Presentation
Each presented with nausea and vomiting, preceded by headache, developed within one hour after ingestion, and followed by diarrhea in one of the patients. [link.springer.com]
Symptoms typically presented within an hour, after which calls were made to authorities. After sneezing, the victims began to develop gastrointestinal disturbances such as vomiting in all cases and epigastric pain in two. [en.wikipedia.org]
In proportion as copiousness, blueness, and coldness are present, Veratrum is indicated. Secale has something of cholera in it. Podo. has exhaustive stools. Ars. anxious restlessness. [homeoint.org]
Entire Body System
- Chills
[…] discoloration; fingers; nails; blueness Weakness paralytic ≡ more ... ▲ FEVER AND CHILL Fever and chill Chill, With extreme coldness and thirst. [abchomeopathy.com]
DIARRHEA worse during chill, during menses, motion. Profuse, watery, forceful. DIARRHEA WITH VOMITING, COLDNESS, PROSTRATION ( Ars ). Extremities are COLD, BLUE. Raynaud's Syndrome. Blue nails. Jerks, twitches. Cramps. [homeopathyforwomen.org]
"Chill and heat alternating, now here, now there, on single parts. Internal sensation of chilliness running from head to toes coming on when drinking." Many of the complaints of Veratrum are aggravated when drinking. Burning while in cold sweat. [homeoint.org]
- Rigor
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"Continued rigor in back and over arms." Very characteristic are: Cold feeling in abdomen;" "coldness as of a piece of ice on vertex;" "cold nose;" "face cold and collapsed;" "cold tongue;" and most characteristic of all, "cold sweat on forehead." [materiamedica.info]
"Continued rigor in back and over arms." [homeopathycenter.org]
He benefitted by receiving rigorous training in seamanship, navigation and surveying from both Cook and the astronomer William Wales. It was on this voyage that the Resolution went south to determine the existence of the fabled Antarctic continent. [calflora.net]
- Pallor
Veratrum Album Useful for: Key Symptoms: HEAT EXHAUSTION Pallor Nausea Prostration Pulse feeble & rapid Clammy sweat Weakness SUDDEN COLLAPSE Extreme coldness, blueness & weakness Cold sweat, especially on forehead HEADACHE With nausea, vomiting & diarrhea [elixirs.com]
Fever-In congestive or pernicious intermittent fever, with extreme coldness, thirst, great prostration, deathly pallor. -Cold stage predominates and overshadows heat stage. [cure4incurables.com]
- Shivering
He says that the most potent plants are those which most quickly cause sneezing and it is a more terrifying plant than the Helleborus and could produce choking, sleeping, shivering in addition to violent purging which might require the use of an emetic [thepoisongarden.co.uk]
Shuddering, and shivering, with thirst for cold water. Coldness over the back. Shivering with sensation of coldness in the limbs, especially shoulders and arms, as if ice-cold water streaming through the bones, in a warm room. [homeopathycenter.org]
Physical Symptoms Alternating Symptoms · Alternate sensation of coldness and heat (in ears, in back) · Burning heat of limbs, alternating with coldness · Alternate redness & paleness of face · Shivering, alternating with heat Concomitant Symptoms · Meningitis [arscurandi.ca]
- Limb Pain
Walking > jerks in limbs; neuralgia of arms and legs; pain in feet and knees. Least exertion = fainting; cough; sweat. < Night; and morning on waking. Warmth [materiamedica.info]
Pain in scapulae, extending over whole back, with diuresis, thirst, and constipation. Limbs. Painful paralytic weakness in all limbs. Numbness, tingling, or falling asleep of the limbs. Stiffness of limbs, worse morning and after a walk. [homeopathycenter.org]
Gastrointestinal
- Vomiting
Each presented with nausea and vomiting, preceded by headache, developed within one hour after ingestion, and followed by diarrhea in one of the patients. [link.springer.com]
Girls at puberty suffer with dysmenorrhoea, hysterical mental states, diarrhea, and vomiting. [homeoint.org]
After sneezing, the victims began to develop gastrointestinal disturbances such as vomiting in all cases and epigastric pain in two. Three of the children collapsed due to low blood pressure prior to being admitted to hospital. [en.wikipedia.org]
- Nausea
Each presented with nausea and vomiting, preceded by headache, developed within one hour after ingestion, and followed by diarrhea in one of the patients. [link.springer.com]
Gnawing hunger in spite of nausea and vomiting. Empty, all-gone feeling in the abdomen after stool. [homeoint.org]
Within 15-30 min of ingestion they developed nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. At the same time dizziness, tingling, dimmed and jumping vision, transient blindness, and confusion appeared. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Diarrhea
