inflammation, as in Apis.🌿 Apis.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. The appearance of pimples and blisters on the skin can help in diagnosis, though the presence of other
additional symptoms is also helpful. Aurum🌿 AurumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Triphyllum is also very
useful in the treatment for urticar ia. In Aurum Triphyllum however,
the itching is at the nose and around the lips.
Belladonna is also related to Calcar ia Carb, especially in sub-acute
diseases. Calcaria Carb proves very useful where Belladonna has
failed. Sometimes the symptoms of Belladonna transform into those
of Sulphur, which in turn produces the symptom complex of Calcaria Carb.🌿 Carb.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Calcaria Carb is a mee ting point of many Homoeopathic
remedies but Sulphur should not be administered after having given
Calcaria Carb. If so desired, Lycopodium🌿 LycopodiumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. will have to be given in between. However, Calcaria Carb can be given directly after having
used Sulphur. Belladonna symptoms get worse on touch, jolting, noise and the passing of wind (emitting gas). The patient feels better when lying
half-stretched.
Adjuncts: Calcaria Carb, Aconite, Sulphur
Antidotes: Camphor, Coffea, Opium, Aconite
Potency: 30 to CM

Bellis Perennis offers the best treatment for sprains of the ankle,
muscle pains and collection of blood in the soft tissues resulting
from a blunt injury. Although, it is not used as often as Arnica and
Ruta, it is very important in the treatment of such conditions. The
sprain of the ankle is a very tr oublesome condition and can linger on
for life, but Bellis can gradually cure even an old sprain of the ankle and
its associated pain. Many a time, while walking, the ankle can turn
inwards and cause severe pain. Arni ca gives temporary relief, but after
some time the pain returns. The possible chronicity of the condition can be obviated by using Bellis. The symptoms of Bellis intensify on
exposure to cold air. Bellis is the best remedy for the physical fatigue
and aching muscles of hard-working farmers and labourers. Bellis also
benefits joints which tend to fail as a result of long, strenuous use.

During pregnancy, women often develop prominent swelling of the veins on the legs (varicose veins). Bellis is a very useful remedy in this condition. However, most homo eopathic physicians forget to use
Bellis and resort to other remedies instead. Bellis is very beneficial for the treatment of pain and discomfort of the muscles of the abdominal
wall. There may be pain in the muscles of the uterus and the muscles of the abdomen, which can make it difficult for some women to stand up without support. Bellis is also very useful for them. Bellis Perennis is deeply related to the muscles around the
backbone . The weakened muscles make the vertebrae unsupported
and unstable. Bellis is most benefici al in strengtheni ng the muscles of
the back. Sometimes, the pain at just one particular vertebra of the back can make walking difficult. Bellis significantly benefits this condition. Bellis is very useful in the treatment of injury to the
backbone and inflammation of the nerves. Hypericum is the very special remedy for treating pain at the coccyx (coccalgia). When given with Belli s or Arnica, its beneficial effect
becomes more pronounced. The symp toms of Bellis intensify by
taking a cold shower or on exposure to cold air.
Adjuvants: Arnica, Arsenic, Staphysagria, Bryonia
Potency: 30 to 200