- Source: Derived from the dried latex of the opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ), prepared for homeopathic use through triturationGrinding raw substance into powderThe process of grinding an insoluble dry substance with milk sugar (lactose) in a mortar to prepare the base of a remedy. and serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity. to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards.
- Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for neurological, psychological,.
- Gastrointestinal, respiratory, and systemic disorders, particularly those involving stupor,.
- Insensitivity to pain, and constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass..
- It is noted for symptoms such as drowsiness, deliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations.,.
- Obstinate constipation, and respiratory depression, often aggravated by heat, excitement, or emotional shock, and ameliorated by cold, quiet environments, or rest.
- Modern Context : Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., delirium, narcolepsy🩺 NarcolepsyClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options.),.
- Psychological conditions (e.g., dissociative disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder),.
- Gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., opioid-induced constipation, ileus), respiratory conditions (e.g.,.
- Sleep apnea🩺 Sleep ApneaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease🩺 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options.), and systemic conditions (e.g., shock, chronic fatigue syndrome).
- It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by stupor,.
- Insensitivity to pain, constipation, respiratory depression, or delirium, typically exacerbated by heat, excitement, or emotional shock, and often seen in individuals with torpid, oversensitive constitutions.
- The remedy is particularly relevant for those with neurological or psychological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like drowsiness or dissociation, commonly observed in patients with delirium, dissociative disorders, or opioid-induced constipation triggered by stress,.
- Trauma, or substance exposure.
- COMMENTS-Complaints brought on by fear, fright, anger, shame, shock.
- Ailments from excessive joy (Aeon., Coff.🌿 Coff.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Also from alcohol, lead, charcoal fumes.
- For fright where the image reoccurs.
- Fright leading to an excited state, hypersensitive, sleepless.
- Mentals similar to those of drug addicts.
- May lie and steal, lack of conscience.
- Pa thologically courageous people.
- State of confusion or delirium.
- May go in and out of a stupor.
- Time seems to move too slowly.
- Frightened terror (Aeon.).
- Fear of being murdered, of impending death.
- Visions and nightmares, wakes in a panic.
- Visions of fire a nd ghosts.
- Visions of great beauty and misery, similar to manic-depression.
- Astral visions.
- Exhilaration.
- Ecstasy (Aeon., Phos.🌿 Phos.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Shock, total painlessness (Arn.🌿 Arn.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., Resc-b.), improbable lack of pain.
- More rarely, shock with unbearable headaches.
- Deception in their symptoms and behavior, their senses can be deceptive.
- State of desirelessness.
- Stupor.
- Pinpoint, frozen pupils, irregular pupils.
- Polarizing narcosis.
- In crude doses it causes insensibility, numbness.
- Total re laxation, calmness, tranquility.
- Can a lso cause hypersensitivity, insomniaPersistent inability to fall or stay asleepA sleep disorder marked by difficulty falling asleep, waking up too early, or unrefreshing sleep., heightened senses.
- Sensitivity to light and noises (Coff.).
- Hyperacute hearing (Lach.🌿 Lach.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Grimmer noted that “this is a remedy of many phases and opposite extremes and alternating states, and of symptoms such as diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. with burning pains and violent tenesmusPainful urge to empty bladder or bowelsA distressing, constant, and ineffectual urge to evacuate the bowels or bladder, accompanied by pain., and involuntary stools.
- Or there may be an inveterate constipation, often ending in complete bowel obstruction and paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. of the bowels, cancers and gangrenous ulcerations are most often painless.” Hahnemann described a “deathly paleness, coldness of the limbs and whole body, cold perspiration, timorous anxiety, trembling and despair, mucus stools, transient vomiting and short cough and very rarely certain kinds of pain.” He noted that it was a rare and transien t effect in excitable subjects, occurring as a reflection of the secondary state.
- Keynote abnormal painlessness, but there are also acute pains.
- Hahnemann recorded one example, “horrible labor-like pains in uterus, which compelled her to bend the abdomen d ouble with anxious, almost inef fectual urging to stool.” Characteristic drowsiness.
- Inertia, torpor.
- Absence of sensation, absence of reaction.
- Great stupor, painlessness, complains of nothing, wants nothing.
- “Want of susceptibility, trembling.” Lack of vital reaction.
- Exalted sensitiveness and timidity, sensi tiveness to fright and other emotions.
- Sleepy but cannot sleep, sleepless with acuteness of hearing disturbed by sounds ordinarily not heard at all.🌿 All.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.
- Nervous and irritable, tendency to start.
- Twitching, trembling of head, hands and arms.
- Spasms in children at the approach of strangers, from nursing after the mother has had a fright, from crying, eyes half open and upturned.
- Screaming before and during a spasm.
- Tetanus🩺 TetanusClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., the spasms are ushered in with a loud shriek.
- Epileptic attacks occur during sleep.
- Epi lepsy after a fright.
- Deep sleep after attacks.
- Deep, rapid breathing, stertorous breathing while sleeping.
- Children sleep deeply and snore, as if in a coma, near death-like states (Carb-v., Ant-t.).
- Coma from uremia🩺 UremiaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., kidney failure.
- Comatose-like states with high fevers.
- Fever, the skin is hot and damp.
- Secretions are generally checked except that of the skin.
- Sweat is a characteristic concomitant.
- “Very hot, sweltering perspiration.” Guernsey n oted that the “patient may not feel cold all day, but may have only a little chill and at night, when in bed, complain that the sheets feel so very hot.” T. F. Allen remarked that the Op fever may be closely allied to that of Aeon, because the Ranunculaceae are not far removed from the Papaveracee.
