OPIUM
Dried Latex of the Poppy (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM)
Hahnemann says that it is lots extra hard to estimate the motion of Opium than of nearly any different drug. The results of Opium as proven in the insensibility of the fearful system, the depression, drowsy stupor, painlessness, and torpor, the established sluggishness and lack of integral reaction, represent the principal symptoms for the drug when used homeopathically. All complaints are characterised by means of sopor. They are painless, and are accompanied through heavy, dull sleep, stertorous breathing. Sweaty skin. Dark, mahogany-brown face. Serous apoplexy-venous, passive congestion. Want of sensitiveness to the motion of medicines. Reappearance and aggravation from turning into heated. Opium lessens voluntary movements, contracts pupils, depresses greater mental powers, lessens self-discipline and energy of concentration, judgment; stimulates the imagination, assessments all secretions without that of the skin. Want of susceptibility to treatments even although indicated. Diseases that originate from fright.
Mind.–Patient wishes nothing. Complete loss of consciousness; apoplectic state. Frightful fancies, daring, gay, bright. Unable to apprehend or admire his sufferings. Thinks he is now not at home. Delirious talking, with huge open eyes.
Head.–Vertigo; lightness of head in ancient people. Dull, heavy, stupid. Delirium. Vertigo after fright. Pain in again of head; splendid weight there (Gels). Bursting feeling. Complete insensibility; no intellectual draw close for anything. Paralysis of brain.
Eyes.–Half-closed, dilated; scholars insensible, contracted. Ptosis (Gels; Caust). Staring glassy.
Face.–Red, bloated, swollen, darkish suffused, hot. Looks intoxicated, besotted (Bapt; Lach). Spasmodic facial twitching, particularly corners of mouth. Veins of face distended. Hanging down of decrease jaw. Distorted.
Mouth.–Dry. Tongue black, paralyzed bloody froth. Intense thirst. Blubbering op lips. Difficult articulation and swallowing.
Stomach.–Vomiting, with colic and convulsions. Fecal vomiting. Incarcerated hernia. Hungry; no want to eat.
Abdomen.–Hard, bloated, tympanitic. Lead colic all through colic, urging to stool and discharge of difficult feces.
Stool.–Obstinate constipation; no want to go to stool. Round, hard, black balls. Feces protrude and recede (Thuj; Sil). Spasmodic retention of feces in small intestines. Stools involuntary, black, offensive, frothy. Violent ache in rectum, as if pressed asunder.
Urine.–Slow to start; feeble stream. Retained or involuntary, after fright. Loss of strength or sensibility of bladder.
Female.–Suppressed menses from fright. Cessation of labor-pains with coma between paroxysms. Threatened abortion and suppression of lochia, from fright, with sopor. Horrible labor-like pains in uterus, with urging to stool.
Respiratory.–Breathing stops on going to sleep; have to be shaken to begin it once more (Grindelia). Hoarse. Deep snoring; rattling, stertorous breathing. Difficult, intermittent, deep, unequal respiration. Heat in chest; burning about heart. Cough, with dyspnoea and blue face; with bloody expectoration.
Sleep.–Great drowsiness (Gels.; Nux mosch). Falls into a heavy dull sleep. Profound coma. Loss of breath on falling asleep (Grind). Coma vigil. Picking at bedclothes. Very sleepy, however can’t go to sleep. Distant noise, cocks crowing, etc, maintain him awake. Child goals of cats, dogs, black forms. Bed feels so warm can’t lie on it. Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams. Shaking chill; then heat, with sleep and sweat. Thirst solely in the course of heat.
Fever.–Pulse full and slow. Heat extending over body. Hot perspiration. Fever characterised through stupor, loud night breathing respiration, twitching of limbs, severe thirst and sleepiness. General low temperature with inclination to stupor.
Back and Extremities.–Opisthotonos. Swollen veins of neck. Painless paralysis (Oleand). Twitching of limbs. Numbness. Jerks as if flexors have been overacting. Convulsions; worse from glare of light; coldness of limbs.
Skin.–Hot, damp, sweating, Constant wish to uncover. Hot perspiration over complete physique barring decrease limbs.
Modalities.–Worse, heat, for the duration of and after sleep (Apis; Lach.). Better, bloodless things, steady walking.
Relationship.–Compare: Apis; Bell; Gels; Nux mosch; Morphinum (extreme susceptibility to pain; twitching; tympanities; a great deal itching); Codein (dry, teasing, incessant cough; twitching of muscles, specifically these of eyelids); Eschscholtzia-Cal California Poppy–(a innocent soporific).
Antidote: Acute Opium poisoning. Atropin and Black Coffee. Chronic Opium poisoning. Ipecac; Nux; Passiflora. Berberis is beneficial to counteract opium habit.
Dose.–Third to thirtieth and two hundredth potency.
Non-Homeopathic Preparations and Uses.–Palliative solely in notable pain, sleeplessness, peritonitis, and to take a look at extra secretion in diarrhoea, diabetes, etc.
Opium (crude).–Official dose, 1 grain.
Laudanum (tincture)-Dose, 5 to 20 drops. Extract of Opium 1/4 to 1 grain.
Paregoric-Tinctura Camphora Composita. Contains in every dram 1/4 grain of Opium equal to 1/30 grain of Morphine. Dose half of to 1 fluid dram for adults. For an toddler three to 5 drops.
Dover’s Powder consists of Opium, Ipecac and Sulphate of Potash. It includes 10% every of Opium and Ipecac. Dose 5 to 15 grains.
Morphine-1/8 to 1/4 grain.
Magendie’s solution-16 grains to 1 oz or 5 drops equal to 1/6 grain.
Codein-1/2 to 1 grain.
Apomorphia-1/20 to 1/10 grain hypodermically.
