CASES

CICUTA VIROSA

Common Name: Water Hemlock

Mental:

Trismus (spasm of the jaw muscles). Tetanus and convulsions are in the pathology of this remedy.

FRIGHTFUL DISTORTIONS of the FACE - during convulsions.

Shrieking, screaming, shouting before convulsions.

Excitement with convulsions.

Moaning and groaning during sleep.

Childishness and Immaturity, patient feels like a child.

Foolish jesting.

Weakness of memory. Dementia ( memory loss).

MENTAL RETARDATION, e.g. after a head injury.

Yielding, sweet and angel-like behavior in a formerly aggressive person.

Aversion to company.

Delirium with singing and dancing.

Anxiety about future and suspicious.

Answers abruptly when spoken to.

Fear and dread of men.

Suicidal disposition.

Physical:

Remedy for the nervous system. Indicated in cases of epilepsy and mental retardation.

Violent convulsions, with frightful distortions.

Opisthotonos (spasm of the muscles causing backward arching of the head, neck, and spine, as in severe tetanus, some kinds of meningitis, and strychnine poisoning.). Arching of the back.

Convulsions after head injuries.

Sudden, strong jerks and spasms through head, stomach, arms, legs. Chorea.

Head drawn backward, turned or twisted to one side. Spasms of the cervical spine.

Convulsions are excited or renewed by even slight touch, from every noise.

Eruptions on head, pustules which burn and run together, forming thick yellow scabs on face or scalp.

STRABISMUS (Disorder in which the eyes don't look in exactly the same direction at the same time.)

Hemorrhage from ears, during cerebral troubles, during convulsion.

Vomiting during or alternating with convulsion.

Modalities

Agg: From tobacco smoke (Ign), touch.

Amel: From heat.

Craving: Indigestible things - dirt, charcoal or chalk (Alum, Psor). Desire for Cabbage.

KEY NOTES:

Cheerful - jumps out of bed.

Sad from stories.

Eruptions - Face like dried honey.

Eruptions on hand, burning on touch.

Weakness in upper limbs after spasms.

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