Patients who respond best to Stramonium may experience rage and violence, particularly sudden outbursts accompanied by strong fears. The anger may be rooted in profound fear, following abuse or an accident. The fear may take the form of terror of the dark or of water. Those affected may also manifest hyperactive or overt sexuality. They are prone to stammering and may have religious delusions, praying and proselytizing incessantly.

This remedy is prescribed for fevers and chest complaints accompanied by the typical rages and terrors. It is also used if the characteristic traits are evident, for delirium, tics, convulsions, Parkinson`s disease, epilepsy and other nervous-system disorders.

The remedy is sometimes prescribed to treat chorea and for some serious psychological problems such as mania, manic depression and schizophrenia, particularly if they are accompanied by hallucinations or violence.

Key uses are : Asthma, Bronchitis, Chorea, Fever, Phobias, Violence and Mania (Violent brain activity, often due to nervous disorders), Delirium, Toxic states, Stammering, Aphasia (Disphasia).

Stramonium relaxes the muscles of the bronchial tubes and digestive and urinary tracts and reduces mucus secretions.


to be continued.....W.

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Continuation Stramonium :

Relations : Complementary to Stramonium are : Belladonna, Cuprum met., Hyoscyamus, Lyssin. Stramonium follows these remedies well.

Antidotes : Nux vomica, Opium,Tabacum, Pulsatilla, Belladonna and Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus and Belladonna are complementary as well as antidotes).

Short clinical and drug picture : Delirium : loquacious, talks all the time, sings, makes verses,, raves, praying.
Desires light and company, cannot bear to be alone, worse in the dark and solitude, cannot walk in a dark room.
Eyes wide open, prominent, brilliant lustre, pupils widely dilated, insensible, contortion of eyes and eyelids.
Stammering : patient has to exert a long time before uttering a word.
Fear of water with excessive aversion to liquids.

Main modalities : Worse in the dark, when alone, looking at bright or shining objects, after sleep, when attempting to swallow.
Better from company and warmth.

Wim

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