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Delphininum

Delphini.PlantRarePsoric✨ Allen only

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Exclusively Documented in Allen

This remedy is documented exclusively in Allen's Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 Delphininum acts primarily as a potent irritant to mucous membranes and the nervous system, causing sensations of burning, prickling, and crawling.

About: Delphininum is an alkaloid derived from Delphinium staphisagria. It is characterized by intense burning sensations and localized irritation when applied to skin or mucous membranes.

👤 Constitution

•Not clearly defined in the source, but noted in cases of torpor of the brain and irritability of the spine.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Intense burning and prickling sensations in various parts of the body.

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Crawling and burning sensation in the tongue without visible redness or swelling.

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Gnawing burning sensation in the throat with inflammation of the fauces.

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Increased salivation and intensely bitter taste.

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Itching and sticking of the whole skin, preventing rest in bed.

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Urging to stool without relief.

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Urging to urinate with a sensation of burning.

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Nausea and efforts to vomit.

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Sneezing when applied to the nose.

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Pain and redness of the conjunctiva.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

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⚙️Generals

Used for conditions involving torpor of the brain and irritability of the spine, characterized by burning and prickling sensations.

DELPHININUM. - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Main THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Presented by Médi-T DELPHININUM. Alkaloid from Delphinium staphisagria, Linn. Formula , C 24 H 35 NO 2 . Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. 1 , Schroff, Pharmacologie, effects of 0.006 to 0.01 of a grm.

•2 , Turnbull, On the Medical Properties of the Ranunculaceae, effects of 0.18 to 0.25 grm. a day (0.03 grm. at a dose) ;
•3 , Soubeiran, Journ. de Pharm., 1837, effects of inunction ;
•4 , Falk and Roerig, Archiv f. Phys. Heilk., xi, effects of 1 to 3 drops of alcoholic solution (1 drop equals 0.01 grm.) ;
•5 , Albers, Allg. Zeit. Psych., 1858, effects of 0.015 grm. four times a day for several days, in a case of "torpor of the brain and irritability of the spine.".

Sensation of crawling and burning in the tongue, which, however, does not seem red or swollen, lasting an hour and a half

•it produces the same sensation of burning when introduced into a wound in the skin, [4] ..

Salivation, redness, and inflammation of the whole of the fauces, with a gnawing burning sensation in the throat, nausea, efforts to vomit, diminished appetite, urging to stool without relief, urging to urinate, accompanied by sensation of burning, but without special increase of the secretion of urine

•itching and sticking of the whole skin, so that the patient could not lie in bed, and lastly, a small but normal pulse, [5] ..

Intensely bitter taste, with sensation of burning in the tip of the tongue and lower lip, increased secretion of saliva, eructations, nausea, feeling of pressure in the stomach, and diminished rapidity of the pulse, [1] .

Diuresis and a sensation of burning and prickling in various parts of the body

•such as is caused by rubbing it upon the skin, [2] ..

Warmth, prickling redness, and a kind of goose-flesh

•applied to the nose, it caused sneezing, to the conjunctiva pain and redness, [3] ..

📚 Sources & References

✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryPhatak's Concise MM

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