Belladonna – What are the indications, key notes, modalities?
January 5, 2021 4:55 amIndications:
- Sudden and rapid onset illness with bright red face
- Fever without thirst
- Febrile seizures
- Inflammation (mumps, otitis media)
- Dilated pupils
- Hypertension
- Heatstroke
- Throbbing headache
- Bruxism
Constitutionally for violent and obstinate behavior, strong sense of identity, loyal
Key notes:
- Desire to bite
- Desire to escape
- Craves lemons, lemonade
- Light sensitivity
- Thirstless
Modalities:
< light, movement, touch, lying down
- For fever without thirst, dDx. Gelsemium (> continued motion)
- For fever with delirium, dDx. Pyrogenium (< cold), Stramonium (> warm, bright light)
- For febrile seizures, dDx. Stramonium (> warm, bright light)
- For otitis media, dDx. Chamomile (fever with intense sweating and thirst, < heat), Graphites (suppurative, cold but not > heat), Pulsatilla (thirstless, > cold), Tuberculinum (< cold)
- For hypertension, dDx. Glonoine (< light, heat, especially around the head), Stramonium (> warm, bright light)
- For headaches, dDx. Gelsemium (< continual motion), Glonoine (head feels too small for brain, < heat around head), Ipecac (with vomiting, < heat), Nux vomica (from over indulgence, > heat), Psorinum (hammering that wakes from sleep > heat), Sanguinaria (right-sided, > lying down)
- For ADHD, dDx. Cina (< summer), Hyoscyamus (< eating), Stramonium (> warm, bright light), Veratrum album (> warm)
- For bruxism, dDx. Cina (desiree to be rocked without being touched)
- For thirstlessness, dDx. Apis (> cold), Gelsemium (fever, > alone, continual motion), Ipecac (< warm), Lycopodium (> passing gas), Pulsatilla (>cold)
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This post was written by Omar Rifai