Each presented with nausea and vomiting, preceded by headache, developed within one hour after ingestion, and followed by diarrhea in one of the patients. [link.springer.com]
Home Veratrum album - Multidose Tube Boiron Add To Wishlist Wishlist Email a friend Notify description For diarrhea with vomiting and profuse sweating. [bigelowchemists.com]
These are choleraic diarrhea, cholera morbus, cholera infantum, and Asiatic cholera, to control the gushing discharges and check vomiting. [henriettes-herb.com]
- Constipation
Constipation-no desire, stool large hard in round black balls, from inactive rectum, frequent desire felt in epigastrium, in babies produced by very cold weather. [cure4incurables.com]
Constipation from inactivity of rectum, with heat and headache. Constipation of babies, and when produced by very cold weather. Stools large, with much straining until exhausted, with cold sweat. [homeoint.org]
Cardiovascular
- Hypotension
Atropine and vasopressors act to combat bradycardia and hypotension. [en.wikipedia.org]
On arrival at the ED, all patients had sinus bradycardia and hypotension. Following treatment the patients were discharged well 24-48 h after ingestion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
On arrival at the ED, all patients had sinus bradycardia and hypotension. Following treatment the patients were discharged well 24–48 h after ingestion. Conclusion. [doi.org]
Hypotensive-emetic relationships in the unanesthetized dog among analogs of the protoveratrines. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1962, 51 (12), 1144-1148. DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600511207. S. Morris Kupchan. Hypotensive veratrum ester alkaloids. [pubs.acs.org]
- Palpitations
Constriction, tension Heart; palpitations Oppressed feeling Respiration Heart; Palpitation with anxiety and rapid audible respiration Hoarse, weak voice Rattling in chest Much mucus in bronchial tubes, that cannot be coughed up Coarse rales Chronic bronchitis [abchomeopathy.com]
Palpitation with anxiety and rapid audible respiration. Pulse irregular, feeble. Tobacco heart from chewing. Intermittent action of heart in feeble persons with some hepatic obstruction. One of the best heart stimulants in homeopathic doses (J. [homeoint.org]
Heart: palpitation, pulse irregular, feeble, intermittent, < anxiety, < feeble persons, < hepatic obstruction; tobacco heart from chewing. [qjure.com]
- Slow Pulse
The first signs of poisoning are nausea, vomiting, violent diarrhoea and a slow pulse. If poisoning is suspected, inform a doctor and hospital immediately. [dr.hauschka.com]
- Tachycardia
Abstract Intravenous administration of O -acetyljervine (an alkaloid from Vertrum album) produced a dose-dependent (10–100 μg/kg) fall in blood pressure and tachycardia in anaesthetized normotensive rats. [doi.org]
Skin
- Sweating
Burning while in cold sweat. In the chronic mental troubles, the skin is dusky and dry with the exception of that on the forehead. [homeoint.org]
Home Veratrum album - Multidose Tube Boiron Add To Wishlist Wishlist Email a friend Notify description For diarrhea with vomiting and profuse sweating. [bigelowchemists.com]
Copiousness of discharges: stools, vomiting, urine, saliva, sweat; craving for acids or refreshing things. Here is a remedy that has a characteristic " COLD SWEAT ON THE FOREHEAD ." [vithoulkas.com]
Musculoskeletal
- Leg Cramp
Followed by great weakness and exhaustion CONSTIPATION Large stools with much straining Stool followed by exhaustion & cold sweat From inactivity, with headache CRAMPS Cramps in calves Cramps knotting abdomen and legs COUGH Chronic bronchitis in the [elixirs.com]
Eyes
- Night Blindness
Night blindness preceding menses. -Respiratory system-Bronchitis of old people, with inability to expectorate, though large amount of mucus in chest. -Tickling deep in chest, as if it would produce cough. [cure4incurables.com]
There may be vanishing of sight or sparks before the sight or night-blindness. Dryness and burning are leading sensations as in other parts. Dryness is felt in nose, mouth, palate, throat. [materiamedica.info]
- Blurred Vision
Symptomatogenesis Because of the effective therapeutic affinity, the effective control of arterial pressure by the Veratrum is not infrequently associated with concomitants, including nausea, vomiting, excessive salivation and diaphoresis, blurred vision [homeopathyworldcommunity.com]
- Diplopia
Diplopia. Nocturnal blindness. Sparks and black spots before eyes, especially when rising from a seat, or getting out of bed. Ears. Shootings in ears. Pressure and constrictive sensations in ears. [homeopathycenter.org]
- Redness of Eye
