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Aconitum Napellus

30C / 200CAconite
Monkshood · Blue Wolfsbane · Aconitum · "The Storm Remedy"
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🎯 It acts as a rapid, intense remedy for the sudden onset of inflammatory fevers and acute anxiety following exposure to cold or fright.
📖 Boericke writes:
A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body. Physical and mental restlessness, fright, is the most characteristic manifestation of Aconite. Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever, call for it. Does not want to be touched. Sudden and great sinking of strength. Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, especially disturbances, etc. First remedy in , inflammatory fevers. membranes and muscular tissues affected markedly. Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness. Influenza. Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms. When prescribing Aconite remember Aconite causes only functional disturbance, no evidence that it can produce tissue change--its action is brief and shows no periodicity. Its sphere is in the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes. In , congestion not after has set in. Influenza (Influenzin)
👤 Constitution
Typically affects , robust individuals who are suddenly struck by acute illness, often accompanied by intense anxiety and fear of death.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Physical and mental restlessness, fright, is the most characteristic manifestation of Aconite.
introduction
Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, especially disturbances, etc. First remedy in , inflammatory fevers.
introduction
Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness.
introduction
Influenza.
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When prescribing Aconite remember Aconite causes only functional disturbance, no evidence that it can produce tissue change--its action is brief and shows no periodicity.
introduction
Influenza (Influenzin)
introduction
Forebodings and fears.
mind
Lids swollen, hard and red.
eyes
Profuse watering after exposure to dry, cold winds, reflection from snow, after extraction of cinders and other foreign bodies.
eyes
Smell acutely sensitive.
nose
Pain at root of nose.
nose
dry, nose stopped up; dry or with but scanty watery .
nose
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Use for acute states of panic, sudden fear, or restlessness accompanying any illness.
Great fear, anxiety, and worry accompany every ailment, however trivial.
is characterized by unhappiness worry, fear, raving, rarely unconsciousness.
Forebodings and fears.
Fears death but believes that he will soon die; predicts the day.
Fears the future, a crowd, crossing the street.
Restlessness, tossing about.
Tendency to start.
Imagination acute, clairvoyance.
Pains are intolerable; they drive him crazy.
Music is unbearable; makes her sad (Ambra).
Thinks his thoughts come from the stomach--that parts of his body are abnormally thick.
Feels as if what had just been done was a dream.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

6th
Centesimal
🕒repeated frequently in acute diseases
📝for sensory affections
Primary Dosage
1st to 3rd
Decimal
🕒repeated frequently in acute diseases
📝for congestive conditions
30th
Centesimal
📝according to susceptibility of patient
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
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🔄 Compare With
BelladonnaChamomillaSulphurSpiranthes AutumnalisQuebrachoPhosphorusCoffea CrudaFerrum MetallicumAconitum FeroxAconitum LycotonumAconitinumAconitum Cammarum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Aconitum Napellus is listed in 855 rubrics across 25 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 446 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Female Sexual System71Nervous System70Respiratory System68Locomotor System66Urinary System55Head55Abdomen49Eyes48Fever46Mind45Circulatory System41Generalities32Modalities30Male Sexual System27Face25Skin23Throat20Nose20Ears17Stomach15Mouth10Teeth10Tongue10Gums1Taste1

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