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OPIUM
PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM
opPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
Source
🎯 It acts as a profound depressant of the nervous system, causing stupor, painlessness, and a lack of vital reaction.
About: Opium is primarily used for conditions characterized by deep sleep, unconsciousness, and a lack of sensitivity to pain or other medicines. It is often indicated for ailments resulting from fright or shock, where the body's vital reaction is sluggish or absent. The patient typically presents with a dark, bloated face and stertorous, snoring breathing.
👤 Constitution
•Typically presents with a dark, mahogany-brown face, bloated features, and a state of general sluggishness or stupor.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Complete loss of consciousness and apoplectic state.
Boericke
Painless complaints accompanied by heavy, stupid sleep.
Boericke
Dark, mahogany-brown face with bloated features.
Boericke
Stertorous, snoring breathing.
Boericke
Ailments originating from fright.
Boericke
Obstinate constipation with hard, black, round balls of stool.
Boericke
Want of susceptibility to remedies even when indicated.
Boericke
Breathing stops on falling asleep.
Boericke
Contracted pupils that are insensible to light.
Boericke
Hot perspiration over the body.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Indicated for states of deep mental dullness, delirium, or complete loss of consciousness.
Complete loss of consciousness and a state of coma.
Patient wants nothing and is unable to understand or appreciate their own suffering.
Delirious talking with eyes wide open.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
3rd to 30th and 200th
Centesimal
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
IPECACUANHA →NUX VOMICA →
🔄 Compare With
APIS MELLIFICA →BELLADONNA →GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS →SILICEA TERRA →NUX MOSCHATA →LACHESIS MUTUS →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM
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