Aconitum Napellus: Winds, or Exposure To Draughts of Cold Air While in A Perspiration Bad

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Allen’s Keynotes

Aconitum Napellus
Monkshood (Ranunculacea.)

It is generally indicated in acute or recent cases occurring in young


persons, especially girls, of a full, plethoric habit who lead a sedentary life;
persons easily affected by atmospheric changes; dark hair and eyes, rigid
muscular fibre.

Complaints caused by exposure to dry cold air, dry north or west


winds, or exposure to draughts of cold air while in a perspiration; bad
effects of checked perspiration. 

Great fear and anxiety of mind, with great nervous excitability;


afraid to go out, to go into a crowd where there is any excitement or many
people; to cross the street.

The countenance is expressive of fear; the life is rendered miserable


by fear; is sure his disease will prove fatal; predicts the day he will die; fear
of death during pregnancy.

Restless, anxious, does everything in great haste; must change


position often; everything startles him.

Pains; are intolerable, they drive him crazy; he becomes very


restless; at night.

Hahnemann says: "Whenever Aconite is chosen homeopathically,


you must, above all, observe the moral symptoms, and be careful that it
closely resembles them; the anguish of mind and body; the restlessness; the
disquiet not to be allayed.".

This mental anxiety, worry, fear accompanies the most trivial


ailment.

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ACONITE NAPELLUS
Music is unbearable, makes her sad (Sab., during menses, Nat. c.).

On rising from a recumbent position the red face becomes deathly


pale, or he becomes faint or giddy and falls, and fears to rise again; often
accompanied by vanishing of sight and unconsciousness.

Amenorrhoea in plethoric young girls; after fright, to prevent


suppression of menses. For the congestive stage of inflammation before
localization takes place. Fever; skin dry and hot; face red, or pale and red
alternately; burning thirst for large quantities of cold water; intense
nervous restlessness, tossing about in agony; becomes intolerable towards
evening and on going to sleep.

Convulsions; of teething children; heat, jerks and twitches of single


muscles; child gnaws its fist, frets and screams; skink hot and dry; high
fever.

Cough, croup; dry, hoarse, suffocating, loud, rough, croaking; hard,


ringing, whistling; on expiration (Caust. - on inhalation, Spong.); from dry,
cold winds or drafts of air.

Aconite should never be given simply to control the fever, never


alternated with other drugs for that purpose. If it be a case requiring Aconite
no other drug is needed; Aconite will cure the case.

Unless indicated by the exciting cause, is nearly always injurious in


first stages of typhoid fever.

Aggravation. Evening and night, pains are insupportable; in a warm


room; when rising from bed; lying on affected side (Hep., Nux m.).

Amelioration. In the open air (Alum., Mag. c., Puls., Sab.).

Relationship. Complementary: to Coffea in fever, sleeplessness,


intolerance of pain; to Arnica in traumatism; to Sulphur in all cases. Rarely
indicated in fevers which bring out eruptions. Aconite is the acute of
Sulphur, and both precedes and follows it in acute inflammatory conditions.

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