Cicuta virosa

Common name: water hemlock.

Pains as from contusions or blows on many parts of the body.

Chilliness and desire for heat (Ign.).

When reading, letters seem to turn, go up or down, or disappear (Cocc.) (A.).

Shocks of the brain, as from electricity through the head, arms and legs.

Eczema: no itching: exudation forms into a hard, lemon-coloured crust (A.).

Pustules run together, forming thick, yellow scabs on the head and face (A.).

Puerperal convulsions (eclampsia): frequent suspension of breathing for a few moments, as if dead; upper part of the body most affected; continue after delivery (A.).

CONVULSIONS: VIOLENT, WITH FRIGHTFUL DISTORTIONS OF LIMBS AND WHOLE BODY; WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR OPISTHOTONOS; RENEWED FROM THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH, NOISE OR JAR (Sulph.) (A.).

CONTORTIONS OF THE LIMBS, BLUISH FACE, INTERRUPTED BREATHING, FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, FOLLOWED BY INSENSIBILITY (Cupr., Hyos., Œna.).

CONVULSIONS IN CHILDREN FROM WORMS (Bell., Calc., Cupr., Mag-P, Nat-P., Op., Sil.).

Twitching, especially in the extremities (Bell., Gels., Hyos., Ign., Lach., Plb., Stram.).

Burning pains and burning, moist eruptions with yellow crusts.

Catalepsy: limbs hang down and patient appear lifeless (C.).

Trismus and tetanus from getting splinters into the flesh (Hyper.) (A.).

Sudden rigidity with jerks, afterward relaxation and weakness (C.).

Injurious chronic effects from concussions of the brain and spine (Arn., Hyper., Nat-S.), especially spasms (A.).

Epilepsy: with swelling of the stomach as from violent spasms of the diaphragm; screaming; red or bluish face; lock-jaw; loss of consciousness and distortion of the limbs; frequent during the night; recurring, first at short, then at long intewals (A.).

Brain disease from suppressed eruptions (Caust., Cupr., Zinc.) (A.)

Grinding of teeth (Ars., Bell., Bry., Calc., Cina, Merc., Nat-P., Sulph.) (C.).

ABNORMAL APPETITE FOR CHALK, COAL OR CHARCOAL AND OTHER INDIGESTIBLE THINGS (Alum., Calc., Ferr., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Nux-V.) (A.).

VIOLENT HICCOUGH (Bell., Cupr., Hyos., Nat-M., Nicc., Nux-V., Sec., Stram.) (C.).

LOUD HICCOUGH (K).

HICCOUGH WITH CONVULSIONS (Bell., Cupr., Hyos., Ran-B.) (K.).

Rumbling and roaring in the abdomen (Crot-T., Nat-S., Podo., Verat.) (C.).

Congestion to head with vomiting and purging (B.).

Insanity: does all sorts of absurd and foolish things; confounds the present with the past; thinks himself a young child.

Involuntary micturition (Bell., Calc., Hyos., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.) (C.).

Spurting of urine (Calc-P., Helon., Puls., Spig.) (C.).

Sadly affected by sad tales.

Objects appear double (Aur., Bell., Caust., Cycl., Dig., Gels., Hyos., Lyc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Stram.) (C.).

Violent vertigo, so that the patient falls down (Ars., Bell., Carb-An., Cocc., Con., Ferr., Gels., Kali-P., Lyc., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Stram., Sulph., Zinc.) (Hm.).

Momentary loss of sight (Chin., Puls.) (G.).

Unconsciousness (Apis, Bell., Cupr., Hyos., Gels., Hydr-Ac., Op., Phos-Ac., Verat.) (C.).

Weeping, moaning and howling (Bell., Cina, Cupr., Hyos., Stram.) (C.).

Excitement and apprehension about the future (Bry., Calc., Chin-S., Gels., Lach., Nat-M., Phos., Puls., Staph., Sulph.) (C.).

Most important in many cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis (Cocc., Hyos., Lach., Nux-V., Op., Stram.) (Tr.).

Biting the tongue during convulsions (Art-V., Bufo, Caust., Cupr., Œna., Op., Sec., Tarent., Valer.) (F.).

Spasm of the œsophagus; the patient can not swallow, and strangles when attempting it (Nat-M.,) (Bl.).

Spasmodic symptoms are followed by profound exhaustion (Strych.) (F.).

Bent backward like an arch (Cup., Nux-V., Sec.) (R.).

Stares persistently at an object (Hyos.) (Br.).

Colic with convulsions (Br.).

Burning eruptions on the hairy scalp, also on the face (milk-crust) (N.).

Repeated movements of the head, as twitching, jerking throwing the head backward, etc. (N.).

AGGRAVATION: From tobacco smoke; from touch; from draughts; from concussion; from worms; from turning the head; from suppressed eruptions; from noise; from jar; and from cold.

AMELIORATION: From heat.

RELATIONSHIP. Compare: Absinth., Acon., Apis, Bell., Calc., Con., Cupr., Gels., Hydr-Ac., Hyos., Hyper., Ign., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Mosch., Nux-V., Op., Puls., Rhus-T., Sec., Sil., Stram., Strych., Sulph., Verat., and Verat-V.

ANTIDOTES: Arn., Op; for large doses: Tobacco.

Cicuta antidotes: Opium.