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Cicuta Virosa

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Water Hemlock · "The Terrible Convulsion Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system to produce violent spasmodic conditions, convulsions, and distortions of the body.

📖 Boericke writes:

The action on the nervous system, producing spasmodic affections, viz, hiccough, trismus, tetanus, and convulsions, give the pathological picture calling especially for this remedy, whenever this is further characterized, by the more individual symptoms of the drug. Among these, are the bending of the head, neck, and spine backwards, and the general action of the patient is violent, with frightful distortions. Violent, strange desires. Sensation of internal chill. Moaning and howling. Does absurd things. Marked action on the skin.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from severe nervous system irritation, often following head injuries or brain concussions, characterized by violent, involuntary movements.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Among these, are the bending of the head, neck, and spine backwards, and the general action of the patient is violent, with frightful distortions.

introduction

Head turned or twisted to one side.

head

Cerebro-spinal meningitis.

head

Cervical muscles contracted.

head

Pupils dilated, insensible strabismus.

eyes

Haemorrhage from ears.

ears

Back bent backward like an arch.

back and extremities

Eczema; no itching, exudation forms into a hard, lemon-colored crust.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Used for mental states involving confusion, strange behavior, and epilepsy.

Delirium, with singing, dancing and funny gestures.

Everything appears strange and terrible.

Confounds present with the past; feels like a child.

Stupid feeling.

Melancholy, with indifference.

Mistrustful.

Epilepsy; moaning and whining.

Vivid dreams.

🔑 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.

Sixth to two hundredth

Centesimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Arnica Montana →Opium →

⏭️ Similar

Strychninum Purum →Hydrocyanicum Acidum →Conium Maculatum →Oenanthe Crocata →Belladonna →Lithium Bromatum →

🔄 Compare With

Belladonna →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Cicuta Virosa is listed in 162 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 61 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System35 Locomotor System16 Mind14 Skin14 Eyes13 Face11 Head10 Generalities10 Urinary System7 Modalities6 Abdomen5 Stomach4 Throat4 Respiratory System4 Teeth3 Female Sexual System3 Mouth2 Nose1

See all 162 rubrics for Cicuta Virosa →