- May have a high temperature without a distinct inflammatory process.
- Intense thirst and great sleepiness, without the anguish, fear and restlessness of the Aeon, fever is similar to Gels.🌿 Gels.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., but with thirst.
- May be periodic, intermittent or remittent.
- Happy with a high fever.
- Brain damage from high fevers, lack of oxygen or drugs, particularly in children (Hell.🌿 Hell.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Delirium with great loquacity, visions of animals starting out of various parts of the room.
- Feels well in delirium tremens, very little drink is sufficient to bring on an attack.
- The bed feels too hot.
- Better cool, fresh air, worse warmth (Apis.🌿 Apis.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Besotted face, dusky, mottled (Bapt.🌿 Bapt.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Can be bloated, purplish with dark blue🌿 BlueMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. color.
- Emaciation, wrinkled skin, sunken eyes.
- Dry skin.
- Wasting infants who look aged, jerking and twisting of the body.
- Constant expression of fright.
- Pinpoint pupils, unequal, fixed.
- Glassy eyed children, especially with an arched back and high fever.
- Childhood meningitis🩺 MeningitisClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., arched backs, high fever, may have convulsions.
- Dreamy, sleepy state in meningitis (Gels.).
- Stroke with dizziness and paralysis (Arn., Plb.).
- Deep red face.
- Strokes with labored breathing, a dusky, dark color on the face, fixed pupils .
- Stroke, with insensibility and partial or complete paralysis, resulting from charcoal vapor, inhaling gas, alcohol, fright, the fear still remaining.
- After a stroke, dropped jaw, paralyzed bowels, and dry skin.
- Multiple sclerosis🩺 Multiple SclerosisClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. with paralysis of sphincters.
- Severe constipa tion (Plb.), painless, after a shock or fright.
- Impacted bowels, particularly in babies.
- Complete constipation with no desire for stool (Alum.🌿 Alum.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Lack of sensation, cannot strain.
- Retention of urine due to lack of sensation.
- Constipation with round stool, hard, black🌿 BlackMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. balls that look like sheep dung.
- Involuntary and unconscious passage of urine and feces.
- Reversed peristalsis and fe cal vomiting.
- Ileus and strangulated hernia.
- Inertia of the intestines results in constipa tion of the bladder, retention of the uterus, suspension of the menses.
- Threatened abortion or miscarriage from fear.
- Uterine inertia during labor.
- Excessive fetal movements.
- Birth trauma.
- Asphyxia of the newborn (Aeon.), the child is unaware.
- Puerperal convu lsions.
- Drug overdoses.
- Stupor and slurred speech from overdose (Gels.).
- Nausea or constipa tion from drugs.
- Antidotes the effects of morphine (Nux-v.🌿 Nux-V.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Side effects of chemo therapy (Ip.).
- AntidoteNeutralizing substance or remedyA remedy or substance that stops, counteracts, or neutralizes the action of a previously taken remedy. for lead poisoning, especially where there is constipation, colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants., cramps in the colon.
- J. P. Willard repeatedly gave permanent relief in cases of suffering with Op. 2x without producing any narcotic effect.
- J. B. S. King noticed that in seven opium eaters, there was marked arching of the back, especially of the upper part of the back.
- In as many morphine takers he had not met with a single case of arched back.
- Villers cured with Op. 200c a case of hystero-epilepsy🩺 EpilepsyClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. in which the attack was preceded by a sensation of swelling of body.
- Veins protruded, face bluish red.🌿 Red.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.
- Complete unconsciousness.
- In one of the worst cases of painful men struation Clarke ever treated, Op. 30c gave greater and more lasting relief than any other remedy.
- In one patient he gave Op. 30c for constipation.
- With the onset of the next period, Op caused a “sharp pain which caused vomiting and a desire to sit doubled up and keep warm.” C. N. Payne related the case of a little girl, aged two, who had never slept properly since birth.
- She went to sleep at the usual time and slept until 10p.m., when she woke moaning, crying and tossing about Seemed frightened, almost fell asleep again but woke with a start.
- She screamed and kept one arm and one leg in motion after waking.
- Seemed sleepy but could not sleep.
- Usually napped during the day.
- Nux-v., Bell.🌿 Bell.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., Cham, were given in succession in vain.
- It then transpired that before the baby was twelve hours old it had four different medicines put into its stomach.
- One of them was paregoric, and had been given since, as well as a “quieting medicine.” During the early months the baby had colic with constipation, stools in dark, hard, round balls.
- Clearly, it was a provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. of opium.
- Op. 200c was given.
- The first night she slept much better, rapid improvement and cure followed.
- Temperature-General low temperature with inclination to stupor.
- H ot, sweaty and drowsy with cold limbs.
- Heat extending over body.
- Hot perspiration.
- Sweats without relief.
- Puise full and slow.
- Fever characterized by stupor, snoring respiration, twitching of limbs intense thirst and sleepiness.
- Hard, bloated, tympanitic.
- As if a weight in the abdomen.
- Lead colic with urging to stool and discharge of hard feces.
- Intestinal spasms, child cries day and night.
- Incarcerated umbili cal or inguinal hernia.
- Difficult emission of flatus.
- Bowels feel completely ob structed.
- Paralytic atony of bowels after laparotomy.
- Hungry, but no desire to eat.
- At tacks of bulimia with want of appetite and repugnance to all food.
- Slowness and weakness of digestion.
- Burning thirst, especially for beer