Eyes. Pain in the eyes, as if the eyeballs were bruised. The eyeballs are turned upwards. Painful tearing or compression in eyes. Permanent burning in eyes. Redness of eyes. [homeopathycenter.org]
Psychiatrical
- Delusion
Delusions of impending misfortunes. -Delusions of religion and identity. Believes he is Christ, or a saviour, or a prophet, or that h is on a divine mission. -Religious affections. Excessive praying. -Precocity. Asks may questions. [cure4incurables.com]
Delusion: cancer, blind, deaf, dumb, pregnant, thieves, robbers; impending misfortunes. Dreams : amorous. Delusion being Christ. Dreams : anger, angry quarrels, strife; robbers. [qjure.com]
· Mind – Delusions – vow • keep it, must (1) only remedy in this rubric · Mind – Delusions – rank, he is a person of (1) · Mind – Delusions – squanders money (2) · Mind – Delusions – misfortune • inconsolable over imagined misfortune (2) · Mind – Delusions [arscurandi.ca]
• Religious • Feigning sickness, in children Delusion, God communication with, he is in. • Delusion, dumb, he is. Busy. • Restless • Industrious. Cheerful. • Loquacity. • Liar. Deceitful. • Courageous. • Squanders money. [homeopathyonline.org.uk]
Neurologic
- Vertigo
Vertigo, weakness, and tremors of the extremities, feeble pulse, loss of voice, dilatation of pupils, spasms of the ocular muscles, blindness, cold sweating, and mental disturbances are also produced. [homoeotimes.com]
Vertigo. Water-brash. Whooping-cough. Yellow fever. Characteristics. [materiamedica.info]
Whirling vertigo. Intoxication and dizziness. Vertigo, especially when walking. Vertigo: with cold sweats on forehead, with loss of vision, sudden fainting, from opium eating, from abuse of tobacco and alcohol. [homeopathycenter.org]
Emetic N/A ( Vertigo; longing for ice-cold water; burning pains in stomach); Agaricus Phalloides Agaric Phalloides (cholera, cramps in stomach, cold extremities, urine suppressed). Veratrine ( Increased vascular tension. [abchomeopathy.com]
- Tremor
Vertigo, weakness, and tremors of the extremities, feeble pulse, loss of voice, dilatation of pupils, spasms of the ocular muscles, blindness, cold sweating, and mental disturbances are also produced. [homoeotimes.com]
It was believed by ancient peoples that this treatment healed epilepsy, dizziness, melancholy, insanity, demonic possession, leprosy, tremors and gout, among many other ailments (Pliny cited in Ratsch 1998, 527). [entheology.com]
- Apathy
[…] rage: The tendency to quiet delirium is stronger than to manic, delirious states, the latter being greatly dependent on the pain that is felt by the patient: As long as a Veratrum Album patient is not triggered in any way, he will most likely remain in apathy [homoeotimes.com]
Veratrum is more likely to appear apathy, calm, dreamy, numbed. On all planes, the depressive phases outweigh the manic ones. [arscurandi.ca]
Treatment
[ edit ] Treatment for Veratrum alkaloid poisoning include supportive care and symptomatic treatments, such as fluid replacement and anti-emetics. [en.wikipedia.org]
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Symptomatic treatment and/or atropine led to recovery within a few hours. These symptoms suggested poisoning with a veratrum alkaloid. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Etiology
Etiology In Veratrum Album, discharges can be enormously. This loss of fluids leads to collapse and great coldness of the body, followed by cramps or spasms, probably due to the potassium, magnesium and calcium loss. [arscurandi.ca]
Pathophysiology
The opening of voltage-gated sodium channels is probably one of the most relevant pathophysiological mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS: Veratrum album intoxication in children demonstrated the same clinical course as observed in adults. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
In: Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Heart, Sperelakis N, Ed. Boston : M. Nijhoff, 1984. Google Scholar | Crossref Delaveau P. Plantes dangereuses. Concours Médical 1985 ; 107: 2617 - 27. [journals.sagepub.com]
Prevention
Elliott, INTRAVENOUS PROTOVERATRINE IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECLAMPSIA, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 66, 4, (610-626), (2005). ST. WYSS and O. [doi.org]
INTRAVENOUS PROTOVERATRINE IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECLAMPSIA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1959, 66 (4), 610-626. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1959.tb02104.x. Hyman Mitchner, Lloyd M. Parks. [pubs.acs.org]
[…] becoming the first foreign vessel to enter San Francisco Bay, and in 1794 Vancouver was able to persuade the Hawaiian King Kamehameha and the other district chiefs to cede the lands under their control to England, something which the Napoleonic Wars prevented [calflora.net]